Some Christians don’t eat meat on Fridays before Easter. That means we’re in the thick of fish fry season. Usually the spike in demand is no problem for fisheries, but this is not a usual year.
New data shows natural gas prices in the U.S. up 10.9% compared to the same time last year. That increase is largely due to a colder winter and higher demands for electricity.
Recent research has found that tariffs can reduce economic activity to a point where inflation starts to fall. But if that happens, the economy would be dealing with much bigger problems.