Trump says he will tax imports from Canada, Mexico and China the first day of his presidency
MEXICO CITY — Bluff? Negotiating tactic? Or existential menace? World leaders, economists and investors are struggling over how to view President-elect Donald Trump’s repeated threats to impose broad tariffs on imports…
Read More »How Trump tariffs could plunge Mexico into recession, boost migration
MEXICO CITY — If former President Trump is reelected and follows through with his promise to slap new tariffs on all imports to the U.S., experts say much of the global…
Read More »$1.80 dinners and budget clothes? The spread of frugality is hurting China’s economy
TAIPEI, Taiwan — China’s 1.4 billion consumers once spent with enough abandon to help drive the global economy. Now one of the hottest topics on Chinese social media is how to…
Read More »China’s youth unemployment signals its economic woes are far from over
TAIPEI — A harbinger of China’s economic decline is back. The rate of urban youth unemployment has been a commonly-cited gauge of the country’s financial stability. Last year — amid a…
Read More »Why this UCI economist says the Fed misread rent inflation – Orange County Register
Rent hikes soared into the double-digits in mid-2021, but the Federal Reserve didn’t start raising interest rates until a year later. Ed Coulson, director of the Center for Real Estate…
Read More »Why this UCI economist says the Fed misread rent inflation – Press Enterprise
Rent hikes soared into the double-digits in mid-2021, but the Federal Reserve didn’t start raising interest rates until a year later. Ed Coulson, director of the Center for Real Estate…
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