Consumers may be griping about higher prices at the pump and elsewhere, but they keep spending, helping to power the economy, according to the latest government snapshot.
In a bid to force down rates, the president has consistently ratcheted up his attacks -- and now seems willing to leverage international trade to secure his desired outcome on monetary policy.
The Trump administration has held up the publication of an annual IRS estimate of unpaid taxes, a delay that could mask the fiscal cost of the steep decline in the agency's ability to audit the rich.
