And an electronics manufacturer said President Donald Trump’s sweeping policy changes are “raising hell with businesses.” These accounts — and the picture they paint about the US economy — come from various surveys of businesses released this week from the Federal Reserve,

Donald Trump's wide-ranging taxes on imports were reinstated this week after being deemed illegal by a trade court. Their ultimate fate is yet to be decided.

If the tariffs had taken effect as planned, the per-unit cost of a home might have increased by as much as $29,000. In a sector characterized by thin margins, that would have meant a lot of idle construction sites.