Fed Confronts Lose-Lose Scenario Amid Haphazard Tariff Rollout
https://www.wsj.com/economy/central-banking/fed-meeting-interest-rates-powell-trump-bd21e33f
Central bank prepares for difficult judgments and emerging divisions regarding when to cut interest rates.
Apple Won’t Be Able to Avoid Price Hikes for Long
https://www.wsj.com/tech/apple-iphone-price-increases-tariffs-baf07419
iPhone maker is absorbing $900 million in tariff costs this quarter, but hit to profit margins could still get worse.
Buy American? No Thanks, Europe Says, as Tariff Backlash Grows.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/business/tariffs-europe-boycott-american-goods.html
A shifting perception of the United States amid President Trump’s trade war is prompting Europeans to pivot decisively away from U.S. goods and services.
No quick fix for trade rift between China and US
https://www.ft.com/content/6d3bae31-3c22-4734-8bd1-4c9236f25d55
A deal could lower tariffs’ current prohibitive levels but they will still probably be meaningfully higher than at the start of the year.
Tariffs Could Wreck What Bangladesh’s Garment Workers Have Gained
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/business/trump-tariffs-bangladesh-factories.html
In Bangladesh, the factories that make clothing for export had remade themselves and raised national incomes along the way. They never bargained for a trade war.
https://www.wsj.com/economy/central-banking/fed-meeting-interest-rates-powell-trump-bd21e33f
Central bank prepares for difficult judgments and emerging divisions regarding when to cut interest rates.
https://www.wsj.com/tech/apple-iphone-price-increases-tariffs-baf07419
iPhone maker is absorbing $900 million in tariff costs this quarter, but hit to profit margins could still get worse.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/business/tariffs-europe-boycott-american-goods.html
A shifting perception of the United States amid President Trump’s trade war is prompting Europeans to pivot decisively away from U.S. goods and services.
No quick fix for trade rift between China and US
https://www.ft.com/content/6d3bae31-3c22-4734-8bd1-4c9236f25d55
A deal could lower tariffs’ current prohibitive levels but they will still probably be meaningfully higher than at the start of the year.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/business/trump-tariffs-bangladesh-factories.html
In Bangladesh, the factories that make clothing for export had remade themselves and raised national incomes along the way. They never bargained for a trade war.