Donald Trump's Second Term and the Economy

As costs continue to rise for businesses owners, they are figuring out ways to save money on the back end.

Federal tax credits for residential solar panel installation expired at the end of 2025. There’s just a couple of weeks left for most commercial and institutional projects to qualify.

Rising inflation and the bond markets are telling the Fed to raise rates. The guy in the White House is demanding cuts.

The correlation between producer prices and consumer prices is not perfect, but what wholesalers pay has downstream effects.

“I worry about the longer-term consequences here,” said Natasha Sarin, president and co-founder or the Yale Budget Lab. “Importantly, they're not consequences that can be reversed.”

It could be telling us that price increases have peaked.

The consumer price index rose 4.2% in May, driven largely by energy costs that are up about 24% year over year.

FTZs used to allow manufacturers to import goods tariff-free and use those imports to manufacture products with lower tariff rates. The Trump administration removed that benefit last year.

The good news is the U.S. is exporting more oil because of the war. The bad news is the U.S. is exporting more oil because of the war.

The Trump administration is pushing for more companies to get banking charters, and fintech and crypto companies are taking them up on that.