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The effects of tariffs imposed by the Trump administration on manufacturing employment and the economy.
’s public claims that he “defeated” , that prices and rents are “falling rapidly,” and that wages are now rising “much faster than inflation” are contradicted or qualified by government data and multi...
The distributional impact of ’s second administration — dominated in reporting by extensions and iterations of the (TCJA), , and — produced competing winners: low‑ and middle‑income households saw som...
Since 2020, -era policy choices — especially on trade, immigration, health care and economic messaging — have reshaped rural voter attitudes in contradictory ways: they entrenched cultural and identit...
Donald Trump’s policies since returning to the White House have produced a mixed record: supporters point to continued GDP growth and targeted deregulatory moves, while critics cite tariffs, rising co...
Independent economists broadly conclude that Trump’s tariffs raised costs for U.S. consumers and imposed a net drag on manufacturing overall, even where some tariff-sensitive output rose; empirical st...
Trump’s tariffs have not helped working-class families on balance: available analyses and reporting show they function as a regressive tax that raises household costs, risks job losses in affected ind...
Conservative commentators frame Donald Trump’s top economic accomplishments as a package of tax cuts and deregulatory moves, a muscular trade-and-tariff posture meant to reshore industry, and a short-...
Manufacturing employment has not experienced the promised renaissance since President Trump returned to office; multiple datasets and news analyses show net job losses in the sector even as wages and ...