...despite warnings that the move would inflict immediate economic damage on American consumers and businesses while doing little to stem a tide of migrants

The study concluded that “the entire incidence of the tariffs fell on domestic consumers and importers,” with “no impact” on the prices received by foreign exporters.

An economist at the conservative Heritage Foundation, Mr. Moore helped draft Mr. Trump’s tax proposals in the 2016 campaign and has served as an informal adviser ever since.

Most of that total — $540 billion — is the result of legislation passed since 2015

In very broad strokes, the Green New Deal legislation [...] sets goals for some drastic measures to cut carbon emissions across the economy, from electricity generation to transportation to agriculture.

Scott Walker and Donald Trump promised a huge manufacturing facility and 13,000 jobs. So far Foxconn has hired 178

The Trump years have been no better than average and mostly below average in 12 of the 14 measures.

...he inadvertently revealed how intertwined the government is with millions of households, businesses and the entire U.S. economy.

...due to lost productivity from furloughed workers and economic activity lost to outside business

All three major indexes surged nearly 3% on the week. US markets have advanced four weeks in a row, the longest winning streak since the summer.

Trump's economists have now doubled projections of how much economic growth is being lost each week.

“One thing that we worry about is what is going to break consumer confidence, what is going to shake consumers and shake business confidence, what is going to make people worried enough that maybe they pull back a little bit”

Federal tax revenues declined in 2018 while economic growth accelerated, undercutting the Trump administration’s insistence that the $1.5 trillion tax package would pay for itself.

The president can remove a member of the Fed board only “for cause,” which does not include policy disagreements.

“We have a big, fat bubble coming up, you watch. We have artificially induced low interest rates,” Trump told MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” two days after announcing his candidacy in 2015.

...after markets suffered their worst Christmas Eve drop ever following Mnuchin's attempts to calm Wall Street failed

...a sharp contrast to the picture just a year ago when the world was experiencing its best growth since 2010 and seemed poised to do even better.

“Guys, everything’s fine! We’re not going to have another financial crisis, okay?”

The plummet followed a tumultuous few days in Washington, amid reports that Trump was discussing how to remove Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.

Playing the blame game

Trump has been complaining for months about Fed monetary policy, claiming rising interest rates are putting a brake on his economic plans.

The Treasury secretary put out an alarming—and confusing—press release on Sunday evening.

It was the second time over the weekend Trump's top finance chief tried to send a reassuring message to investors over alleged plans to oust Powell.

Trump fretted to aides that Mr. Powell would “turn me into Hoover,” a reference to the man who was president in the early years of the Great Depression.

–Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Treasury

Trump has discussed firing Powell as his frustration with the central bank chief intensified following this week’s interest-rate increase and months of stock-market losses

The losses amplified a Wednesday decline triggered by the Fed hiking interest rates and projecting two further rate hikes in 2019.

Trump made up a tax cut before the midterms. Steve Mnuchin still won’t say if it was a “real thing.”

Trump has been asking his advisors if they think the tariffs he's levied against China are causing the market's unrest over the past two months.

Trump, according to The Washington Post, seems to believe that the Fed is a lot like a roller coaster: You have to be so tall to go on it.

“I have a gut, and my gut tells me more sometimes than anybody else’s brain can ever tell me.”

Trump responded to falling stock prices on Thursday by continuing to throw rocks at the Federal Reserve, which he has described as “crazy,” “loco,” “going wild” and “out of control” for slowly raising interest rates against the backdrop of a booming economy.

...breaking with years of tradition during which U.S. presidents and their advisers avoid commenting directly on Fed policy out of respect for the central bank’s independence.

Trump’s vaunted economic growth isn’t benefiting people who work for a living — but the rich want even more

In short, the people who possess tradable assets, especially stocks, have enjoyed a recovery that Americans dependent on savings or income from their weekly paycheck have yet to see.

"Just run the presses — print money" ... Cohn was "astounded at Trump's lack of basic understanding,"

But Trump got it wrong — way wrong — when he said it hasn't happened in a century.

Changes in the labor market have upended myriad jobs that used to pay well, dragging down wages and leaving millions of American workers feeling misled and frustrated.

"We have seen no clear signs of an acceleration above 2%, and there does not seem to be an elevated risk of overheating"

“You know, I guess it says something like ‘high crimes’ and all. . . . I don’t know how you can impeach somebody who’s done a great job”

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he was “not thrilled” with the Federal Reserve under his own appointee, Chairman Jerome Powell, for raising interest rates and said the U.S. central bank should do more to help him to ...

The unemployment rate for those without a high school diploma fell to 5.1 percent in July

...insisting that the administration would not interfere with the decisions of the Federal Reserve or move to manipulate the value of the dollar.

White House officials have sent conflicting signals over trade policy, resulting in wild market swings.

Wall Street has tried to ignore warning signs about a trade war for months. It can't any longer.

The bill raises the threshold at which banks are deemed so big and plugged into the financial grid that if one were to fail it would cause major havoc. Those banks are subject to stricter capital and planning requirements.

Markets roiled Friday as stocks dropped across the board on the latest volley in the U.S. trade dispute with China.

On Day Three of Larry Kudlow’s first week at the White House, the president’s new economic adviser did exactly what he was hired to do: go on TV to calm the stock market over something his boss said.

He will replace the outgoing Fed chairwoman, Janet L. Yellen, on Feb. 3.