Farm bankruptcies surge 24% on strain from Trump trade war - "Almost 40% of projected farm profit this year will come from trade aid, disaster assistance, federal subsidies and insurance payments, according to the report, based on Department of Agriculture forecasts. That's $33 billion of a projected $88 billion in income."
Doubts about chocolate: U.S. officials investigate whether to block critical cocoa imports
Economy slows, Fed hits brakes, and uncertainty clouds Washington’s next steps: Business investment contracts for second straight quarter, as companies pull back amid concerns - "'The consumer is still the main engine of economic growth, plus federal government spending. The nation just capped off a year of nearly a trillion-dollar deficit. Not surprisingly, all this federal spending is showing up in the GDP numbers,' said Stuart Hoffman, senior economic adviser at PNC Financial Services Group."
Downturns in these four counties have foreshadowed past recessions. What are they doing now?: Bellwether parts of the United States can reveal much about what the country will look like in 2020
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