by Diana Hernández | Apr 14, 2026 | affordability, energy bills, energy insecurity, housing, iran war, News, Prices, utilities
Americans’ concerns about being able to afford electricity and home heating fuel are elevated since the beginning of the Iran war. But newly released nationwide data shows that even before the war began, these concerns were widespread, long-standing and getting worse faster than the data can reflect. The new information is from preliminary reports based on the Residential Energy Consumption…
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by Brad Reed | Oct 18, 2025 | Consumers, Donald Trump, Goldman Sachs, News, Prices, Tariffs, Wall Street
New research from investment bank Goldman Sachs affirms, as progressive advocates and economists warned, that US consumers are bearing the brunt of President Donald Trump’s trade wars. As reported by Bloomberg on Monday, economists at Goldman released an analysis this week estimating that US consumers are shouldering up to 55% of the costs stemming from Trump’s tariffs…
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