Latest from Ariana Rosas

• Aug 28, 2025

  A pipeline problem for advanced chip-making jobs

  

  Despite billions in investment, there’s still a shortage of skilled workers to fill critical chip production jobs.

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• Aug 28, 2025

  What happens if Trump gets the interest rate he wants?

  

  The Fed controls the Federal Funds Rate, which is currently at around 4.5%. The president wants it down to 1%.

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• Aug 27, 2025

  What happens when Trump tries to oust a Fed governor

  

  The White House is reportedly getting ready to appoint Lisa Cook’s replacement.

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• Aug 27, 2025

  Small packages, big changes

  

  You may have heard that big things come in small packages. Now, tariffs do too.

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• Aug 26, 2025

  Tariffs come for your morning cup of Joe

  

  Coffee beans from Brazil face a 50% U.S. import duty. What’s that mean for importers, sellers, and coffee connisseurs alike?

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• Aug 26, 2025

  Can Trump fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook?

  

  Fed governors can only be fired for cause. “The extent to which there is cause is, at best, dubious,” said Karen Petrou of Federal Financial Analytics.

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• Aug 26, 2025

  "The president has just made us a higher-risk country"

  

  That's the conclusion of Karen Petrou at Federal Financial Analytics after President Donald Trump moved to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook last evening.

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• Aug 25, 2025

  A bit of a Jackson Hole hangover

  

  This Monday: the realization that a weaker job market is not to be celebrated, even if it means lower interest rates.

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• Aug 25, 2025

  A beverage behemoth

  

  Keurig Dr Pepper plans to acquire the coffee and tea company JDE Peet's for about $18 billion.

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• Aug 22, 2025

  A turnaround for manufacturing — can it last?

  

  We learned yesterday that business activity in the U.S. picked up in August, led by a big advance in the manufacturing sector.

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