Consumer

Inflation & Prices

Just in Time for Tariffs, Consumer Prices Finally Drop

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That’s right: CPI fell 0.1% in March, according to the US Labor Department, marking the first month-over-month decline since May 2020.

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Analysis

Boy, Oh Boycott: Can Canada’s ‘Buy Canadian’ Movement Actually Dent the US?

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Consumer

Brazil’s ‘Egg King’ Buys Hillandale Farms

The $1.1 billion acquisition comes just as egg prices are ever so slightly starting to trend down in the US.

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Artificial Intelligence

Tech Giants Are Betting Billions on AI Smartphones. But Consumers Aren’t Sold

Big Tech is hoping AI-powered smartphones will be the first of many great returns on its eye-popping AI investments.

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Economics

Just How Certain is a Recession, Anyway?

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Policy uncertainty, particularly around how tariffs will ripple through the economy, continued to stoke recession fears last week.

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Economics

Happy Tariff Tuesday?

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The latest data suggests markets and manufacturers aren’t taking Trump’s tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China all that well.

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Economics

Is the US Economy Headed for a Slowdown?

If the US consumer is the engine driving the economy, then some funky noises are coming from underneath the hood.

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Big Tech

Why Big Tech Thinks Augmented Reality is the Next Big Thing

Though consumers aren’t necessarily begging for head-worn computers yet, tech firms big and small see the technology as the next frontier of…

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International Economics

Trump’s Tariffs are Finally, Almost, Nearly Here

Just six years after Trump 1.0 signed a new trade agreement with Mexico and Canada, Trump 2.0 is imposing tariffs on goods from them.

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Inflation & Prices

The US is Making Progress on Inflation, Depending on How You Look at It

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Another month, another Consumer Price Index inflation report, the show-stopping data dump of our inflation-weary universe.

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