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I tried Chili's new burger, which looks and tastes a lot like a McDonald's classic. It's the latest blow to fast food in the value wars.
I attended Chili's New York City pop-up, where the chain launched its newest burger, the Big QP. It's better than the ...
Can Trump fire Jerome Powell? The Supreme Court may soon offer some clues
In recent years, Trump has called Powell “the enemy” and accused him of “playing politics.” On Thursday, Trump said “Powell’s ...
What Companies Are Saying About the State of the US Consumer Right Now
How's the American consumer doing? Recent comments from companies and their executives offers clues, with some citing healthy ...
This Estimate of Social Security's 2026 Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) Was Just Revised. Here's How Tariffs Could Impact Your Benefits.
While the CPI-E and CPI-W can vary considerably from year to year, over the last 15 years, they've produced similar ...
Tariffs to trigger sharp US economic slowdown; chance of recession jumps to 45%: Reuters Poll
An aggressive U.S. tariff policy will trigger a significant slowdown in the U.S. economy this year and next, with the median ...
Tariffs Will Cost Each Household Nearly $5,000 a Year: Report
According to the Budget Lab at Yale, consumers now face an average effective tariff rate of 28 percent, the highest level since 1901. Even if consumers adjust their preferences away from more ...
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Powell says tariffs will likely push up inflation, unemployment rate
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell highlighted how planned and enacted policy shifts by the Trump administration have ...
Live: Fed's Powell says inflation likely to go up as cost of US tariffs makes its way to consumers
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell spoke at the Economic Club of Chicago, as a tit-for-tat trade war escalates between the U.S. and China.
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Tariffs Explained: Trump's Import Plans Are Always Changing, Here's What It All Means
Trump's raft of tariff plans has been dubbed "worse than the worst-case scenario," and markets have ricocheted up and down as ...
Here's What Warren Buffett Thinks of Tariffs -- and It's Probably Not What You'd Think
Founded in 1993, The Motley Fool is a financial services company dedicated to making the world smarter, happier, and richer. The Motley Fool reaches millions of people every month through our premium ...
US import prices muted, but tariffs loom over inflation
Economists expect tame readings in March in the key inflation measures tracked by the Federal Reserve for its 2% target.
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How Trump's tariffs could leave the Fed at risk of triggering stagflation
Yet at that point, if the Fed acts to reflate the economy, inflation could easily rise above 4%. But if the Fed enables Trump's reckless macroeconomic and tariff policies and fails to put the brakes ...