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Clean Energy Was Lifting Manufacturing. Now Investment Is in Jeopardy.

With the Trump administration reversing support for low-carbon power, the business case for making wind, solar and electric vehicle parts gets weaker.

Steel and Aluminum Tariffs May Raise US Manufacturing Costs

Duties of 25 percent on steel and aluminum will flow through to car buyers, beer drinkers, home builders, oil drillers and other users of metal...

Jobs Report Today Will Offer First Look at 2025 Labor Market

Economists forecast a steady pace of hiring, slightly dampened by fires and cold snaps and clouded by annual data adjustments.

Federal Debt Is Now Worrying Even Progressives

Long a focus of conservatives, the level of public borrowing is starting to concern left-leaning economists. Proposed remedies still differ radically.

Higher Interest Rates Make Federal Debt More Expensive

The Fed’s key rate has a bearing on the sustainability of public borrowing, which is heading to striking levels.

The Federal Work Force Grew Briskly Under Biden. It’s Still Historically Low.

Government agencies that shrank in President-elect Trump’s first term have mostly bounced back, and some have become even larger.

Economic Toll of Los Angeles Fires Goes Far Beyond Destroyed Homes

The ongoing disaster will affect residents’ health, local industries, public budgets and the cost of housing for years to come.

U.S. Employers Add 256,000 Jobs in December

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Trump’s Plans to Scrap Climate Policies Has Unnerved Green Energy Investors

President-elect Donald J. Trump is expected to roll back many of the rules and subsidies that have attracted billions of dollars from the private sector...

Fannie and Freddie, the Big Mortgage Backers, Face Climate Risks

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac know increasing floods and wildfires are a problem. Dealing with them, however, would require trade-offs.