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Despite Trumponomics, here and there you will find little pockets of nervous anti-Trump pols planning for their big comeback Read More

Philip Bump: Data from the Office of Personnel Management lays out how the composition of the federal government shifted during Trump’s... Read More

January’s jobs report is a handy sentiment check-in. Read More

Millions of jobs are at risk of displacement. Understand Engels' Pause and why joining the capital class is your only defense. Read More

Money buys nothing. It's always production for production.  Read More

Thank you.  Read More

After another wild week for the stock market, we imagine investors will welcome a three-day holiday break. Read More

Tonight, I come before Congress not to recite grievances. I come to report the results. For too long, Americans were told that decline was... Read More

When buying a car, there are some things better off left unsaid. Read More

In June 2017, in one of those strange turns of life, I found myself at a dinner in a palazzo in Turin, Italy, sitting next to Jeff Bezos. We... Read More

New leadership and a new policy direction at the Federal Reserve revives the eternal American debate over the purpose of—and even the... Read More

They’re all useful idiots. Read More

US Treasuries are no longer seen as safe by foreign investors. Read More

Deportations don’t create jobs and will increase deaths of native-born Americans. Who knew? Read More

There is little the American side seems to have obtained in terms of durable market access that Europe did not, and a great deal that Europe... Read More

Will investors start to value real things more and ephemeral things less? Read More

Once there's fraud it's impossible to know how deep it goes. Read More

The government should protect consumers instead of annoying them. Read More

US AI-Related Investment Keeps Breaking Records, With Total Software, Computer, & Data Center Spending Now Exceeding $1T Per Year Read More

The incoming data has surprised significantly to the upside in recent weeks, but long rates have not moved higher. Read More

Energy, basic materials, and defensive consumer stocks are in. Tech and financials are out. That, at least, is Mr. Market’s view so far... Read More

Over the course of 2025, the average tariff rate on U.S. imports increased from 2.6 to 13 percent. In this blog post, we ask how much of the... Read More

Discover the best dividend stocks with solid yields, strong fundamentals, and room to grow—even in uncertain markets. Read More

Australia may be sweltering, but rate hikes won’t cause its stocks to wilt. Read More