President Trump says the canal authority is overcharging. Recent increases are attributed in part to drought, maintenance investments and demand.
Category: Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates)
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Three Years After Ukraine Invasion, Europe Still Deals With Energy Crisis
To wean itself off Russian natural gas, Europe has found new sources of energy, including imports from the United States. But high costs are straining the economy.
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From Groceries to Cars, Tariffs Could Raise Prices for U.S. Consumers
President Trump’s new tariffs on goods from Canada, Mexico and China are likely to result in higher prices for lots of products, including computers, tequila and gas.
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Who Pays for Tariffs? Here’s What You Need to Know.
President Trump has insisted that his new tariffs on America’s largest trading partners will not increase prices for Americans. But a review of how they work suggests that is not the case
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Inflation Ticked Up in December, Fed’s Preferred Measure Shows
The central bank needs to see further progress on inflation or weakness in the labor market to resume interest rate cuts.
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Trump Tariffs Could Hurt Oil Companies and Increase Gas Prices
Some oil refineries will probably struggle to replace imported crude oil if President Trump imposes 25 percent tariffs on products from Canada and Mexico.
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High Inflation and New Tariffs Will Make the Fed’s Job Tougher
Fresh tariffs amid high inflation are making the Fed’s job uniquely difficult and feeding uncertainty about what to expect for interest rates this year.
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Rohit Chopra of CFPB Expected Trump to Fire Him Right Away, but He’s Hanging On
Mr. Chopra, long a target of criticism by Republican lawmakers and banks, has not yet been forced out. “I swore an oath to a five-year term,” he said this week.
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Frontier Airlines Offers to Buy Spirit Airlines, Again
Spirit, which filed for bankruptcy protection in November, called off a deal with Frontier in 2022 after receiving a higher bid from JetBlue that was ultimately thwarted by a federal judge.
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Typhoon Yagi Scrambles Vietnam’s Lunar New Year Tradition
A typhoon and extreme heat dramatically affected prices for the kumquat trees that are ubiquitous during the holiday.
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Chevron Wants to Tap Into A.I. Boom by Selling Electricity to Data Centers
The oil company plans to build natural gas power plants that will be directly connected to data centers used by technology companies for artificial intelligence and other services.
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G.M. Has Plans Ready for Trump’s Canada and Mexico Tariffs
General Motors, the largest producer of cars in Mexico, won’t provide details on how it would react if President Trump imposes 25 percent tariffs from the two countries.