Category Archives: Economy

Tracking the Economic Effects of Tariffs

https://budgetlab.yale.edu/research/tracking-economic-effects-tariffs

Traders placed over $1bn in perfectly timed bets on the Iran war. What is going on?

Suspicious wagers on the US-Israel war in Iran are creating huge windfalls and raising concerns [...]

Middle East crisis live: ships report attacks as Iran closes strait of Hormuz; Trump reportedly convenes Situation Room meeting

Iran claims US blockade of ports violates ceasefire, as officials say Trump meeting with Vance, [...]

The Strait of Hormuz: A Timeline of Tensions

The narrow Persian Gulf waterway has been a contested choke point for centuries.

Fact check: Trump and Vance keep falsely describing how tariffs work

https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/09/politics/fact-check-trump-vance-tariffs