Peter Morici

No “golden age” is coming. Protectionism will hit Americans with slower growth, higher interest rates and more inflation.

Officials’ speechmaking can get in the way of effective policymaking.

U.S. workers, employers and investors aren’t buying the Fed’s assurances that inflation is easing.

Corporate tax cuts are inflationary and could spell trouble for Republicans in the 2026 election.

Trump’s policies, taken to the extreme, threaten U.S. growth, corporate profits and the stock market.

Imports from China have cost millions of U.S. jobs. That’s about to change — not necessarily for the better.

Dismantling Biden’s industrial policies would greatly harm U.S. economic growth.

Trump and the Fed are both in a policy jam —one monetary and the other immigration.

Pay now or pay later: U.S. must defend its allies or the dollar could lose the reserve currency status that American consumers enjoy.

The business cycle and company earnings are in better shape than the CAPE ratio indicates.