CPA Job Quality Index: Despite the federal government’s strong March 2024 Jobs Report released last Friday, the JQI shows the US labor market suffers from persistent structural issues.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen just spent the weekend in China, her second trip there in less than a year.
While the month-over-month goods deficit with China fell by around $3.7 billion, the deficit with Mexico rose by $2 billion over the same period.
Energy prices, food prices, and price spikes due to shortages were the dominant drivers of inflation.
Senators Brown, Vance, and Casey are right to sound the alarm on why Nippon’s acquisition of U.S. Steel poses a serious threat to American national and economic security.
Despite spending over $600 billion on prescription drugs, the number of drugs in shortage rose to a near-record total of 301 active medication shortages at the end of 2023.
China dominates all phases of global solar energy equipment manufacturing.
The April Currency Misalignment Monitor shows that the dollar continues to be heavily overvalued and major Asian currencies remain undervalued.
Tariffs that began in 2018 have not destroyed the U.S. economy. The stock market did not crash. Tariffs weren’t the cause of inflation either. And many manufacturing industries from kitchen cabinets in Alabama to solar in Ohio are thriving because of them.
KEY POINTS U.S. pharmaceutical imports have risen sharply in the last decade, with imports from China and India skyrocketing. India and China are increasingly the
