American small businesses are reportedly making steep price hikes in response to new tariffs. That’s according to findings from the Financial Times (FT) published Monday (Aug. 11), after the news outlet surveyed businesses in St. Louis. These companies said their suppliers had raised prices on a range of products...
American consumers could soon feel increasing tariff-related pain with their purchases. That’s according to a report Monday (Aug. 11) from Bloomberg News, citing research from Goldman Sachs. While U.S. companies have so far absorbed the brunt of the impact of the White House’s tariffs, consumers...
Inflation is creeping up as retailers hike prices in response to ongoing U.S tariffs. That’s according to a report from Bloomberg News Friday (Aug. 8), citing the median projection in its survey of economists. That survey showed the core consumer price index climbing 0.3% in...
JPMorgan Chase & Co. has begun research coverage of Plaid Inc. amid its broader push to expand its private research. The move, which Bloomberg News reported Thursday (Aug. 7), comes as part of the financial service firm’s burgeoning efforts to provide analysis on prominent private...
Better get used to it. Maybe for a long time. As a new wave of U.S. tariffs on regions and countries, including Europe and South Korea, took effect on Thursday, business executives in the United States are no longer holding out hope that the Trump...
American consumers feel more optimistic about their finances, but wary of several other economic factors. That’s according to the July 2025 Survey of Consumer Expectations, released Thursday (Aug. 7) by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Center for Microeconomic Data, showing, among other things, consumers’ short-...
The current tariff landscape can be boiled down to one theme: uncertainty. As several news outlets have reported, a new tranche of duties hit at 12:01 a.m. Thursday (Aug. 7), but many carve-outs and enforcement details remain cloudy, forcing governments to scramble for side deals...
Enthusiasm for AI has reportedly helped drive $2.6 trillion in dealmaking this year. That’s according to a report Monday (Aug. 4) by Reuters, which says this figure is the highest for the first seven months of the year since 2021, during the peak of the pandemic. It’s...
There’s a prevailing sense of caution, a consumer mood that can even be called gloomy. But thus far into earnings season, a bit less than a month old, there are indications that, overall, U.S. households are proving to be resilient. There are categories, particularly essentials...