Tariffs
Tariffs Added 2.9 Points to Goods Inflation, About 0.6 to All Prices
The 2.9 points measures 67 goods categories, about a fifth of the basket, against less-exposed goods in February. Across a whole budget it works out to about 0.6 points (0.8 if all goods behaved alike), or roughly $320 to $460 a year for an average household by Daybreak Wire's arithmetic.
Why Trade Retaliation Lists Always Include Bourbon
When trade wars escalate, the retaliation list is never random — it's aimed at specific industries and the politicians who represent them.
Tariff vs. Price Floor: What Trump's New Solar Rule Does
The White House set a 15% tariff on polysilicon and, separately, a hard minimum price. The two tools do very different jobs, and the gap between them explains why solar makers are watching closely.
Nike's Profit Jumps on a Tariff Refund as China Sales Fall 12%
Strip out a one-off tariff recovery and the quarter looks flatter than the headline profit suggests, with China still shrinking.
Sleep Number Files for Bankruptcy, Agrees to $415 Million Sale to Sleep Country Canada
Sleep Number filed for Chapter 11 and agreed to a $415 million stalking-horse sale to Sleep Country Canada, blaming tariffs and inflation as 2,920 jobs hang on the outcome.