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Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) pushed back against President Donald Trump’s dismissive tone on Americans cutting back on their holiday spending amid rising prices resulting from his administration’s trade, tariff, and healthcare policies. Warren Slams Trump’s ‘Don...

With 2025 set to end, investors may hear more about the "Santa Claus indicator," which tracks the last five trading days of a year and the first two trading days of a new year. A leading market expert tells Benzinga the indicator is fun, but the real story to follow in 2026 is the Supreme Court...

Nobel Prize–winning economist Paul Krugman said President Donald Trump's economic agenda has failed to deliver on its core promise of job creation, arguing that his tariffs and other policies have instead weakened U.S. competitiveness and hurt employment in key sectors. Trump’s Jobs Plan An...

President Donald Trump has claimed that his tariff policies have triggered an unprecedented wave of new investment into the U.S. economy, as companies choose to build domestically, in order to avoid the high duties on imports. We’ve Taken In More Than ‘$18 Trillion’ While...

For months, President Donald Trump has insisted that America's huge trade deficit could be tamed with one blunt tool: tariffs. In September, the numbers finally moved his way. New figures from the Census Bureau on Thursday show the U.S. trade deficit narrowed to $52.8 billion in September, the...

Retail giant Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST) could highlight the impact of tariffs on business when the company reports first-quarter financial results Thursday after market close. Here are the earnings estimates, what experts are saying before the report and the key items to watch....

A new approval rating for President Donald Trump shows voters remain concerned about higher prices and affordability. Trump's Approval Rating President Trump recently said that inflation is essentially gone, but voters across the country are feeling higher prices across several sectors and everyday...

A $12 billion aid plan from President Donald Trump could benefit the farming sector, but also comes with a callout over prices that could put Deere & Company (NYSE:DE) and peers under the president’s careful watch. Deere & Company Called Out Trump announced details of the $12 billion...

Nvidia Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA) just signed up for what traders are calling the ‘Dragon Fee’ — a built-in 25% Donald Trump-imposed skim on U.S. AI chip revenue tied to China. The catch-and-release policy lets Nvidia keep shipping H200 accelerators into the world's fastest-growing AI market,...

China's ability to reroute its trade flows and maintain its robust economic momentum despite trade tensions with the United States is drawing fresh attention from global policymakers. Tariffs Have Failed To Dent China’s Exports On Monday, in a post on X, International Monetary Fund First...

President Donald Trump’s $12 billion financial aid package for U.S. farmers who are currently reeling from the fallout of his administration’s trade and tariff policies, alongside low market prices, is being criticized by prominent economists, analysts, and even some farmers themselves...

Copper extended its recent surge on the London Metal Exchange, with benchmark futures topping $11,700 a ton. It was the strongest rally since last summer, as investors began positioning for a possible regime of phased, near-universal copper tariffs starting in 2027. A reinforcing narrative of...

Search engine giant Google, which is owned by Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG)(NASDAQ:GOOGL), has released its annual list of the top trending searches for 2025. Here's a look at the top overall searches and searched news stories in the United States for the year and how some relate to the financial...

Dollar General Corporation (NYSE:DG) and Dollar Tree Inc (NASDAQ:DLTR) could offer insights into consumer shopping trends amid tariffs and inflation when the companies report third-quarter financial results this week. Dollar General reports earnings results on Thursday before the market opens....

Economist Justin Wolfers pushed back against President Donald Trump’s recent tariff claims, criticizing them for being misleading. Argument Built On ‘Lies’ And ‘Exaggerations’ On Thursday, in a post on X, Wolfers slammed Trump’s claims, noting that the entire...