On August 22nd, 2025, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell addressed the annual Jackson Hole Economic Symposium. During his remarks, he noted that the Federal Reserve is considering a reduction in interest rates during its next meeting on September 17 due to...
With the passage of the new federal tax bill — dubbed the “One Big, Beautiful Bill” — there are some significant tax and financial changes on the way. This legislation makes permanent or expands many of the provisions originally introduced under the 2017 Tax Cuts and...
During the weekend of June 22nd, 2025, the United States became involved in the Iran-Israel conflict by deploying over 125 aircraft, including seven B-2 Stealth bombers, to strike select nuclear sites in Iran using “bunker buster” munitions (ABC News). This event,...
Over the past few weeks, the tariff negotiations have been a rollercoaster ride at best. Regarding Europe, on May 25th, the administration extended the deadline from June 1st until July 9th before a 50% tariff went into effect for European Union members (Reuters – EU...
In February, after the administration announced Tariffs on China, Mexico, and Canada, many US business owners decided to front-end load import purchases to potentially avoid Tariffs. This helped cause GDP to be negative in the first quarter at -0.3% since Imports are...
