By Robert Romano “These products are subject to the existing 20% Fentanyl Tariffs, and they are just moving to a different Tariff ‘bucket.’” That was President Donald Trump on Truth Social on April 13 , clarifying that technology products manufactured in China including phones, computers and chips and other semiconductors will be subjected […]
By Robert RomanoProducer prices dropped 0.4 percent in March, following consumer prices dropping 0.1 percent, according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, amid continued drops in food and energy prices, particularly on the producer side, which saw 2.1 percent and 4 percent drops, respectively. These price […]
By Robert Romano “We saw the successful negotiating strategy that President Trump implemented a week ago today. It has brought more than 75 countries forward to negotiate. It took great courage for him to stay the course until this moment and what we have ended up with […]
By Robert Romano “This would be a PERFECT time for Fed Chairman Jerome Powell to cut Interest Rates. He is always ‘late,’ but he could now change his image, and quickly.” That was President Donald Trump on Truth Social on April 4 urging Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell to begin the process of […]
By Robert Romano President Donald Trump appears to be effectively using the April 9 deadline for his country-by-country tariffs announced on April 2 with great effect in order to bring trade partners to the table, saying that a trade deal with South Korea is now “probable” in an April 8 Truth Social post . […]
By Robert Romano President Donald Trump says the phone is ringing off the hook with trade partners anxious to make reciprocal trade deals after the President raised tariffs across the board among trade partners on April 2, before April 9 when the tariffs are due to take effect. For example, on April 4 Trump strongly […]
By Robert Romano Commodities prices and interest rates collapsed across the board following President Donald Trump’s April 2 announcement of reciprocal tariffs on U.S. trade partners despite Congressional Democrats’ predictions that inflation would increase as a result of the tariffs. Crude oil went from $72.22 prior to the announcement down to $66.12 per barrel as of this writing, […]
By Robert Romano Today, as the political world looks at special elections and the future, near-term potential composition of Congress following the 2026 midterm elections, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its latest data on job openings for the month of March showing 7.56 million job openings nationwide. That’s more than the number of people unemployed , […]
By Robert Romano President Donald Trump has expanded his tariffs to include new 25 percent tariffs on all trucks and cars and automobile parts being imported into the U.S. in a March 26 proclamation , citing national security concerns with outsourced automobile production, stating, “automobiles and certain automobile parts are being imported […]
