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The U.S. Department of Education announced last month that the Office of Federal Student Aid would resume collections of its defaulted federal student loan...
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Key Points: The US economy unexpectedly contracted by 0.3% in the first quarter of 2025, marking the first quarterly decline in three years and...
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With the announced tariffs on China already in place, and many more possible once the current 90-day pause on tariffs on most of the...
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Is Trump’s Trade War a Self-Imposed Blockade for the U.S. Consumer? How would you like to go to Target or Wal-Mart and find not...
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It doesn’t seem like it, but “Liberation Day,” the day when President Donald Trump announced tariffs on the majority of countries in the world,...
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The Federal Reserve is supposed to have independence. The president does not put public pressure on the Fed chairman for certain outcomes or really...
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The actions of the Federal Reserve have traditionally been independent and outside the realm of politics. According to the Fed’s website, while the Fed...
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Did Donald Trump Damage the U.S. Dollar? Last week, as a result of the chaotic week of tariffs being imposed and pulled back, the...
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Donald Trump has clearly wanted, for years, to start a trade war with China. And in the opening weeks of his second administration, he...