Remember Liberation Day? Well, a year later, inflation is up, Trump’s ratings are down — and he doesn’t care
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Remember Liberation Day? Well, a year later, inflation is up, Trump’s ratings are down — and he doesn’t care
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April 5, 2026 9:30AM (EDT)
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Last April, the president unleashed a tidal wave of tariffs on ‘liberation day’. Analysts say the policy has failed, even by the…
Trump and his aides have repeatedly shifted their stance on tariffs since the president’s “Liberation Day” announcement.
U.S. exceptionalism is "no longer automatic" among global investors, one market watcher told CNBC.
America’s finances are already parlous, and they are deteriorating. Donald Trump’s ever-changing trade war is not helping matters.
US households paid $1,000 more for the same goods over the past year, with lower-income families hit the hardest.
Inflation is now running at a higher annual rate than it was during predecessor Joe Biden’s final year in office.
