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A recession-resistant collection of American businesses I've said before that if I could only buy one stock to hold for the next 20 years, it would be Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A 0.60%) (BRK.B 0.82% ...
“What if, say, back in the 1930s, when Congress passed the Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act, that did not cause the Great Depression, but contributed to the Great Depression and prolonged it — what if ...
“Actually Al, this Smoot was a senator. Smoot and Hawley put together a tariff bill back in 1930. A lot of people are likening it to Trump’s tariffs. It had some bad consequences.” ...
Fed 'well-positioned' to wait out uncertainty on tariffs' effects Early signs of tariff-driven inflation in some data, not in others Financial markets resilient, but liquidity responsive to tariff ...
The average U.S. tariff rate climbed to 17.8% in May 2025, the highest since 1934. But while tariffs may be out of your control, your spending strategy isn't.
This targeted tariff would penalize China not for its exports, but instead for its practices and policies and would hold the PRC to the same rules to which the rest of the world abides to affect ...
President Trump's tariffs were expected to drive widespread price increases across the U.S. economy. Just months into 2025, that prediction has proven only partially correct. Consumer prices rose ...
U.S. officials have long worked on the assumption that America will end up with higher tariffs with its trading partners and do not expect to move away from the 10% tariff rate in talks with the EU.
Fed treads carefully, leaving markets anxious about tariff risks By Davide Barbuscia and Lewis Krauskopf June 18, 202510:15 PM PDTUpdated June 19, 2025 ...
Tariff tensions threaten cross-border ties and North Country economy, says Chamber president and CEO In a recent op-ed published in The Montreal Gazette, Garry Douglas raised alarms about the ...
According to Weston LaBar, even local businesses around the port are struggling. "I was talking to the owner [of a pizza shop]. It's typically full on a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. Absolutely ...