economy
The Trump economy | Power Line
From the New York Post: US economy unexpectedly surges 4.3% in third quarter — its strongest growth in two years. Unexpectedly. The Post reports, The latest GDP figures put the average annual rate of economic growth at 2.5%…
‘Expectation-Smashing’ GDP Report Released
President Donald Trump said tariffs are the reason that real gross domestic product increased at an annual rate of 4.3% in the third quarter of 2025. In July, August, and September, GDP increased at 4.3%, according to the…
Trump’s tariffs are making sporting goods more expensive
Hello and welcome to another edition of Free Agent! It's still not too late to break out your ugly Christmas sweaters and coordinate with your friends. Is Christmas ruined because of tariffs? Probably not, because the…
Trump’s 2026 Relationship With China Will Likely Be Strained
In the coming year, President Trump may meet Xi Jinping up to a half dozen times, an intense period of high-level diplomacy amid unprecedented mutual trade and supply chain warfare with China. The stage was set by the…
EJ Antoni on Affordability
The new buzzword today seems to be affordability. Suddenly, the entire media has woken up to the fact that Americans are in a cost-of-living crisis, something that has been true for several years now. Of course, the…
This One Issue Is Driving Gen Z to the Right
PHOENIX—All eyes were on Gen Z this weekend as more than 10,000 students gathered at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest, where speakers and panels discussed the issues motivating Gen Z heading into a pivotal election year. After…
Gas Prices Are Low, Yet Still Feel Costly
There’s a good chance that if you’re filling up your car today, you’re paying the lowest price in four years. According to December AAA data, the national average gas price is about $2.90 per gallon—marking the first time it…
Trump Delivers Pharmaceutical Affordability | Power Line
This is one of those policy breakthroughs that seem so obvious that one wonders why it didn’t happen a long time ago. The U.S. has had two serious issues with regard to drugs. The first is cost: many foreign countries have…
Fed Candidates Have Mixed Histories on Interest Rates
President Donald Trump recently told The Wall Street Journal he is favoring selecting either National Economic Council head Kevin Hassett or former Federal Reserve Governor Kevin Warsh for the next chair of the Federal…
Trump’s state capitalism experiment continues
Like a kid in a toy store with a nearly unlimited supply of someone else's money, President Donald Trump is on a shopping spree the likes of which America has never seen. With the announcements earlier this month that…
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