tariffs

Year-End Surge in Car Sales Expected to End in 2025
Year-End Surge in Car Sales Expected to End in 2025
January 03, 2025  |  Retail

A surge in U.S. car sales seen at the end of 2024 is reportedly not expected to last into 2025. Driven by a strong fourth...

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Buy Now or Pay More Later: Consumer Sentiment Drives Spending on Big-Ticket Items
Buy Now or Pay More Later: Consumer Sentiment Drives Spending on Big-Ticket Items
December 06, 2024  |  Economy

Now’s the time to buy — because everything might get more expensive, sooner rather than later. To that end, the latest edition of the University of...

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Report: Trump Tariffs Could Cost Consumers $78 Billion Per Year
Report: Trump Tariffs Could Cost Consumers $78 Billion Per Year
November 24, 2024  |  Economy

Recent research shows that President-elect Donald Trump’s tariff proposals could cost American consumers. A report earlier this month from the National Retail Federation (NRF) showed...

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SMBs Say US Tariffs On Chinese Goods Are Limiting Imports Of Hand Sanitizer, Disinfectant
SMBs Say US Tariffs On Chinese Goods Are Limiting Imports Of Hand Sanitizer, Disinfectant
April 12, 2020  |  Coronavirus

Tariffs on Chinese goods are a major reason the U.S. is experiencing nationwide shortages of hand sanitizer, disinfectants and other coronavirus-fighting imports, according to a...

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Companies Find Work-Arounds To US Tariffs On Items From China
Companies Find Work-Arounds To US Tariffs On Items From China
February 07, 2020  |  Cross Border Commerce

Under the current administration’s trade policies, Chinese imports come with prohibitively high tariffs, approximately $370 billion or so each year. Several U.S. companies are consequently...

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Retail CFOs Tighten Purse Strings Over Physical Store Uncertainty
Retail CFOs Tighten Purse Strings Over Physical Store Uncertainty
January 28, 2020  |  Retail

Retail chief financial officers (CFOs) are in for a bumpy road ahead, sitting in the eye of a storm with the presidential election, global trade...

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US, China Sign Partial Trade Agreement
US, China Sign Partial Trade Agreement
January 15, 2020  |  Economy

The signing of a partial trade agreement between the U.S. and China means goods and services will flow again, but uncertainties could still weigh on...

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Online Sales Tax’s ‘Pivotal,’ Post-Wayfair 2019 — And What Lies Ahead
Online Sales Tax’s ‘Pivotal,’ Post-Wayfair 2019 — And What Lies Ahead
January 03, 2020  |  Taxes

There are certain years (and events) that represent significant shifts in business, where there was a way things were done — until everything changed. In...

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US Bank Business Loans Stalled In Latter Half Of 2019
US Bank Business Loans Stalled In Latter Half Of 2019
December 29, 2019  |  Loans

U.S. business loans and capital investment have essentially plateaued in the second half of 2019, in what experts say is a reflection of the slowing...

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