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Ruth Simon

ARTICLES BY RUTH SIMON

A worker in Tennessee assembles a chair with parts from China.

Tariffs are lower and businesses are racing to take advantage

5 min read . 06 Mar 2026

A Mexico upholstery plant of Ethan Allen, whose executives are working to understand the tariff ruling’s effect. Ethan Allen/WSJ

Tariff ruling sends CEOs back to company war rooms

5 min read . 22 Feb 2026

Higher costs can be particularly challenging for small businesses, which typically have thinner profit margins than big companies.

The break is over. Companies are jacking up prices again.

4 min read . 17 Feb 2026

A federal building in Washington, D.C., as the shutdown began. Photo: Allison Robbert for WSJ

The shutdown is already squeezing these businesses

5 min read . 08 Oct 2025

Small businesses, with fewer options for coping with costs such as tariffs, appear especially reluctant to hire. (Bloomberg)

Rate cuts might not cure what ails the job market

5 min read . 29 Sept 2025

Photographs by Heather Ainsworth for WSJ

American-made businesses are clamoring to get on this tariff list

4 min read . 01 Sept 2025

A Cuban man in San Antonio being processed by ICE agents and law enforcement officers after being arrested last month while driving his children to school. Photo: Danielle Villasana for WSJ

The White House marching orders that sparked the LA migrant crackdown

10 min read . 10 Jun 2025

Small wine importer Victor Owen Schwartz leads a lawsuit that temporarily invalidated Trump's tariffs, impacting small businesses. (Image: Pexel)

How a small wine importer took On Trump’s tariffs

5 min read . 30 May 2025

President Trump is pushing the world’s two biggest economic powers into a battle that will leave neither unscathed. (Image: Reuters)

The US and China are going to economic war—and everyone will suffer

11 min read . 11 Apr 2025

Joshua Calderon, a vendor in Los Angeles, says there are no customers. Photo: Zaydee Sanchez for WSJ

‘People are afraid of going out’—Trump immigration moves hurt small businesses

5 min read . 10 Feb 2025

(Emil Lendof/WSJ, iStock)

Rise of the pint-size startup is reshaping the US economy

7 min read . 03 Sept 2024

The University of Michigan’s Surveys of Consumers have shown that consumer sentiment, though far above a historic low in mid-2022, remains guarded as high prices drag down attitudes, especially for lower-income people. (File Photo: Bloomberg)

Has the US economy reached a tipping point?

8 min read . 09 Aug 2024

Imitators have fine-tuned their tactics, including by outbidding legitimate brands for top position in search results. (Image: Pixabay)

Scammers aren’t just selling fake Gucci. They’re impersonating small merchants.

6 min read . 10 Jun 2024

More than $136 billion of Covid disaster loans, or about one-third of the total, showed signs of potential fraud, according to the SBA’s Office of Inspector General.

U.S. Seeks to Collect on Up to $20 Billion in Delinquent Covid Loans

6 min read . 07 Mar 2024

Inflation-busting slowdown that doesn’t sink the economy lies in whether companies hold on to workers or lay them off. (Photo: Bloomberg)

How the U.S. Economy Is Sticking the Soft Landing

6 min read . 29 Jul 2023

V8 Speed & Resto Shop, which specializes in restoring and upgrading muscle cars, began asking customers to prepay for parts orders totaling $10,000 or more two years ago as delivery times lengthened (Photo: AFP)

Rising interest rates put small business owners’ plans on hold

4 min read . 20 Nov 2022

The challenges are prompting some entrepreneurs to seek more creative ways to fill labor shortages at a time they might have expected hiring to get easier (Photoo: Mint)

Small businesses get creative as they still struggle with hiring

5 min read . 26 Sept 2022

Small businesses fall behind on hiring as inflation takes a toll

5 min read . 20 Jun 2022

Small businesses tend to have smaller cash cushions than big companies, making it tougher to weather economic storms (Photo: Reuters)

Small businesses lose confidence in US economy

5 min read . 22 May 2022

Gas prices upend small business—‘It’s keeping me awake’

6 min read . 20 Mar 2022