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September 1, 2026
What higher interest rates are telling us
Data: Federal Reserve; Chart: Neil Irwin/AxiosThe bond sell-off and the resulting higher interest rates are largely a story of higher growth prospects in the United States, Treasury Secretary Scott...
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August 31, 2026
Bessent met with Russian counterpart at G20
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent met with Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov on the sidelines of the G20 Monday, a striking sign of the Trump administration's willingness to reopen high-level ...
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August 31, 2026
Exclusive: Bessent calls for less regulation to help small banks
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent made a case for lighter financial regulation at the G20 finance ministers gathering Monday, arguing to CEOs that post-crisis rules have squeezed small banks, accord...
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August 28, 2026
The case for the U.S. dollar's digital edge
New financial technologies are making it faster and cheaper to move money across borders, seemingly reducing the world's reliance on the dollar.But new research presented at the Jackson Hole sympos...
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August 24, 2026
Escalated U.S.-Canada trade talks threaten fallout
America's path to lower inflation depends in part on trade wars and actual wars becoming less economically disruptive. In recent days, both have taken turns that threaten the opposite.Why it matter...
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August 22, 2026
Trump finds tamping down costs to be tricky
President Trump is reaching deeper into individual markets to try to ease consumer price strains.Why it matters: The administration is under mounting pressure to deliver relief as affordability bec...
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August 21, 2026
U.S. trade chief calls trying to change China's economy "crazy"
As Europe grapples with its own China shock, the U.S. has largely given up on trying to persuade Beijing to change the export-heavy economic model that's helping fuel it.It's a sharp break from yea...
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August 19, 2026
Trump pauses 50% tariffs on Canadian goods for 3 days
President Trump said Tuesday night he is pausing for three days 50% tariffs on billions of dollars worth of Canadian goods that were set to take effect early Wednesday. Why it matters: It follows a...
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August 18, 2026
America's debt is getting more expensive
Governments around the world are entering a new era of higher borrowing costs already deeply indebted. More revenue will go toward interest payments as old debt gets refinanced at today's higher ra...
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August 17, 2026
Why prescription drug prices are plunging
Data: Bureau of Labor Statistics; Chart: Courtenay Brown/AxiosAmerica is experiencing its biggest prescription drug price deflation in generations. Why it matters: By one important measure, there i...
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August 13, 2026
Trump wins legal battle to keep cheap imports subject to tariffs
A federal trade court ruled Thursday that President Trump can block cheap imports — including from Chinese retailers like Temu and Shein — from entering the U.S. tariff-free. Why it matters: It's a...
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August 11, 2026
U.S. economy's K-shaped gap narrows
For years, America's economy has been defined by a "K-shaped" gap: The rich kept spending at a rapid pace, while everyone else struggled to keep up. That divide is suddenly narrowing.Why it matters...
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August 7, 2026
White House revives unprecedented effort to remove Fed governor Lisa Cook
The Trump administration has launched a new effort to remove Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook, notifying her that President Trump is considering her removal and giving her 21 days to respond to mortg...
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August 7, 2026
Summer jobs report is a double whammy for workers
Data: Bureau of Labor Statistics; Chart: Courtenay Brown/AxiosAmerica's labor market appeared to be gaining momentum this spring. The latest data makes that rebound look much less convincing.Why it...
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August 5, 2026
Employers are hiring less but paying more
Private employment data suggests that the labor market might be tighter than the headline hiring numbers alone suggest, with worker pay accelerating alongside lackluster jobs growth.Why it matters:...
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August 4, 2026
The comeback of a rate-sensitive America
Key sectors of the economy that spent years squeezed by high interest rates are gaining momentum.Why it matters: For years, manufacturing and construction were among the clearest signs that the Fed...
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August 3, 2026
What happens if the Fed holds fewer policy meetings
Federal Reserve chairman Kevin Warsh is reportedly weighing whether the central bank should hold fewer policy meetings each year.Why it matters: Cutting the Fed's meeting schedule would be the bigg...
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July 31, 2026
Fed rates dissenters make their case for higher rates
Inflation has been too high for too long, and the Federal Reserve should not count on it fading without further action.That is the argument from the three Fed officials who dissented from the decis...
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July 27, 2026
Small businesses launch new Trump tariff challenge
The small businesses that brought two high-profile legal challenges to President Trump's trade agenda are suing to block the latest round of tariffs.Why it matters: The lawsuits set up another lega...
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July 24, 2026
New Trump tariffs bring in less money than illegal tariffs
The White House has found new legal ways to keep tariffs flowing. But it's not enough to fully replace the revenue from the import taxes the Supreme Court struck down.The intrigue: The administrati...
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July 23, 2026
Trump rebuilds trade regime with new tariffs on global trading partners
The Trump administration announced a new round of tariffs of as much as 12.5% on 60 trading partners on Thursday, preventing a lapse in import taxes as a temporary tariff program nears expiration.W...
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July 23, 2026
Low layoff rates defy AI jobs domination fears
Data: Department of Labor; Chart: Neil Irwin/AxiosThe last time this few Americans were filing for unemployment benefits, Creedence Clearwater Revival topped the music charts, while "Butch Cassidy ...
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July 21, 2026
Trump administration consults unused 1930s law for tariff playbook
The Trump administration keeps finding new ways to wage trade wars. As one novel tariff authority nears its expiration, it's testing another — threatening huge duties on Canadian goods under a neve...
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July 21, 2026
U.S. to slap 50% tariffs on Canadian goods
The Trump administration said Monday that it will impose an additional 50% tariff on certain Canadian goods — including hockey sticks, wine and cement — accusing Canada of discriminating against U....
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July 16, 2026
Americans keep spending while "grumbling" about the economy
Data: U.S. Census Bureau; Chart: Courtenay Brown/AxiosThe list of headwinds facing American consumers keeps getting longer. Yet their willingness to spend has not yet cracked.Why it matters: Econom...
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July 16, 2026
Trump imposes 25% tariffs on Brazilian goods
The Trump administration said Wednesday it will impose an additional 25% tariff on many Brazilian goods, escalating a trade fight it says is rooted in Brazil's treatment of U.S. companies.Why it ma...
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July 15, 2026
Warsh: AI spending may lift prices without fueling lasting inflation
Federal Reserve chairman Kevin Warsh said on Wednesday that the AI investment boom will likely raise prices over the next year, but argued that those increases might not automatically be inflationa...
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July 13, 2026
Accidental stimulus: the economy's tariff refund cushion
Data: U.S. Treasury Monthly Treasury Statement (net customs duties); Chart: Courtenay Brown/AxiosCorporate America is getting an accidental stimulus. Billions of dollars collected through court-inv...
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July 9, 2026
The K-shaped economic divide might be narrowing
For years, the economy has looked K-shaped. There's new evidence that some of that divide is beginning to narrow. The wage-growth gap between lower- and middle-income workers has disappeared — with...
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July 9, 2026
Trump threatens trade with Spain
Data: FactSet; Chart: Matt Phillips President Trump's threat to "cut off all trade" with Spain was immediately a market event — at least in Europe.Why it matters: Well into Trump's second term, for...
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