Christopher Rugaber

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Trump’s tariff push is a race against time, and potential voter backlash

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s expansive new tariffs reverse a decades-long global trend of lower trade barriers and are likely, economists say, to raise prices for Americans by thousands of dollars...

US consumers remained cautious about spending last month as inflation ticked higher

WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation picked up last month and consumers barely raised their spending, signs that the economy was already cooling even before most tariffs were imposed.Friday’s report from the Commerce Department...

Christopher Rugaber

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