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Harriet Torry

ARTICLES BY HARRIET TORRY

Trump Is Taking Credit for New U.S. Factories. Does He Deserve It?

Trump is taking credit for new US factories. Does he deserve it?

5 min read . 13 Jul 2025

Abortion is now banned or heavily restricted in about one-third of U.S. states. (Image: Pexel)

How abortion bans are affecting where women live and work

4 min read . 06 Jul 2025

US-China 90-day tariff truce lowers effective rate to 35%, averting economic standstill but inf lation risks linger. (Image: AFP)

What the US-China tariff rollback means for the American economy

4 min read . 13 May 2025

A Starship booster at the Starbase site in March. (Reuters)

Welcome to Starbase, Texas. What’s next for Musk’s rocket-building company town

4 min read . 04 May 2025

Shipping containers at the Port of Seattle in Seattle, Washington, US, Beijing imposed 125% tariffs on inbound U.S. goods in response to President Trump setting levies that add up to 145% in his second term. (File Photo: Bloomberg)

The US exports a lot of stuff to China. Here’s a breakdown

3 min read . 17 Apr 2025

Inflation in the US has trended lower over the past year. Photo: Bloomberg

Inflation cooled in September; CPI up 2.4% on year

1 min read . 10 Oct 2024

Illustration: Johnny Simon, iStock

Hey baby, can I get your number? And by that, I mean your credit score

4 min read . 18 Aug 2024

Marie and Jake Tromburg at home with their children, and the family’s dog, Zoey. (Photo: Kristen Zeis for WSJ)

Inflation hurts most for the things we can’t skimp on

6 min read . 12 Aug 2024

Business and academic economists surveyed by the Journal lowered the probability of a recession within the next year, to 39% from 48% in the October survey.

It Won’t Be a Recession—It Will Just Feel Like One

3 min read . 14 Jan 2024

Sales at toy stores and other gift sellers declined last month, leading a broader pullback in spending.

Toy Shoppers Come Down With a Case of the Holiday Blahs

4 min read . 23 Nov 2023

cot Yarnell, co-owner of a craft brewery in Toledo, said his business was largely unaffected during the strike.

UAW’s Six-Week Strike Was Barely a Speed Bump for Jeep’s Hometown

4 min read . 02 Nov 2023

Fed officials will see two more months of inflation readings before their final policy meeting of the year on Dec. 12-13. (File Photo: AFP)

Inflation trends likely to keep Fed rate-hike pause on track

2 min read . 27 Oct 2023

Inflation, as measured by the consumer-price index, is expected to tick down to 2.4% by the end of next year. PHOTO: MARIO TAMA/GETTY IMAGES

A Recession Is No Longer the Consensus

3 min read . 15 Oct 2023

BCG management consultant Caroline Giese conducts a virtual meeting in a booth at a North Carolina WeWork space.

The Companies Bringing the Office to Remote Workers

4 min read . 10 Oct 2023

Americans’ Growing Reluctance to Quit Their Jobs, in Five Charts

Americans’ Growing Reluctance to Quit Their Jobs, in Five Charts

3 min read . 03 Oct 2023

Child care hasn’t recovered from covid, keeping many parents at home

4 min read . 06 Feb 2023

The US consumer is starting to freak out

7 min read . 31 Jan 2023

On average, economists put the probability of a recession in the next 12 months at 63%, up from 49% in July’s survey. It is the first time the survey pegged the probability above 50% since July 2020, in the wake of the last short but sharp recession (Photo: SolStock)

Economists now expect a recession, job losses by next year

4 min read . 16 Oct 2022

Some of the falling spending on goods related to home sales reflects factors other than the housing market. (Photo: HT)

Home-goods retailers jolted by slowdown in housing market

5 min read . 18 Sep 2022

Regular gasoline prices fell in August, ending the month at under $4 a gallon, down from a $5 peak in mid-June, offering some savings to consumers as the cost of groceries and other products rose (Photo: Bloomberg)

Retail sales report to show consumers’ response to falling gasoline prices

2 min read . 15 Sep 2022