President Trump is imitating the Chinese Communist Party by extending political control ever deeper into the economy, Greg Ip writes
President Trump is imitating the Chinese Communist Party by extending political control ever deeper into...
Economy
Evereth Woodruff News the jobs market was much weaker than previously thought upset President Trump. So he fired the head of the U.S. agency that collects the data. The economy hinges on what comes next.
Trump’s firing of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ leader compounds a yearslong struggle to modernize...
Argentina’s experience with manipulation of economic data has reverberated in the U.S. since Trump fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, accusing the agency of rigging jobs figures
Echoes of the Argentine experience have reverberated in the U.S. since Trump fired the Bureau...
Adriana Kugler hasn’t said why she is leaving her post as Federal Reserve governor. Her departure comes at a precarious time for the central bank.
Biden appointee Adriana Kugler hasn’t said why she left. Her departure comes at a precarious...
What began as an experiment during the pandemic to lure people back to small towns and cities in the American heartland is, about five years later, becoming a widespread strategy
A pandemic-era experiment has gone mainstream: Towns are sweetening cash offers with concert tickets, gift...
Dramatic downward revisions to recent job-growth figures underscore why the Federal Reserve should be cutting interest rates, Fed governor Michelle Bowman said on Saturday
Last week’s gloomy jobs report emphasizes the case for a cut, the Fed governor says.
Donald Trump’s advisers used tough tactics to bring desired trade deals to the president, but key details in many remain unfinished
Advisers used tough tactics to bring desired trade deals to the president, but key details...
For decades, the U.S. and other rich countries have granted special trading privileges to many poor countries. That hasn’t been Donald Trump’s approach.
In a new era of gloves-off trade negotiations, poorer countries had the least leverage with...
Trump’s Fed nominee would add a voice inside the central bank that is explicitly critical of the conventional wisdom around how tariffs might affect inflation and economic growth
Stephen Miran has also questioned the Fed’s institutional legitimacy, highlighting how policy debates have evolved...
President Trump’s team is reviewing new contenders to be the next chairman of the Federal Reserve, with a longtime economic consultant and a past Fed president added to the list
The president’s advisers are reviewing new contenders, including former St. Louis Fed President James Bullard...