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Inflation

The New York Stock Exchange | Photo by David Vives / Unsplash, edited by Russell Nystrom

Is there an affordability crisis?

Plus, a question about cuts to the government's election-security team.
Affordability

All Inflation posts

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell at a press conference on September 17, 2025 | Photo by Samuel Corum/Sipa USA, edited by Russell Nystrom

What to make of the Fed's interest rate cut.

Plus, is China an existential threat to the United States?
Federal Reserve
Customers at a supermarket in New York, NY | Photo by Liao Pan/China News Service/VCG , No Use China; edited by Russell Nystrom

Latest job numbers cause fresh economic concern.

Plus, did President Trump end seven wars?
Jobs report
President Donald Trump announcing the nomination of Jerome Powell as Fed chair | November 2, 2017 (Official White House Photo by Andrea Hanks)

Trump ramps up threats to remove Powell.

Plus, a reader question about cloud seeding in Texas.
Federal Reserve
Image: Russell Nystrom, Tangle

Five things I got wrong about Trump.

Trump's second term has been surprising in a few ways.
Donald Trump
Shipping containers at port | Image: Rawpixel

How strong is the economy?

Plus, why aren't politicians fixing the national debt?
Economy
Image: Magdalena Bokowa, Russel Nystrom | Tangle

My take on Trump's first 100 days (Part Two).

Everything we missed in part one. Plus, reactions from the left and right, and my take.
Trump's first 100 days
The New York Stock Exchange | Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress

The latest on tariffs and the economy.

Plus, what is the right amount of national debt?
Tariffs
Jerome Powell following the announced rate cuts | Federal Reserve livestream

The Fed slashes interest rates.

What to make of the Fed's larger-than-expected 0.5% interest rate cut.
Federal Reserve

The Sunday — June 16

This is the Tangle Sunday Edition, a brief roundup of our independent politics coverage plus some extra features for your Sunday morning reading. What the right is doodling. What the left is doodling. Reader essay. Photo by Azamat E / Unsplash. Something we’ve noticed during our relatively young lifetime as
The Sunday
The latest economic signals.

The latest economic signals.

Inflation appears to be cooling, but will it stick?
Inflation
Friday mailbag edition.

Friday mailbag edition.

We get into our backlog of reader questions and cover a lot of ground.
Economy