Economy

Trade war casualty: China’s economic growth slows further as industrial output falls to 17 1/2-year low

September 16, 2019

By Jon Dougherty (NationalSentinel) As the U.S.-China trade war stretches on, Beijing’s economy is getting the worst of it as indicated by new economic figures that [...]

China exempts some U.S. goods from retaliatory tariffs as fresh trade talks with Trump administration approach

September 11, 2019

By Jon Dougherty (NationalSentinel) The Chinese government has opted to spare some U.S. goods from being targeted with retaliatory tariffs after the Trump administration [...]

August job creation numbers prove once and for all that the USA is NOT in a recession as they blast past estimates

September 6, 2019

(NationalSentinel) The latest job creation figures for August show that not only is the U.S. economy continuing to grow under Trump administration policies, but it is [...]

Trump justifies new China tariffs, explains how and why Beijing is paying for them, NOT American consumers

September 3, 2019

By Jon Dougherty (NationalSentinel) President Donald Trump justified his administration’s newest round of tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of [...]

Markets rally as China sends positive sign on U.S. trade talks amid fourth month of declining factory output

August 29, 2019

By Jon Dougherty (NationalSentinel) Markets in Europe, the U.S., and Asia either rallied or, in the latter case pared losses, on positive indications from China that Beijing [...]

Winning: G7 leaders make joint statement in support of President Trump’s principle of ‘free trade’

August 28, 2019

By Jon Dougherty (NationalSentinel) If, as Republican operatives and analysts have speculated, economics and trade far outweigh “Spygate,” Robert Mueller, and [...]

Not taking it lying down: Trump hits China back with MORE tariffs after Beijing’s latest tit-for-tat

August 24, 2019

By Jon Dougherty (NationalSentinel) A day after China’s leadership announced they would impose about $75 billion in new tariffs on U.S. imports in retaliation for [...]

Bankrupt: CBO is predicting trillion-dollar deficits for years to come, but Congress seems oblivious

August 22, 2019

By Jon Dougherty (NationalSentinel) The U.S. government is slated to run trillion-dollar deficits for the foreseeable future, according to a new analysis from the [...]

Just one-third of economists believe the U.S. is headed for a recession: Survey

August 20, 2019

By Jon Dougherty (NationalSentinel) The vast majority of economists polled this week said they don’t believe the United States is headed for a recession, despite the [...]

GOP strategist says California is a sign of things to come for Republicans; AOC, Robert Mueller ‘don’t matter at all’ in 2020

August 20, 2019

By Jon Dougherty (NationalSentinel) A Republican strategist and former 2016 presidential campaign spokesman for Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) laid out three things that the GOP [...]

Economy

Trade war casualty: China’s economic growth slows further as industrial output falls to 17 1/2-year low

China exempts some U.S. goods from retaliatory tariffs as fresh trade talks with Trump administration approach

August job creation numbers prove once and for all that the USA is NOT in a recession as they blast past estimates

Trump justifies new China tariffs, explains how and why Beijing is paying for them, NOT American consumers

Markets rally as China sends positive sign on U.S. trade talks amid fourth month of declining factory output

Winning: G7 leaders make joint statement in support of President Trump’s principle of ‘free trade’

Not taking it lying down: Trump hits China back with MORE tariffs after Beijing’s latest tit-for-tat

Bankrupt: CBO is predicting trillion-dollar deficits for years to come, but Congress seems oblivious

Just one-third of economists believe the U.S. is headed for a recession: Survey

GOP strategist says California is a sign of things to come for Republicans; AOC, Robert Mueller ‘don’t matter at all’ in 2020

Trump convinced there is a conspiracy to tank the economy so he’ll lose in 2020

Poll: Voters in battleground states prefer lowering healthcare costs to ‘Medicare for All’

Wave of BAD economic data for China prove NeverTrumpers wrong: Tariffs are working

New York City’s $15-an-hour minimum wage law is ravaging small-to-medium businesses but Democrats won’t relent

As Trump triples down on China tariffs, administration will offer aid to hard-hit farmers