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US President Trump ordered a 25% tariff on autos and auto parts, starting on April 3.
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US President Trump ordered a 25% tariff on autos and auto parts, starting on April 3.
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President Trump ordered a 25% tariff on autos and auto parts, starting on April 3.
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Wealth effects proved to be a quite reliable tailwind to consumer spending this cycle.
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Our bottom-up framework of how imports feed into consumer spending identifies where we expect the largest tariff impacts.
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Our internal recession models support our opinion that a looming downturn is unlikely, despite rising recession risks.
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Tariff threats and heightened trade policy uncertainty began causing stress in supply chains.
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Despite weaker-than-expected gains in headline consumer and producer prices in February, the source data that feed into the PCE deflator...
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Cuts to the Federal government workforce, which we estimate to be 200,000 in 2025, will have a modest impact nationally,...
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Tariffs typically result in a one-off rise in the level of prices.
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A North American trade war unfolded in dramatic fashion this week.
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As consumer sentiment deteriorated, concerns about the outlook for consumer spending increased. While there's a statistically significant relationship between sentiment...
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On March 4, President Trump placed 25% blanket tariffs on Canada and Mexico, except Canadian energy products that would be...
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The nominal goods trade deficit was at its widest in January, signaling businesses had front-loaded goods shipments ahead of new...
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The Federal Reserve's policy strategy review is likely to codify what officials are already doing in practice – regular inflation...
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We will revise the forecast for federal employment significantly lower this year, and in subsequent years, because of the announced...
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First-quarter GDP is tracking weakly at 1% annualized, but we think a lot of the swings in the data are...
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For many households, tax refunds represent the biggest cash-flow event of the year. It's early, but we think this will...
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The risks to our participation rate forecast are numerous and largely weighted to the downside, implying unemployment could fall further.
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Concerns that the Trump administration would abandon climate policies were confirmed within hours of returning to office.
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With US President Trump's persistent tariff threats, a US-Canada trade war now appears likely.