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…
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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…
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$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…
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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…
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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…
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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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