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Americans increased spending tepidly last month as anxiety over the economy takes hold

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and ANNE D'INNOCENZIO
Mar 17, 2025 1:36 pm - U.S. shoppers stepped up their spending just a bit in February after a sharp pullback the previous month, signaling that Americans are shopping more cautiously as concerns about the direction of the economy mount.
Pritzker’s budget sleight of hand ignores Illinois’ fiscal problems

By Matt Paprocki
Mar 15, 2025 1:01 pm - While Gov. JB Pritzker points fingers at Washington, D.C., as the source of Illinois’ problems, his budgeting tells a different story, says Matt Paprocki, president/CEO of the Illinois Policy Institute.
Vaccinating poultry could help cut soaring egg prices, but US remains hesitant

By JOSH FUNK
Mar 13, 2025 1:15 pm - Vaccines could be a key means of suppressing bird flu and avoiding the slaughter of millions of chickens, which is blamed for egg prices averaging nearly $6 a dozen. But the move has been delayed in part because of concerns it could jeopardize chicken exports worth billions of dollars a year.
Trump vows to take back ‘stolen’ wealth as tariffs on steel and aluminum imports go into effect

By JOSH BOAK, PAUL WISEMAN and ROB GILLIES
Mar 12, 2025 2:09 pm - President Donald Trump openly challenged U.S. allies on Wednesday by increasing tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports to 25% as he vowed to take back wealth “stolen” by other countries, drawing quick retaliation from Europe and Canada.
US inflation cooled last month, though trade war threatens to lift prices

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
Mar 12, 2025 8:07 am - U.S. inflation slowed last month for the first time since September and a measure of underlying inflation fell to a four-year low, even as additional tariffs on steel and aluminum that kicked in Wednesday threaten to send prices higher.
Is the U.S. economy headed toward a recession? Here’s what to look for.

By Angie Orellana Hernandez and Abha Bhattarai
Mar 12, 2025 7:48 am - Concerns are heightening that the U.S. economy is heading toward a recession as the stock markets slide amid the Trump administration’s implementation of tariffs.
Stocks’ sell-off worsens as Wall Street wonders how much pain Trump will accept for the economy

By STAN CHOE
Mar 10, 2025 3:29 pm - The U.S. stock market’s sell-off cut deeper on Monday as Wall Street questioned how much pain President Donald Trump will let the economy endure through tariffs and other policies in order to get what he wants.
Trump loves Gilded Age tariffs. It was a great time for the rich but not for the many

By WILL WEISSERT
Mar 10, 2025 7:17 am - In President Donald Trump's idealized framing, the United States was at its zenith in the 1890s, when top hats and shirtwaists were fashionable and typhoid fever often killed more soldiers than combat.
US employers add a solid 151,000 jobs last month though unemployment up to 4.1%

By PAUL WISEMAN
Mar 07, 2025 9:41 am - U.S. employers added solid 151,000 jobs last month, but the outlook is cloudy as President Donald threatens a trade war, purges the federal workforce and promises to deport millions of immigrants.
Trump’s trade policies are baffling businesses, threatening investment and economic growth

By PAUL WISEMAN, ANNE D'INNOCENZIO and MAE ANDERSON
Mar 06, 2025 12:27 pm - President Donald Trump’s ever-changing, on-again, off-again tariff war with America’s three biggest trading partners – Mexico, Canada and China — is baffling businesses and causing them to delay or cancel the investments that help drive economic growth. Trade wars complicate the decisions businesses have to make – which suppliers to use, where to locate factories, what prices to charge.

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