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Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Trump’s Dangerous Gamble

Trump wants to rescue US jobs but ‘America first’ will backfire
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/04/02/trump-wants-us-jobs-america-first-plunge-world-recession/
Some of the biggest victims of the president’s protectionism will be his own voters.
 
President Trump says that countries have been ripping off the United States for decades. There is some truth to that argument — but also a lot of hypocrisy.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/us/politics/trump-tariffs-global-trade.html
 
Trump Is About to Bet the Economy on a Theory That Makes No Sense
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/opinion/trump-tariffs-economy.html   
 
As Trump Stokes Uncertainty, the Fed Asks Businesses Where It Hurts
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/business/economy/trump-tariffs-fed-economy.html
The central bank’s outreach to companies has taken on new significance as the outlook for growth and inflation gets cloudier.