Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Breitbart News exclusively that President Donald Trump’s administration is “laser-focused” on cutting the deficit and getting spending “under control,” part of his larger vision of “reprivatization” of the U.S. economy so economic growth is no longer dependent on government spending but instead on private sector growth.
Economic activity in the United States softened at the beginning of the year, according to data released Monday by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. The Chicago Fed National Activity Index (CFNAI), a broad measure of economic momentum, declined to
The “most beautiful world in the dictionary is tariff,” former President Donald Trump said during a Tuesday appearance at the Economic Club of Chicago.
India’s stock market is soaring as investors seek an alternative to China’s faltering economy and oppressive policies.
The World Bank warned the global economy is moving toward its worst half-decade of growth in 30 years while also predicting growth in 2025.
The mystery surrounding the disappearance of China Evergrande founder Hui Ka Yan deepened on Monday as another billionaire, Skyworth founder Wong Hongsheng, uncorked a WeChat video rant that essentially accused Hui of treason for trying to shelter his assets overseas.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Balance of Power,” White House Council of Economic Advisers Chair Jared Bernstein stated that the White House wants to see “growth rates, perhaps even growth rates that are below trend,” because having these growth rates
Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy told Sirius XM’s Breitbart News Saturday host Matt Boyle that pro-economic growth policies are the best way to offset the $31.3 trillion national debt.
Germany’s economy shrank by 0.2% in the fourth quarter compared with the previous three-month period, official figures showed Monday.
During an interview with Bloomberg on Friday, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President Esther George stated that despite fiscal stimulus and monetary policy creating lots of demand, “we are looking at still pretty low growth” due to constraints in
On Monday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Closing Bell,” President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Loretta Mester predicted that while there will be substantial progress on inflation in 2023, “We won’t be back to 2%,” and “growth
David Bahnsen, chief investment officer at The Bahnsen Group, spoke with Breitbart News about how the Marxist economic worldview that is prevalent across American financial institutions today “deteriorates freedom.”
Italian populist Matteo Salvini called for a 15 per cent flat income tax as his centre-right coalition continues to dominate in the polls.
The UK’s Green Party has demanded that the two candidate’s vying to become Britain’s next Prime Minister abandon aims for economic growth for the sake of the climate crazy agenda.
On Monday’s “CNN Newsroom,” White House Council of Economic Advisers member Heather Boushey stated that while the White House is “looking for positive growth” in GDP, the “expectations are” that GDP growth in the second quarter of 2022 will “be
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is projecting 8.2 percent growth for India in the current fiscal year, a substantial upward revision from earlier estimates and well ahead of the 3.6 percent global growth rate.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Cavuto: Coast to Coast,” Harvard Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy Jason Furman, who was Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Barack Obama said that it “gets more
On Friday’s broadcast of ABC’s “GMA3,” economist, Harvard Professor, Director of the National Economic Council under President Barack Obama, and Treasury Secretary under President Bill Clinton Larry Summers predicted that while ending the war in Ukraine will help the economy, we
The time has come to halt America’s population growth, according to a demographic expert who claims such “stabilization” would help address the “climate
Fourth quarter growth now looks weaker in light of new data on consumer spending and industrial production.
The latest sign that the economy is underperforming in the second half of Biden’s first year in office.
A majority of surveyed Americans think economic growth is more important than “addressing climate change,” even among Democrats, according to a Thursday poll by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
French economist Jacques Sapir has said that immigration is becoming increasingly costly to the French government’s budget, despite some positive effects on economic growth.
But the IEA is spinning it as a bad thing: a sign that we are not doing enough to cut our ‘carbon’ emissions.
China’s state-run Global Times gloated on Sunday that unless the United States starts a new “Cold War” with China, the Wuhan coronavirus has guaranteed America’s decline, and China will become the dominant world power within the next decade.
President Donald Trump has had one of the most consequential first terms of any president in American history.
China’s official manufacturing data, released on Monday, showed a decline in manufacturing linked to widespread flooding in August.
The president and CEO of the nation’s largest public policy women’s organization says the economic policies of President Donald Trump, along with his judiciary nominees and protections for the unborn, are benefiting millions of women voters in America.
A Rasmussen poll finds voters tend to say they are more “optimistic about the nation’s future” and that Trump has made America “stronger.”
Swedish bank Handelsbanken says Sweden’s economy has signs of weak growth and the unemployment rate has increased compared to other European Union member-states.
A French parliamentary report has suggested that mass migration into France does not actually help boost the economy, as frequently claimed, but is only net neutral.
Trump has guided a healthy economy and a revival of the middle class in peaceful circumstances. As he faces a field of Democratic rivals stampeding to the left, he is confident.
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) claimed that President Trump has “sold out working people” despite smashing economic records, telling her audience that we need a new commander in chief because “dude gotta go.”
Black Americans are experiencing an economic renaissance under President Donald Trump — thanks to economic growth, not redistribution.
The income growth in a number of states that once lagged following the Great Recession are now enjoying soaring levels of personal income among residents thanks to President Trump’s economy.
Another economic crisis is imminent and “warning lights are flashing,” according to presidential candidate and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), who offered a plan to address the looming economic threat Monday.
the speech was an important milestone, for three reasons: first, Trump distinguished between environmental protection and climate change policy; second, Trump supported “conservation” rather than “preservation”; and third, Trump argued convincingly that economic growth is good for the planet.
China on Tuesday reduced its forecast for economic growth in the coming year, potentially heralding the slowest growth in 30 years, and announced $298 billion in tax cuts to stimulate the economy.
Democrat Stacey Abrams gave her party’s official response to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address and claimed that his policies were hurting the American economy.
Democrats struggled to spin Friday’s massive job growth number as bad news for the economy, in what has become a monthly routine under President Donald Trump.
