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Rick Newman is a columnist for Yahoo Finance, offering insightful, provocative takes on many of the biggest stories of our time. He was previously Chief Business Correspondent, and before that Pentagon correspondent, for U.S. News & World Report. He's also the author of four books, including Rebounders: How Winners Pivot from Setback to Success.
Yahoo FinanceCommentary: Trump’s tariffs would be worse than Biden’s inflation
Voters almost never support candidates who promise to raise their taxes. Yet that's exactly what Donald Trump says he'll do.
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Commentary: 3 charts Kamala Harris ought to memorize
Voters have a dismal outlook for income gains and purchasing power. And it's not just inflation that bothers them.
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This week in Bidenomics: Peak Fedspeak is finally here
Investors have been savoring the prospect of interest rate cuts for 14 months. The moment of deliverance is nigh.
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Commentary: Kamala Harris has flip-flopped. Good for her.
Kamala Harris is changing her policies to better align with what voters want. Maybe that's a good thing.
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The old Trump economy isn’t coming back
Prices and borrowing costs were lower when Trump was president. But it's a different economy now, and we're not going back.
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The oil shock that hasn’t happened
Iran is still threatening another major attack on Israel. Energy traders seem unconcerned.
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This week in Bidenomics: Cooler, please
The job market is unmistakably cooling. But gloomy consumers are starting to feel better. Can this last?
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How steelworkers are gambling on politics to block — or improve — the Nippon-US Steel deal
The union members opposed to Nippon's purchase of US Steel have political leverage at the moment. That will change after the election.
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A surprising nonissue in the 2024 election: Obamacare
The once-controversial healthcare law is finally popular — and more important than ever.
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8 big Trump and Harris ideas that are going nowhere
Any campaign promise that would require partisan legislation passing a Congress controlled by one party is unlikely to happen.
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This week in Bidenomics: Maybe things are okay?
Confidence surveys show the inflation shock is finally fading and some Americans are feeling more hopeful.
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Trump's inflation fantasies
Trump claims to have special deflationary powers. He doesn't.
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Why Trump and Harris are pandering to Nevada tip workers
Electoral math explains why the presidential candidates are dangling a tax break before a key subset of Nevada voters.
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Trump and Harris are both threatening more inflation
Tariffs, deportations, price controls, home buyer subsidies: What they have in common is strong inflationary pressure.
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This week in Bidenomics: It’s about time
Interest rate cuts are finally on the way. It might give voters a bit more confidence in Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris.
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Evidence of food price gouging is hard to find
If there's any price gouging in the food industry, it's deep in the supply chain where most consumers would never notice.
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Some of the most popular campaign ideas are also the dumbest
Both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are pitching ideas that sound appealing but would make Americans worse off if ever enacted.
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This week in Bidenomics: Economy Plus
Voters don't like the Biden economy, yet it serves as a solid underpinning allowing Kamala Harris to precision-target the problems that still nag voters.
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Why Harris ranks better on the economy than Trump (and Biden)
Voters think Harris will pursue different (and better) economic policies than Biden. Her challenge will be to deliver.
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Not taxing tips is a terrible idea
Donald Trump and Kamala Harris both now want to exempt tip income from tax, knowing there's basically no chance it will ever happen. Here's why.