Paul Wiseman

Stay informed with Paul Wiseman’s coverage and analysis for Fortune.

  • EquipmentEconomy

    Wholesale inflation unexpectedly drops in August as PPI falls 0.1% month-over-month

    By Paul Wiseman and The Associated Press
  • Donald TrumpEconomy

    First jobs report since Trump fired data chief reveals slump to 22,000 new hires in August, unemployment highest since 2021

    By Paul Wiseman and The Associated Press
  • JOLTSEconomy

    Hiring managers are paralyzed by Trump’s tariffs and Powell’s rate hikes, JOLTS report reveals

    By Paul Wiseman and The Associated Press
  • Norm EisenEconomy

    DOJ opens mortgage-fraud probe into Lisa Cook, source says

    By Eric Tucker, Paul Wiseman, and others
  • Middle aged male frustrated while looking banana and receipt from grocery store.Economy

    Lose-lose: Even if the Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s tariffs, consumers likely wouldn’t see a dime from refunds

    By Paul Wiseman and The Associated Press
  • US President Donald Trump during a meeting with Lee Jae Myung, South Korea’s president, not pictured, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, Aug. 25, 2025. Trump blasted South Korea for political instability, foreshadowing a potentially rocky visit by the country’s president to the White House to discuss its framework trade and investment agreement with the US. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesPolitics

    Trump’s plan for hefty tax on imported drugs risks higher prices and shortages

    By Paul Wiseman, Tom Murphy, and others
  • Donald TrumpEconomy

    Trump suddenly at risk of losing a ‘pillar’ of his trade strategy and having to refund a big chunk of $159 billion from tariff revenues

    By Paul Wiseman, Lindsay Whitehurst, and others
  • Jerome Powell, Lisa CookEconomy

    Lisa Cook takes out restraining order against Trump as fired Fed official fights to keep her job

    By Christopher Rugaber, Paul Wiseman, and others
  • Donald TrumpEconomy

    Another tariff warning sign as wholesale inflation surges unexpectedly in July

    By Paul Wiseman and The Associated Press
  • Trump tariffsEconomy

    Top investment treaty lawyer on Trump’s tariffs as the dust settles: ‘In many respects, everybody’s a loser here’

    By Paul Wiseman and The Associated Press
  • Labor marketEconomy

    ‘Not dire, not amazing, more meh’: Job market cools as quits plummet in stagnant labor picture

    By Paul Wiseman and The Associated Press
  • TrumpFinance

    Trump voter and Montana Knife Co. founder feels tariff pain: His $515,000 sharpener from Germany is set to cost another $77,250

    By Josh Boak, Paul Wiseman, and others
  • FILE – A person uses a smartphone in Chicago, Sept. 16, 2017. (AP Photo, File)Cybersecurity

    The Tea app was intended to help women date safely. Then hackers leaked 72,000 images online, including users’ selfies

    By Paul Wiseman and The Associated Press
  • FILE – President Donald Trump talks to workers as he tours U.S. Steel Corporation’s Mon Valley Works-Irvin plant, Friday, May 30, 2025, in West Mifflin, Pa. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)Economy

    ‘There’s a hesitancy to hire people just to lay them off in the near future’: Tariff turmoil extends manufacturing’s 3-year slump

    By Paul Wiseman and The Associated Press
  • A farm worker sets up irrigation pipes for a strawberry field in Oxnard, Calif., on Wednesday, June 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)Politics

    Farmers, ranchers, and hospitality managers face whiplash as Trump orders ease on ICE raids and then flip flops: ‘There’s fear and worry once more’

    By Paul Wiseman and The Associated Press