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Jerome H. Powell, chair of the Federal Reserve, says the central bank’s “obligation” is to ensure that a “one-time increase in the price level does not become an ongoing inflation problem.”

Jerome H. Powell, chair of the Federal Reserve, says the central bank’s “obligation” is to ensure that a “one-time increase in the price level does not become an ongoing inflation problem.”

After China announced new retaliatory measures against the United States, President Trump responded that Beijing “PLAYED IT WRONG.”

An executive order from President Trump will require government agencies to make electronic payments for tax refunds, Social Security and other benefits as of Sept. 30.

Fears that President Trump’s tariffs could slash global economic growth — and demand for oil as a result — were weighing on the market.

A rapidly escalating trade war has socked stocks as investors weigh the fallout from President Trump’s tariff barrage.

The European Union is deepening other trade partnerships as U.S. relations sour. But with China, the relationship could get closer — or more combative.

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The Chinese government said it would match President Trump’s tariff, and also barred a group of American companies from doing business in China.

As they cling to leaf tips, newborn warty birch caterpillars produce vibrations that can ward off invaders approaching their millimeter-size domain.

The president’s aides insist the fallout will be short and ultimately result in a better economy, as economists warn of higher inflation and slower growth.

The boom in American sit-down chains has come and gone. What replaced them isn’t so great for human connection.

The U.S. tariffs on transshipment countries like Vietnam and Cambodia are so steep that they could force a major reassessment of global supply chains.

Venezuela owes China’s banks about $10 billion, and its oil is about the only legal way it has to pay them back.

The ancient weapons, found in a cave near Marfa, could be among the oldest near-complete set of wood and stone hunting tools found in North America.

If you’re within five years of retiring, either before or after, you’re at your most vulnerable financially. Here are steps to weather the volatility.

Dozens of companies are building robots that look like humans. One of them is training a machine to be a butler and will soon test them in homes.

President Trump wants to bring pharmaceutical manufacturing back to the United States. Experts warn that tariffs could result in shortages and higher prices for generic drugs.

Markets in Asia reflected investors’ continued worries about the economic disruption of President Trump’s trade policies.

Higher prices could also be coming soon for seafood, sugar and coffee. But it may be a while before importers and retailers can gauge the effects of the new fees.

A nonprofit group said the president misapplied a law in imposing those levies and portrayed its filing as the first lawsuit to challenge the Trump administration over its tariffs.

Higher prices could also be coming soon for seafood, sugar and coffee. But it may be a while before importers and retailers can gauge the effects of the new fees.

Convicted of fraud and facing the possibility of decades in prison, Charlie Javice was concerned about how a monitoring device would affect her job.

An idealist, he founded The Texas Tribune, a model for nonprofit grass-roots news organizations nationwide, and the American Journalism Project, which supports them.

People have avoided huge losses by holding old-fashioned, well-balanced investments, an approach our columnist is banking on for the future.

Born into rural poverty, he climbed to the top of the art market. But he fell after being convicted of selling fake and stolen items.

European regulators are considering fining X more than $1 billion, after weighing the risks of further antagonizing Mr. Musk and President Trump.

The president announced sweeping tariffs on Wednesday in an effort to reset global trading relationships. Here’s what you need to know.

Saudi Arabia and other members of the OPEC Plus group accelerated their program to put more oil on the market, adding to a sharp fall in prices.

The company’s move is one of the first and clearest examples of automakers using price increases to deal with the 25 percent tariffs President Trump imposed on car and auto parts imports.

The video app is barreling toward a Saturday deadline to change its ownership under federal law or face a ban in the United States.

Mark Carney, a former central banker, also called on ‘like minded nations’ to form a new trading order without the United States.

Trump cutbacks were supposedly aimed at administrators. But scientists in food and drug-testing labs and policy experts who advance generic drug approvals were also dismissed.

The loophole has allowed retailers to send goods from China directly to U.S. shoppers without paying tariffs. Closing it could raise consumer prices.

Hundreds of hours of recordings suggest that the apes can generate meaning by stringing sounds together in pairs. But some scholars are skeptical.

The U.S. economy has largely withstood inflation and high interest rates. But tariffs could bring new price increases and put a damper on hiring.

Economists and legal experts question how the strongest economy in the world can be facing a national emergency over the trade deficit.

Many sportswear brands shifted production away from China to avoid tariffs imposed years ago, but now they face punishing levies targeting alternative manufacturing hubs.

Ms. Jones has been editor of the gilded magazine of culture, business and politics since 2017.

Some of the more sparsely populated territories in the world that do little trade with the United States have been caught up in the trade war.

The department, during the Biden administration, initially said it had concerns about the merger of two of the largest credit card companies in the U.S.

Across the country, companies have been installing giant batteries that help them use more wind and solar power. That’s about to get much harder.

The A.I. prediction world is torn between optimism and gloom. A report released on Thursday decidedly lands on the side of gloom.

Some of the more sparsely populated territories in the world that do little trade with the United States have been caught up in the trade war.

New research painted a more accurate picture of the megafauna that spread widely around the Americas before they went extinct.