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With tariffs looming, businesses prepare for higher prices

Mar 20, 2025
Some goods, like produce from Mexico and home appliances from China, could get more expensive soon.
Builders may feel the effect of the Trump administration's tariffs through higher costs for steel, lumber and other materials.
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Investors grow more wary of corporate bonds as spread increases

Mar 19, 2025
As the gap between returns on government bonds versus corporate bonds mounts, investors are growing more cautious.
The good news is that the moves in corporate bond spreads so far have been small by historical standards.
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The benefits and drawbacks of employer-sponsored child care

Mar 17, 2025
"Employers are not going to necessarily be prioritizing what's best for kids; they're going to always have their bottom line as their top priority," explains Vox's Rachel Cohen.
"There’s fear that [employer-sponsored child care] moves further away from the idea of universal child care," said Vox's Rachel Cohen.
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Five years on, how has the COVID-19 pandemic shaped the economy?

Mar 11, 2025
Pavlina Tcherneva at Bard College says that COVID provided an opportunity to rethink the labor market, health care and housing — but we missed that opportunity.
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What did you do at work last week? Monitoring performance doesn't improve it, expert says

Adam Grant of The Wharton School describes evidence-based strategies for getting the best out of employees.
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Is the U.S. at risk of losing lithium exports from China?

An exclusive report from Reuters finds that one company is preparing for potentially broad bans on exports from Beijing.
Lithium is all-important for the transition to cleaner energy. China leads the way when it comes to the technology needed to process this metal.
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With Ukraine mineral deal, the U.S. continues efforts to bolster its own supply — and lessen dependence on China

Feb 26, 2025
Ukraine would get U.S. support for security guarantees. For its part, the U.S. could weaken its own dependence on China for technologically-necessary materials.
A new mineral deal would give the U.S. proceeds from minerals in exchange for support for Ukraine.
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Consumer confidence drops amid inflation expectations

Feb 25, 2025
Inflation expectations vary by political affiliation, especially with tariffs in the mix. But fears of inflation can be self-fulfilling.
Could all that tariff-inflation talk lead to actual economic consequences — even though tariffs have yet to nudge prices up?
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Trump wants lower yields on 10-year bonds. Can he make that happen?

Feb 6, 2025
The new administration hopes that energy dominance and government efficiency can bring down borrowing rates.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (left) with President Donald Trump and Commerce Secretary nominee Howard Lutnick in the Oval Office. Bessent said the administration's policies will reduce 10-year bond yields.
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The services part of the economy is growing much faster than the part that makes things  

Feb 5, 2025
ADP estimates that the services sector gained 190,000 jobs in January and the production sector lost 6,000.
The "making things" part of the economy — think manufacturing and construction — lost jobs in January. But the services sector gained a ton.
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