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Trump taps Former Fed Governor to Succeed Current Chair in May
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Jerome Powell has decided he is under assault from the Trump administration and has issued a declaration of war.
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Powell claimed, without evidence, that the inquries into the renovations and his congressional testimony were merely “pretexts” for political interference in monetary policy.
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Breitbart Business Digest in an exclusive interview that the Trump administration is determined to end America’s dangerous dependence on China for critical materials and pharmaceuticals, describing the effort as “taking back our sovereignty.”
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The Trump administration has successfully addressed the “three I’s” that he said were devastating working-class Americans: immigration, interest rates, and inflation, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in an exclusive interview with Breitbart Business Digest co-authors Alex Marlow and John Carney
The post Exclusive: Bessent Says Trump Administration Has Conquered ‘Three I’s’ That Were ‘Eviscerating Working Americans’ appeared first on Breitbart.

After years of Bidenflation raising prices at a staggering pace, American families are enjoying a less pricey Thanksgiving meal this year.
The post Holiday Joy: Thanksgiving Meal Costs Decline To Lowest In Four Years appeared first on Breitbart.

This week, the government finally revealed the September jobs data, and we learned about the mysterious resignation of yet another Fed official.
The post Breitbart Business Digest: Jobs Are Growing and Powell’s Fed Is Unraveling appeared first on Breitbart.

Researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco examined major tariff changes from 1870 through 2020 across the United States, United Kingdom, and France. Their conclusion challenges the conventional wisdom that dominated economic policy debates in recent years: when countries raise tariffs, prices actually fall, not rise.
The post Fed Study Vindicates Trump Trade Policy: 150 Years of Evidence Shows Tariffs Lower Inflation appeared first on Breitbart.

The white collar workers in Brooklyn who elected Zohran Mamdani are experiencing the economic displacement felt by blue collar workers in the Rust Belt three decades ago. They are the natural next chapter of the Make America Great Again coalition.
The post Breitbart Business Digest: Brooklyn’s Unaffordable Professional Precincts Are America’s Next Rust Belt appeared first on Breitbart.

Each year, more of what Americans buy is made abroad, and more of what Americans earn comes from borrowing that replaces the income lost to trade. The system sustains itself not through productivity but through the continual creation of dollar assets.
The post Breitbart Business Digest: The Wealth of Foreign Nations Depends on America’s Endless Budget Deficits appeared first on Breitbart.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from proceeding with mass layoffs of federal employees during the government shutdown, calling the move “unprecedented” and “the epitome of hasty, arbitrary, and capricious decisionmaking.”
The post Breitbart Business Digest: Judge’s Ruling Blocking Trump’s Shutdown Cuts Turns Federal Bureaucracy into a Protected Class appeared first on Breitbart.

For decades, American companies made a straightforward calculation: They would share their technology with Chinese partners in exchange for access to the world’s largest consumer market and its low-cost labor.
The post Breitbart Business Digest: How the U.S. Gave Away Its Technology Edge to China appeared first on Breitbart.

The prices of goods affected by tariffs fell in August, crushing the hopes of everyone at the Cato Institute.
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Jimmy Kimmel might have hastened his exit by spreading falsehoods about Charlie Kirk’s assassin, but he was marching toward the end long before this week.
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A divided federal appeals court on Monday refused to let President Donald J. Trump immediately oust Federal Reserve Governor Lisa D. Cook, but a forceful dissent warned that the decision misapplied both constitutional law and common sense.
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Trump’s immigration enforcement has delivered something rare in American politics: a policy that does exactly what its supporters promised.
The post Breitbart Business Digest: Trump’s Immigration Enforcement Delivers Real Wage Gains for American Workers appeared first on Breitbart.

Lisa Cook, who was confirmed as a Governor of the Federal Reserve in 2022, wants a federal judge to do something no court has attempted in the Fed’s 112-year history: define what “for cause” means when a president tries to fire a Fed governor.
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The Trump administration’s decision to take a ten percent stake in Intel is not socialism. It’s a financing innovation designed to overcome Wall Street’s allergy to capital investment.
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The Fed needs someone at the helm who understands how growth happens, where policy fails, and why incentives matter more than slogans. That’s Scott Bessent.
The post Breitbart Business Digest: Why Scott Bessent Might Still Become Fed Chair appeared first on Breitbart.

The July jobs report was a disaster for the American worker, the U.S. economy, the Federal Reserve, and Jerome Powell.
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The trade deal Donald Trump announced Sunday with the European Union is not just the death certificate of the old regime. It is also the birth certificate of a new era in international trade.
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The Congressional Budget Office has released a new report laying out how it will evaluate budgetary proposals to end the government’s control of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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Waller says that tariffs will not create lasting inflation and the Fed should cut at its meeting later this month.
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When Superman first appeared in Action Comics #1 in 1938, America wasn’t grappling with border policy or multiculturalism. It was staring down something more existential: a collapse in fertility.
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Businesses will be able to immediately deduct 100 percent of the cost of new “qualified production property,” including newly built American factories.
The post Senate Big Beautiful Bill Offers Full Expensing for U.S. Factories, Energy Projects Through 2026 appeared first on Breitbart.

The Supreme Court’s decision on Friday in FCC v. Consumers’ Research didn’t just preserve a telecom subsidy—it delivered a serious setback to efforts to dismantle President Trump’s trade agenda.
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Inflation is down, wages are up, and the stock market is hitting record highs.
The post Golden Age: Stocks Soar To Record Highs as Inflation Stays Cool, Trump Forges Middle East Peace, and Tax Deal Gains Steam appeared first on Breitbart.

Pre-tariff measures show subdued cost pressures despite trade tensions.
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Trump’s threat of a 50 percent tariff on EU imports might actually help the European Union overcome its dysfunction.
The post Breitbart Business Digest: Trump Delivers Tariff Therapy for Europe, Threatens Harvard’s Foreign Cash Cows appeared first on Breitbart.

Many economists have successfully challenged the idea that budget deficits lead to higher trade deficits.
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