President Trump’s approach to setting tariff rates is causing anxiety in the business community, with the trickling flow of letters to trad​e partners exacerbating concerns over hits to the ...

Economists say it will take time for the effects of trade policies to show up in economic data — but acknowledge they aren’t ...

Inflation rose last month to its highest level in four months as the cost of gas, food, and groceries rose, reversing several ...

Marc Muendler, professor and chair of the Department of Economics and founding director of the Globalization and Prosperity ...

The debate on tariffs ignores a very big issue: the tax wedge. A tariff is a tax, and a tax is a wedge, an obstacle between buyer and seller. How harmful the tax wedge is, of course, depends on its ...

Should companies eat the cost of import taxes, or pass it on to customers? Plus: bank earnings, inflation data, economic models and a trip across the pond.

In 2005, the economist Pietra Rivoli followed the production of a T-shirt from a cotton farm to a Walgreens to understand ...

President Donald Trump doesn't like his new nickname 'TACO'. Here's why people are calling Trump TACO and the meaning behind ...

The Trump administration's tariff strategy, a key element of its 'America First' policy, has ignited debate. Are these tariffs a calculated move to boost domestic industry, or do they risk global ...

This policy has sparked intense debate, raising the question of whether it is a calculated protectionist strategy to ...

Anthony Albanese has unveiled his economic vision for his second term as Prime Minister, revealing the Government’s focus is ...

Economists are skeptical that tariffs are the best way to achieve the stated goals of reshoring production, reducing the trade deficit, serving as leverage with nations in various negotiations, and ...