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interview As of: January 17, 2026 6:32 p.m According to economist Achim Wambach, Europe’s rules-based trade is an…

SPOKANE, Wash. — Nearly a year after the Trump administration started to roll out sweeping global tariffs, the…

A “current-activity” indicator produced by Goldman Sachs, a bank, finds that after slumping in the spring, the global…

Members of the Federal Reserve rate-setting committee say they are factoring increased labor productivity into their economic forecasts…

Instead of sending out résumés and job applications during the Great Freeze, it could be a good time…

Nov. 13, 2025 8 AM PT To the editor: President Trump’s tariffs faced their day in court last…

IT IS the first time that an American president has tried to sack a governor on the board…

President Donald Trump’s idea of mailing $2,000 “dividend” payments from tariffs to US citizens marks a throwback to…

Workers have been begging for the Great Freeze to thaw — but not this way. With hiring largely…

The move follows the resignation of Prime Minister Dorin Recean, who announced on Monday that he would step…

The healthcare sector has accounted for nearly half of this year’s U.S. job growth. But economists say immigration…

WASHINGTON — President Trump’s attempt to fire a member of the Federal Reserve’s governing board has raised alarms among economists…

The world economy shrugs off both the trade war and AI fears