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With all the tariff uncertainty, companies have been hesitant to predict exactly what’s ahead.

Demand will continue to grow in developing economies, according to the oil cartel.

The same way celebrities don’t have to grow their own agave to start a tequila brand, says Kelcee Griffis at Bloomberg, they don’t need to be telecommunication experts to sell service.

President Trump has called for a 50% tariff on imported copper.

New business formation surged early in the pandemic and has stayed high ever since.

We went looking for other labor market data to suss out how healthy the job market really is right now. 

The main reason rents are steady or even declining slightly? Construction of new apartments is near a 50-year high.

“I think free trade has been dead and probably been dead for a while and isn't looking good for any time in the near future,” said Chad Bown, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics.

Most retailers used to focus on selling, and left processing, manufacturing, and shipping to specialized companies. The pandemic and now tariffs have both been lessons in doing more in-house.

But used EVs coming off of leases will continue to come onto the used car market.