How Elon Musk could influence EV policies under Trump

President-elect Donald Trump’s full-throated support for oil and gas drilling might be expected to send a…

Fed cuts rates again as Trump’s victory makes future murky

The Federal Reserve cut interest rates for a second straight time on Thursday in an effort…

How Trump tariffs could plunge Mexico into recession, boost migration

MEXICO CITY —  If former President Trump is reelected and follows through with his promise to slap…

$1.80 dinners and budget clothes? The spread of frugality is hurting China’s economy

TAIPEI, Taiwan —  China’s 1.4 billion consumers once spent with enough abandon to help drive the global…

Hiltzik: Why inflation is so hard to fathom

In the latest video of GOP vice presidential candidate JD Vance to go viral but not…

Hiltzik: Here’s the truth about tariffs

Despite strong evidence that the average voter in the presidential election doesn’t care a hoot about…

Sell-off on Wall Street: Why it is happening and what it says

It’s nail-biting time on Wall Street. Stocks had been dropping at worrisome rates for several days,…