Dollars and Sense Trump Just Handed the World A Giant Clue He Has Lost Control of What Americans Think About the Economy Federal data show gasoline up more than nine percent over the past year, and many voters blame Trump, whose Iran war and tariffs have... Shay BottomleyOctober 23, 2026
Dollars and Sense Trump Just Got Handed a Warning From His Own Party: Six in Ten Republicans Disapprove of Him on Living Costs, Up From About Half in April Polls show Americans souring on Trump's economy weeks before the midterms, with his economic approval at record lows and six in ten Republicans now... Jack BuckbyOctober 5, 2026
The Treaty Donald Trump Has Been Taught A Brutal Lesson: His Tariff War Has Been a Total Failure Trump’s tariffs have not destroyed the U.S. economy, but the damage is measurable. Consumer prices rose, investment weakened, manufacturing employment failed to surge and... Harry J. KazianisJuly 24, 2026
Dollars and Sense Trump Has a Problem: New Tariffs Could Make the Iran War’s Economic Shock Worse President Donald Trump imposed tariffs of 10 percent to 12.5 percent on imports from 60 economies as the Iran war pushed oil above $100.... Harry J. KazianisJuly 24, 2026
Dollars and Sense Oil Just Erased Its Entire Iran-War Spike — Betting on a Peace Deal That, as of This Week, Doesn’t Actually Exist Oil just posted its worst quarter in five years, sliding all the way back to where it traded before the U.S. and Israel struck... Harry J. KazianisJune 30, 2026
Dollars and Sense ‘We Run Out of Reserves in About 4 Weeks’: Why Donald Trump Had to Take the Iran Deal Trump just admitted what drove the Iran deal: "We run out of reserves in about four weeks." Staying at war, he warned, could have... Jack BuckbyJune 17, 2026
Dollars and Sense Markets Are Celebrating the Iran Ceasefire. The Real Energy Crisis Is Just Beginning The Iran Ceasefire Won’t Fix the Energy Crisis Anytime Soon: With the markets and Washington breathing a deep sigh of relief over the informal... Brandon WeichertJune 15, 2026
Dollars and Sense The Only Thing Keeping Your Gas Cheap Is About to Run Out — and Oil Insiders Say It Could Happen Next Month Thanks to Iran War The world continues to live in mass delusion when it comes to the fallout from the Iran War. But even the most delusional are... Brandon WeichertJune 5, 2026
Dollars and Sense The OECD’s Worst-Case Scenario for the Iran War Ends in a Recession Rivaling 2008 — and the Ceasefire Is Already Breaking Down Summary and Key Points – For years, the economists’ watchlist was the same: AI, debt, trade, and demographics. The OECD just rewrote it. Its... Brandon WeichertJune 3, 2026