Greg Ip

And the good news is, is that we're probably not going to see tariffs going up any longer than

And the good news is, is that we're probably not going to see tariffs going up any longer than

In fact, there is increasing efforts by the Trump administration to pare back tariff increases by cutting deals with particular countries, by reducing the amount of specially sensitive products.

In fact, there is increasing efforts by the Trump administration to pare back tariff increases by cutting deals with particular countries, by reducing the amount of specially sensitive products.

There were reports this week that they're looking to narrow, for example, tariffs on steel and aluminum.

There were reports this week that they're looking to narrow, for example, tariffs on steel and aluminum.

And so as the tariff increases that we had last April, May, June recede into the past, they start to also drop out of our inflation numbers.

And so as the tariff increases that we had last April, May, June recede into the past, they start to also drop out of our inflation numbers.

And that would be good news for the inflation rate coming down as we get towards the end of this year.

And that would be good news for the inflation rate coming down as we get towards the end of this year.

Yeah, well, there's kind of two pieces to that jobs report.

Yeah, well, there's kind of two pieces to that jobs report.

Now, the first piece of that is that we actually revised a lot of the data from prior years.

Now, the first piece of that is that we actually revised a lot of the data from prior years.

And we discovered that for the last year and a half, two years, the job market has been way weaker than we first thought.

And we discovered that for the last year and a half, two years, the job market has been way weaker than we first thought.

For example, last year, we only created around 15,000 jobs per month, which I think might be the lowest rate of job creation in any year in decades outside of recessions.

For example, last year, we only created around 15,000 jobs per month, which I think might be the lowest rate of job creation in any year in decades outside of recessions.

But the good news is that the last month, January, was actually a pretty good month where we created 130,000 jobs.

But the good news is that the last month, January, was actually a pretty good month where we created 130,000 jobs.