John Carney

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin just completed a trip to Beijing. 

This kind of imbalanced political giving is unusual in a public company. But not so uncommon in Silicon Valley.

It’s time to finally put to rest the idea that the steel and aluminum tariffs would hurt American workers and raise unemployment.

GDP slipped to a 2.2 percent annual growth rate from a previously reported 2.6 percent in the fourth quarter.

A new paper finds that China and others hit by U.S. tariffs targeted Trump supporting counties for retaliation.

After a rush of imports in December, the trade deficit fell in January thanks to lower imports from China and cheaper oil.

A former official of China’s central bank said that Robert Lighthizer and other U.S. officials did not show enough respect.

The market not only no longer expects a Fed hike this year. It is now pricing in one or two cuts by year’s end.

Consumer confidence remains at a historically strong level but has declined from the heights recorded in 2018. |

A dark cloud has lifted from over the trade talks between the U.S. and China.

The most closely watched part of the yield curve inverted, an indicator that a recession could arrive in the next few years.

College debt is dragging down the economy. But the real problem is deeper: too many Americans are going to college.

Manufacturing activity rebounded in March after plunging in February. There are no signs of tariff-led price increases.

The Fed downgraded its outlook for the economy and interest rates at the conclusion of its two-day monetary policy meeting.

The Trump administration will not immediately lift tariffs even if the China trade talks are successful, the president said.

Fannie and Freddie are not expected to make enough in profits to pay their original 10 percent dividend.

Even as U.S. and Chinese officials have planned meetings in D.C. and Beijing, there are reports of trouble for the trade talks.

A small but welcome increase fueled by transportation orders and a jump in spending on capital goods.

Lyft is very clear that it believes the future of transportation is driverless vehicles, but it has not told investors how it intends to get there.

Trump’s metals tariffs have been accompanied by a booming market in metals-using manufacturing, defying predictions of doom.

The U.S. labor market began the year with a boom as employers posted a near-record number of job openings.

Consumer sentiment rebounded from its midwinter slump in the first weeks of March, boosted by middle and lower income households.

Hiring remains strong but shipments and new orders weakened in the New York Fed’s latest survey of business activity.|

Globalist Gary Cohn claims tariffs hurt the U.S. and Wilbur Ross and Peter Navarro threw the White House into chaos.

When Trump announced tariffs on steel and aluminum last year, economists predicted an auto-paclypse would send prices soaring higher.

In a new line of attack, the House Democrat critized Wells Fargo for financing pipelines and private prisons

U.S. Trade Rep Robert Lighthizer said he talks daily to his Chinese counterpart, pushing back on reports that talks may have stalled.

Who pays for tariffs? A year after Trump announced tariffs on steel and aluminum, there’s no sign of tariff induced-inflation.

Still no signs that the price level of consumer goods is rising due to a rising budget deficit or tariffs on imported goods.

Sales bounced back a bit in January but December’s dire number got even worse. Could this be a statistical illusion?