In the early days of the Great Depression, Rep. Willis Hawley, a Republican from Oregon, and Utah Republican Sen. Reed Smoot thought they had landed on a way to protect American farmers and ...

President Trump on Wednesday said that the 1930s Great Depression wouldn’t have happened if tariffs had continued, while announcing his massive tariff plan to hit trading partners. The president ...

“Other countries retaliated. Global trade collapsed, and the Great Depression was on,” Bullard said. “So, I think that’s really what has people worried about this.” Bullard emphasized ...

Under normal circumstances, a recession wouldn’t be great news, but also no cause for predicting disaster. Suggesting a recession would become a depression at this point would probably be ...

WASHINGTON — In the early days of the Great Depression, Rep. Willis Hawley, a Republican from Oregon, and Utah Republican Sen. Reed Smoot thought they had landed on a way to protect American ...