As experts sound the alarm that risk of a U.S. recession is rising, a former Federal Reserve official is comparing the fallout from President Donald Trump’s tariffs to the aftermath of a protectionist ...

WASHINGTON — As lawmakers, investors and economists alike weigh the future impact of President Donald Trump’s expansive tariff plan, many are looking back nearly a century to the last time the U.S.

In the spring of 1930, more than 1,000 economists across the United States wrote a letter urging President Herbert Hoover to veto a tariff bill under consideration by the Senate. The bill “would be a ...

During the Depression, scarce resources and frugal mindsets forced home cooks to get creative during the holidays, but the recipes they devised out of necessity deserve a second look in times of ...