President-elect Donald Trump has created a headache for the Federal Reserve before he's even stepped into office. Inflation, part of the Fed's dual mandate of maintaining price stability with maximum employment,
Donald Trump will enter office with big plans to make his 2017 tax cuts permanent, solve a generational migration crisis, beef up the U.S. military to face down a rising China and to remake world trade through tariffs and combative negotiation.
Donald Trump's economic plans risk reigniting US inflation, International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief economist Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas told AFP, a few days before the president-elect returns to the White House.
Economic upheaval caused by the pandemic has clouded analysts’ ability to understand the effects of the 2017 tax law. Republicans call it a huge success and want to extend it anyway.
As investors the world over brace for a global trade war with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump returning to the White House next week, several economists and strategists believe his proposed hefty tariff hikes could well be a negotiation tool.
Big investors are enjoying a stock market at an all-time high, driven by the tycoon’s victory. However, they are beginning to become suspicious of his costly proposals, which would drive up inflation
NBC News spoke to 18 Trump backers who didn't vote for him in 2020. They are largely hopeful about the next administration, though some are skeptical he can fulfill his promises.
On the campaign trail, Trump promised to bring down mortgage rates and make housing affordable again. His policies could do the opposite.
Werfel applauded IRS employees for supporting two of the “best filing seasons in decades," after tapping into billions in Inflation Reduction Act funds.
"I will be 100% on board with taking sanctions up," Treasury Secretary-pick Scott Bessent told lawmakers on Thursday.