economy
Key inflation metric hits 3 percent, despite Trump’s claim that rising prices are ‘solved’
Inflation is stubbornly refusing to be vanquished by presidential edict. Prices paid to domestic producers for their goods jumped by 0.5 percent during December, according to Department of Labor data released Friday morning.…
It’s Warsh | Power Line
President Trump announced this morning that he is nominating Kevin Warsh as the next Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve: Stephen Moore and his colleagues at the Committee to Unleash Prosperity greeted…
Socialism Won’t Make Housing Great Again
As bone-chilling winds lash Manhattan, Gotham Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s vaunted “warmth of collectivism” sounds almost appealing. Almost. The lightest breeze of socialism shows why this worldview frosts normal people. Too bad …
Trump Reveals When He’ll Announce Fed Chair
President Donald Trump said he will announce his appointee to chair the Federal Reserve Board of Governors next week. “We’re going to be announcing the head of the Fed, who that will be, and it’ll be a person that will, I…
Fewer cows, not corporate greed
The rising cost of living is impacting nearly every good, including beef. From December 2020 to December 2025, the average price of steak rose by over $3 per pound, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. (This is about…
Mamdani’s Millionaire Tax Would Zap NYC’s Dynamism
Zohran Mamdani’s policy and funding proposals could precipitate an economic and political crisis in New York City reminiscent of the movements that led to Communist…
About the “Affordability Crisis” | Power Line
Across the country, Democrats are planning to make the purported “affordability crisis” a centerpiece of their midterm campaign. They hope to pin the cost of living on President Trump, which should be impossible. But when…
2026 Spending Recap
In the first quarter of fiscal year 2026, which ended on New Year’s Eve, the federal government spent $1,827,134,000,000—and, according to the Treasury Department, ran a deficit of $602,376,000,000. The federal debt closed…
From Rock to Tech, Talent Flees Taxes
California Democrats should listen to The Rolling Stones. The band famously fled England in the 1970s, heading into tax exile in the south of France. Mick Jagger and his mates weren’t alone—a generation of rock royalty…
How the American Dream of Homeownership Became Unaffordable
The following is a preview of Daily Signal Politics Editor Bradley Devlin’s interview with Rep. Pat Harrigan, R-N.C., on “The Signal Sitdown.” The full interview premieres on The Daily Signal’s YouTube page at 6:30 a.m.…
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