Bennett Purser

In June of last year, the Trump administration imposed the Section 232 tariffs, 10 percent on imported aluminum and 25 percent on imported steel. Many small businesses applied for exclusions, hoping to avoid the costly tariffs. It’s been a slow process for many applicants, made slower by the government shutdown. Todd Adams is president of […]

Thousands of federal workers with high-stress jobs won’t get their paychecks Friday.

Between unresolved tariffs and a partial government shutdown, it's a tough moment for American farmers.

Early retail data suggests 2018 was a strong year for retail, particularly online. According to Mastercard, online sales through November and December were up 5.1 percent over the same period last year. And as Americans buy more online, they also encounter more and more online product reviews.  According to Gaby Del Valle, a reporter at […]

“We are not primarily here because of too many trips to Starbucks,” author Elizabeth White says.

"Here in Manchester, we say you're two paychecks away from homelessness."

What the National Bureau of Economic Research looks for when analyzing the business cycle.

Instagram is filled with product promotions. The site’s most popular influencers pose with everything from cosmetics to snacks, anything with the potential to bring in a lot of money. But the latest product pushed by influencers is not so obvious. Although seen by millions of users and providing a generous income for many of the app’s […]

A journalist and parent digs into how our ideas of motherhood came about in the U.S.

Tariffs always come with a catch.