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Universities have long issued bonds to raise money, but the amount being issued has nearly doubled in recent years —and is increasing as government funding is paused.

The airline is just one of several companies looking at the cost of a trade war and revising their future projections.

Chad Bown of the the Peterson Institute for International Economics explains the trade deficit and foreign investment “open loop” system. But wait, there’s more!

The stated purpose of Trump’s import levies is to draw production back to the U.S. from around the world. Benzene illustrates that it won’t work with all products.

A new Dallas Fed survey shows tariff-related uncertainty may be stifling bank activity.

In an uncertain environment, companies are less eager to take on debt and investors are charging more to lend.

The country is considering extending a restriction on cobalt exports to further push up prices. It’s not the only mineral-rich country to try that.

Charles Hecker, a geopolitical risk consultant, says a lot of questions about the country’s future need resolving before Western businesses put down long-term roots there again.

Thanks to high costs and economic uncertainty, more eateries and bars, like Leyenda in Brooklyn, are closing.

High tariffs could spur inflation and hold back employment, pulling the Federal Reserve in different directions on interest rates.