Home prices in January hold steady; Trump policy impacts yet to be seen

by Cherry Salazar | Apr 7, 2025 | Economy, Featured, Housing

Home prices nationwide continued to rise in January, signaling a market firmer than expectations — at least until before the recent economic shake-up under President Donald Trump’s new policies. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Index, which measures...

Powell states that reciprocal tariffs’ effect will cause high inflation and slow growth, revising previous stance

by Sami Marshak | Apr 7, 2025 | Economy, Featured, International Trade, Newest

President Donald Trump’s higher-than-expected tariffs will raise inflation and reduce economic growth, the chairman of the Federal Reserve warned Friday, in his first public remarks since Trump’s “Liberation Day” announcements.   That assessment from Chair...

Trump’s tariffs on pharma mean that generics and small biotech companies get the short end of the stick

by Sami Marshak | Apr 1, 2025 | Economy, Featured, International Trade, Manufacturing, Newest

Donald Trump’s pharmaceutical tariffs  have upended the plans for Kenneth Moch, president of Euclidean Life Science Advisors, who is now facing roadblocks in further developing his four early-stage life science companies.  Investor skittishness is making it harder to...

Wildland firefighters struggle to find homes to call their own

by Cherry Salazar | Mar 31, 2025 | Economy, Featured, Housing, Jobs, Newest, Personal Income

The housing crisis is putting a strain on wildland firefighters’ families, making it harder for them to remain in service and hinting at a looming crisis for first responders. When Janelle Valentine was nursing her first child, her husband, Patrick, was fighting...

Rhetoric and Reality Collide in the Trump Administration’s Steel Tariffs

by Ezra Nielsen | Mar 31, 2025 | Economy, Featured

Bethlehem Steel operated from 1857 to 1995 Joe Mayer and his good friend Mike Dzwonczyk spent their entire careers working at Bethlehem Steel, as a foreman and in the plant’s blast furnace, respectively. In the 1980s they used to go to Washington D.C. with other...

Inflation cools more than expected in February, but threat of tariffs looms overhead

by Sami Marshak | Mar 23, 2025 | Consumer Price Index, Economy, Featured, Inflation

Inflation in February slowed more than expected, although the threat of widespread tariffs, especially on goods from China, brings uncertainty about what’s to come in the future. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 2.8% year-over-year, slightly lower than the 2%...