Economy
Iranian Official Defies Purported Message from Cardboard Khamenei, Says Strait of Hormuz Open
Iran’s top diplomat at the United Nations declared on Thursday, “We are not going to close the Strait of Hormuz,” apparently…
Durable Goods Orders Flat in January as Core Business Spending Measure Stalls
New orders for long-lasting U.S. manufactured goods were unchanged in January, a sign that factory demand remained sluggish…
Trump Tax Cuts Boost Income, Savings
Americans’ disposable income surged in January as the Trump tax cuts began flowing through paychecks, boosting the personal…
Doug Casey on the Dollar’s Debasement… Why Socialism Rises, and Wealth Taxes Follow
International Man: As inflation accelerates and the US dollar drifts toward its intrinsic value, how does that enrich asset…
Fourth Quarter Growth Was Much Weaker Than Previously Thought
U.S. economic growth in the fourth quarter was much weaker than first reported, with revised data Friday showing gross…
Breitbart Business Digest: The Establishment’s Wishful Thinking on Trade
The U.S. Really Does Have a Balance-of-Payments Problem The establishment case against tariffs got a polished restatement in…
U.S. Trade Deficit Falls Sharply, Down 57.6 Percent From a Year Earlier
The U.S. trade deficit narrowed sharply in January, falling by more than half from a year earlier in a report that offered…
West Virginia GOP Guts Migration Reform to Help CEOs Using Migrants
The Republican-controlled West Virginia Senate Judiciary Committee is moving to water down an E-Verify bill to excuse more…
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani Hosts Islamic Radicals
New York’s smiling Muslim Mayor is using the city government to display official support for Islam and its aggressive…
US Stocks Slide as Oil Jumps Above $100 on Signs Hormuz Crisis May Drag On
US stocks fell and oil climbed on Thursday as investors braced for a longer energy shock after Iran’s new supreme leader…