Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. President Donald Trump doubled U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from all U.S. trade partners to 50 percent on June 4.

But in the price-tracking data, the evidence is much more uneven. April’s inflation reports — measuring consumer and producer ...

The European Union has expressed strong concern over the US decision to double tariffs on steel imports, warning of potential ...

While Donald Trump's wide-ranging taxes on imports face scrutiny in court, he also continues to alter them and introduce or ...

Predictions from mainstream economists were dire after President Donald Trump launched his tariff campaign just a couple ...

CompanyOverview|NASDAQ:STLD] Domestic steel manufacturing stocks billowed higher to start the week as President Trump doubled down on tariffs on imported metals. The new measures increased the tariff ...

The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) rocketed higher when Donald Trump won the presidential election in November. Investors assumed ...

Inflation was tame in May but President Trump’s tariff policy may cause consumer prices to rise noticeably heading into ...

US trade protectionism is making the economic outlook increasingly uncertain. To assess how consumer prices may respond to ...

Social Security trustees’ report projects that the Social Security Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability trust fund reserves ...