Speaking today before the Economic Club of New York, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent laid out the intellectual foundation of Trump’s economic vision, describing a comprehensive strategy designed to restore American prosperity and reclaim economic sovereignty.
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Wall Street ended the week on a high note, shaking off geopolitical tensions after President Donald Trump’s tense White House showdown with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
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America has become an unwitting partner in a trade policy designed in Beijing—a policy that systematically erodes U.S. manufacturing, distorts global markets, and leaves American workers at a disadvantage.
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The Peterson Institute’s analysis is not a serious indictment of tariffs—it’s an unintentional case for their effectiveness.
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President Trump’s tariff threat against Colombia demonstrated the power of economic leverage wielded with precision.
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Americans are strolling into the new year with a bit more spring in their steps, thanks to the imminent return of Donald Trump to the White House and the long-awaited end of the Biden-Harris era.
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The U.S. economy will barely notice if the federal government needs to shut down because funding authorization runs out at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, December 21.
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President-elect Donald Trump’s recent support for the dockworkers of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) should be viewed through the lens of dealmaking.
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Federal Reserve officials appear poised to repeat the mistake of September and November by cutting interest rates again when the economic data clearly calls for a pause.
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The numbers don’t lie. Hope and confidence are back in style, and the economy is starting to feel it.
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There are four major policy changes that Donald Trump can embrace to revitalize the U.S. economy.
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Economist Robert J. Gordon’s recent study on economic indicators and electoral outcomes offers a data-driven forecast for the Biden-Harris administration’s reelection chances, and the numbers don’t look promising for the Democrats.
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When it comes to the economy, Harris may have the Nobel laureates in her corner, but Trump’s got the American people.
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Polls show voters endorse Trump’s view of tariffs.
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In the fevered imaginations of Trump’s policies, tariffs threaten bring global trade to its knees, provoke retaliatory measures, and hit consumers with higher prices. The ghost of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930 looms large, ready to serve as the ultimate cautionary tale.
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Four years ago, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris took control of the White House by campaigning on lies about the state of the economy under Donald Trump.
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The Federal Reserve’s decision on Wednesday to begin lowering interest rates raises the question of how fast rates should be expected to decline.
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Someone call in the vice principal for student discipline! The market is bullying the Federal Reserve again.
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At Tuesday’s debate, Vice President Harris did everything she could to talk around the most important question of this election.
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To watch Dollar Tree’s stock plunge is to watch, in real time, the unraveling of the economic mythology which Biden and Harris have been preaching for the past four years.
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Harris wants credit for creating jobs that came back when lockdowns were lifted.
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Harris repeated one of Joe Biden most consistent falsehoods: the idea that Trump’s mismanagement of the pandemic had left the economy to ruins in 2021.
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Tariffs tend to be paid for by exporters and importers, not consumers.
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Former President Donald Trump unveiled a pledge on Wednesday to fight inflation by cutting energy prices in half, securing the borders from illegal immigration, bringing supply chains back to U.S. soil, and reducing regulatory burdens on American businesses.
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Notable economists, including Janet Yellen’s husband, claim without evidence that Trump’s policies will be inflationary. They never warned us about Bidenflation.
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America got some good news on inflation on Wednesday, possibly opening the door for lower interest rates this year.
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The Conference Board’s monthly measure of consumer confidence is another piece of evidence suggesting that the economy accelerated in May.
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Consumer confidence rose in May but households’ assessments of their financial health worsened and inflation expectations rose.
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American progressives are in a state of high dudgeon, gnashing their teeth at the realization that the American people favor Donald Trump’s economy over Joe Biden’s.
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There’s really no mystery why so many people are unhappy with the Biden economy.
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