by Casey Wetherbee | Mar 31, 2026 | Inflation, Manufacturing, Trade
Some high-end wood furniture manufacturers have reportedly benefited from tariffs. It is unclear if those benefits outweigh the costs — and whether it’s even enough to bring jobs back to the US. Gat Caperton remembers a time when most of the wood furniture that was...
by shenal.tissera | May 17, 2025 | Uncategorized
Ever since Donald Trump won the presidency again last November, Sandy Swett, founder of the Harrison Food Bank in Maine, had been expecting a reduction in the food shipments from the federal government. However, a 40% decline was far more than she had envisioned. In...
by shenal.tissera | Apr 7, 2025 | Uncategorized
President Donald Trump’s surprisingly high and expansive ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs levied on the rest of the world will increase inflation and slow down growth in the U.S. economy, said Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Friday. The Nasdaq closed in a bear market...
by Max Rivera | May 25, 2024 | Employment, Featured, Inflation
As polls show an uptick in support for the presumed Republican nominee, experts say the support for Trump is tied to inflation and a history of incumbents being held responsible for the nation’s economic woes, something that disproportionately affects Black voters....
