From tariffs to Iran to DOGE, every Trump policy follows the same arc — big launch, predictable disaster, quiet retreat.

New study finds that tariffs were responsible for the "entirety of the excess inflation in the core goods category." ...

A year after his "liberation day," Trump's trade war has reshaped how companies in industries such as retail and autos are modeling economic and policy risk.

In 2025, the U.S. raised average tariff duties from 2.4% to 9.6%, bringing protectionism to its highest level in eighty years. We explore the structure of these tariffs, estimate their short-run ...

We study the macroeconomic effects of tariff policy using U.S. historical data from 1840–2024. We construct a narrative series of plausibly exogenous tariff changes – based on major legislative ...

When Trump rolled out his tariff policy on “Liberation Day” last year, his lackeys in right-wing media cheered him on, declaring that tariffs would boost the economy. A few figures acknowledged there ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Erik Sherman reports on business, economics, finance, tech, and law. Tariffs are a form of taxation on imported goods meant to ...

As the administration pivots to a new global surcharge under Section 122, the Supreme Court’s ruling has opened the door for ...

The SCOTUS tariff decision will have wide-ranging effects on Americans’ budgets, trade deals, inflation rates, possible refunds and markets. Money; Getty Images The Supreme Court struck down many of ...