What do you think about the 1% fall in exports?

US trade deficit sinks to 22-month low as businesses try to time Trump tariffs. GDP to get...

Maybe he is dead or something.

US Job Openings and Labor Turnover – June 2025

Nothing could be further from the truth. That demonstrates exactly what China knows about how the West has some superiority complex. The USA thinks it's a card game. Or similar to the predictable moves inherent in sports negotiations. China is ...

China, US to extend tariff pause at Sweden talks by another 90 days- SCMP

They are talking about other countries, not the USA. They want the Fed to capitulate on some very marginal and muddy logic. "It should be noted that part of HIMCO's concern over tariffs is from retaliation, which outside of China has not been an ...

The Fed risks a deflationary spiral by not cutting rates, these bond experts say

Oxymoron using the words "winner" and "Trump deal" in the same sentence.

Did the U.S. or the EU emerge as the winner in Trump trade deal?

I've seen other examples which may be more meaningful, but the issue is always one of advances in technology. I have issues with using gold as a yardstick, as it is too singular. Need an index. Examples - a 3 bedroom "standard" house. Problem - ...

Trump berating Fed Chair Powell makes difficult for Fed to cut, says Greenwich's Vahan...

No, you have not explained anything. That isn't the discipline or practice of Economics, just regurgitating facts.

Trump berating Fed Chair Powell makes difficult for Fed to cut, says Greenwich's Vahan...

I'm pretty sure that tariffs are added straight on to the price of the imported product. What is the alternative?

The U.S. economy is thriving in spite of tariffs. Will it last?

"The point here is that countries will have a natural tendency to rewire their trade relationships away from the U.S." Too right. Still, to the extent that the US is a lucrative market to sell to, of course those arrangements will remain in place. ...

How the U.S.-EU trade deal impacts America's imports overall: Tariff simulator

"Other nations have not really been retaliating against the U.S., so their own exports are not facing that much pressure....the U.S. consumer has been pretty heavily sheltered so far from this...That shelter depends on...countries limiting ...

The U.S. economy is thriving in spite of tariffs. Will it last?

You are correct. A weaker currency causes all imports to be more expensive. Unless the overseas seller quotes in USD, which is not uncommon, then irrelevant to the USA by definition, but then the exporter gets hit in their own currency if the USD ...

Trump: 50-50 chance of making deal with EU

Well first you need to provide some evidence that the exports from China are priced higher to the US than the prices the rest of the world pays. Because that is new information. Where is this information that you speak of published? Is it a ...

China, US to extend tariff pause at Sweden talks by another 90 days- SCMP

Well, I have never read any analysis as to why any level of general inflation above zero is necessary. That observation hasn't changed. Analysis is different than making statements and conveying anecdotes. With increases in productivity and ...

Trump berating Fed Chair Powell makes difficult for Fed to cut, says Greenwich's Vahan...

If you reckon that 14.6% of China's total exports constitute a necessity, OK. Put the other way, of China's total exports, 85.4% do not go to the USA. That was 2024, before the tariff war.

China, US to extend tariff pause at Sweden talks by another 90 days- SCMP

There is zero economics in what you wrote, despite throwing in some words known in economics. Price elasticity goes to a change in quantity as a result of a price change. That is just the first error. Price elasticity has nothing to do with "why ...

Tariffs likely to drive up U.S. prices even with Trump trade deals, experts say

Projected fiscal deficit of $1.86 trillion this year. About the maximum that the import tax will raise is $300 billion. Could be more. Could be less. Good luck with paying down the debt with those numbers.

Trump floats tariff ‘rebate’ for consumers. That could be a challenge, experts say

I've said it before and I'll say it again - there is a probability that the Fed will actually raise rates this year.

Treasury Market Sees No Rate Cut by Sept., 30-Year Treasury Yield Near 5%: The Yield Curve and...

"it is important to distinguish between what Chairman Jerome Powell can reasonably be held accountable for — and what falls far outside his jurisdiction.......while Powell presides over the institution, he is not the procurement officer or ...

Jerome Powell: Case For And Against

"zero understanding of when the inflation actually began - during the first term of the Biden-Harris regime." Judging by the recklessness of the recent Big Beautiful Bill, and calls for a massive cut in the Fed interest rate when matters economic ...

Tariffs likely to drive up U.S. prices even with Trump trade deals, experts say

I think that there is a distinct non-zero probability that the next interest rate move by the Fed will be up.

Trump berating Fed Chair Powell makes difficult for Fed to cut, says Greenwich's Vahan...