A new working paper finds that the actual average tariff rate is about half of what the Trump administration has announced — with big implications for U.S. businesses and consumers. When President ...

The United States has become better known for inventing things than making them. That goes for everything from Apple’s iPhones to Levi’s jeans. Low-cost foreign labor is an obvious reason factories ...

Steep import taxes have raised prices and affected U.S. businesses, but not quite as much as expected. A new report offers some reasons. By Ana Swanson Ana Swanson covers international trade and ...

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xAI (X.AI) has purchased a massive warehouse for the construction of a third data center near Memphis, Tenn. "xAI has bought a third building called MACROHARDRR," xAI and Tesla (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk ...

[SMM Morning Meeting Minutes: Positive Macro Sentiment Lifts Zinc Prices Slightly] Last Friday, SHFE zinc recorded a bullish candlestick, supported by the middle Bollinger Band. China's fiscal work ...

Behavioral economics, like “lived experience,” existed long before anyone thought a special and seemingly redundant name was required. To Adam Smith, economics was made of human behavior in all its ...