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Welp.

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Freeland: "If these tariffs are put in place, it is going to hurt Americans ... your grocery prices are gonna go up, bc you know what you need to grow food in the US? You need fertilizer. 80% of it comes from Canada and you're gonna be a 25% tax on it? ... the WSJ is right. This is dumb."

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CEOs and economists say the action, covering more than $900 billion worth of annual U.S. imports from its southern and northern neighbors would deal a serious setback to the highly integrated North American economy. www.reuters.com/business/aut...

submitted 12 hours ago • 1 comment

The US has what is essentially an industrial melon industry--think watermelon, cantaloupe, honeydew--which pivots up and down the western hemisphere to assure produce aisles at Walmart and Kroger look so bright and colorful all year. That'll get pricier very fast.

submitted 12 hours ago • 0 comments

you can watch the stock market tank in the bottom corner of Fox's broadcast as Trump talks about tariffs

submitted 13 hours ago • 295 comments

new car price increases have been wildly outstripping inflation for the last decade, adding thousands more to today's already-crazy prices is going to devastate the market

submitted 13 hours ago • 11 comments

Trump about to make a lot of things you like to eat more expensive.

submitted 14 hours ago • 1 comment

Yikes

submitted 15 hours ago • 0 comments

Anyone else ever sent a text to a business contact and accidentally typed two x's at the end? Or is that just me?

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There are now “Made in Canada” Facebook groups, including one with more than a million members, where Canadians have compared notes on pancake mixes that are made in Canada and offered recommendations on flavors of Cove Soda, a potential alternative to Coca-Cola. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/u...

submitted 16 hours ago • 0 comments

Economic policy uncertainty has only ever been higher during the pandemic, and during the 2011 debt ceiling crisis / Eurozone debt crisis. (And the latest weekly reading is even higher.)

submitted 17 hours ago • 9 comments

US manufacturers on edge: A measure of prices at the factory gate jumped to near a three-year high and it was taking longer for materials to be delivered, suggesting that tariffs on imports could soon hamper production. www.reuters.com/markets/us/u...

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The Institute of Supply Management's manufacturing survey always includes a sampling of anecdotal comments. This month they're almost all about tariffs and prices: #EconSky

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Ouch

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Exclusive: Chip designers Nvidia and Broadcom are running manufacturing tests with Intel, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, demonstrating early confidence in the struggling company's advanced production techniques reut.rs/3QJBqDw

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DALIO: ".. I can’t tell you exactly when it’ll come, it’s like the heart attack. .. You’re getting closer. My guess would be three years, give or take a year, something like that." @bloomberg.com

submitted 20 hours ago • 34 comments

While several automakers have expressed concerns about tariffs, Honda's move is the first concrete measure by a major Japanese car company. www.reuters.com/business/aut...

submitted 20 hours ago • 1 comment

“Why don't you wear a suit? You're at the highest level in this country's office & you refuse to wear a suit. A lot of Americans have problems with you not respecting the office.”

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By the time it opens, Intel's first Ohio factory will have faced at least five or six years of delays, as it was originally scheduled to begin operating in 2025. www.dispatch.com/story/news/2...

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“.. The topic has come up about 700 times during quarterly earnings calls .. That’s an all-time high in data going back to 2005 ..” @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

submitted 4 days ago • 18 comments

Great visualization of how tariffs would hit America's $3 trillion import shopping list. www.reuters.com/graphics/USA...

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* TRUMP SAYS PROPOSED TARIFFS ON MEXICO, CANADA WILL GO INTO EFFECT MARCH 4 AS SCHEDULED @reuters.com

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U.S. consumer confidence deteriorated at its sharpest pace in 3-1/2 years in February while 12-month inflation expectations surged, offering further signs that Americans were growing anxious about the potential negative economic impact of Trump's policies. www.reuters.com/markets/us/u...

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(NBC News) - Apple said it is working on repairing a glitch after some iPhone users noticed that speaking the word “racist” into the voice-to-text feature causes it to write “Trump” before quickly switching to “racist.” @nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com/tech/apple-g...

submitted 6 days ago • 84 comments

"Like our steel and aluminum industries, our great American copper industry has been decimated by global actors attacking our domestic production," Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said in a statement. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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Dr Copper!

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Alcoa says aluminum tariffs will cost U.S. jobs--and not prompt them to increase their domestic aluminum production. www.reuters.com/markets/comm...

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This 1930s ad from New York's Lead Industries Association is really something: "So it's only natural that good paint is made from lead."

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Investors and economists expect the U.S. central bank to respond "strongly and systematically" to changes in inflation and the labor market, according to research published on Monday by the San Francisco Fed. www.reuters.com/markets/us/f...

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A computer-generated video of U.S. President Donald Trump licking tech billionaire Elon Musk's toes briefly played on video screens at the office of U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development as staff returned to work on Monday. www.reuters.com/world/us/bog...

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Pretty stark drops in the Dallas Fed Manufacturing Survey Perhaps best summarized by this succinct comment: "It is very hard to plan. Interest rates? Tariffs? Wow." www.dallasfed.org/research/sur...

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The CEO of HCC in Mendota, Illinois, says he's seen orders canceled, put on hold, and increased lead times due to tariff uncertainty. "Lead times are getting pushed out," he said, "because now customers are going crazy, panic buying." www.reuters.com/markets/comm...

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Steel prices have already gone up--and are set to jump more thanks to tariffs. www.reuters.com/markets/comm...

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Downward revision to the Michigan sentiment means people interviewed Feb 5 through Feb 17 were a lot glummer than those interviewed Jan 21 through Feb 4 for the preliminary report.

submitted 10 days ago • 3 comments

lots of golf.

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

I honest to god don't care that she tried to kill congestion pricing like 50 times if she's gonna behave like this.

submitted 12 days ago • 27 comments

Blumenthal: "What world is he living in? It is not only contrary to the facts and the truth but utterly despicable. A disgusting betrayal of a country that has bled and fought and died for freedom ... the president's surrender is pathetic and weak."

submitted 12 days ago • 1380 comments

MTA to Feds: Drop dead

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AP POLL: “.. About 2 in 10 U.S. adults now say air transportation is very or somewhat unsafe, up from 12% in 2024.” @apnews.com apnews.com/article/trav...

submitted 12 days ago • 19 comments

I heart @mapquest.com — I covered them when they were founded btw.

submitted 12 days ago • 64 comments

32% approval on inflation, net -11 overall approval since last month www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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Trump's approval rating has ticked slightly lower in recent days as more Americans worried about the direction of the U.S. economy as the new leader threatens a host of countries with tariffs, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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This: U.S. FDA employees reviewing Elon Musk’s brain implant company Neuralink were fired over the weekend as part of a broader purge of the federal workforce, according to two sources with knowledge of the matter. www.reuters.com/world/us/fda...

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

Arkansas has some awesome town names. Here's just three of them: Snowball, Ben Hur, and Smackover.

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"We are on hold and praying that they please try to think things through and not do this," Barajas said, speaking to Reuters from her office where she has displayed U.S., Canadian and Mexican flags. www.reuters.com/world/americ...

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