The president’s lunatic tariffs are jacking up prices all over the place.
inflation
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Waiting for the Supply Shock
Today on TAP: It’s coming, and we know approximately when.
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Could Jay Powell Restrain Trump?
Today on TAP: Trump’s destructive tariff policies could well require emergency Fed intervention that Powell doesn’t want. Will the Fed chair have the nerve to challenge Trump?
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The Economic Consequences of the Tariff War
The economy was already stalling out before Liberation Day. A trade war on the entire world will only make everything worse.
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Trump’s Stagflation
Today on TAP: It’s not easy to engineer the combination of rising prices and falling economy output, but Trump is well on the way.
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The Trump Depression
Donald Trump is on track to be the first president to deliberately engineer a severe depression.
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The Democratic Brand Has Tanked. Trump Is Doing the Same to the Republican Party.
In the battle of brands, neither party is doing very well.
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The Intellectual Dishonesty of Jason Furman
What’s behind his broadside against Joe Biden’s economics?
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Yes, the Price of Eggs Matters
Consumer sentiment is falling off a cliff in the early Trump period.
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Keeping the Fed Independent—to Serve Wall Street
Chair Jerome Powell is battling to keep control of the Federal Reserve. He and Trump agree on weak regulation. On cheap money policy, Trump is winning.
