The following article by Emily Stewart was posted on the Vox website January 2, 2018:
Trump wants low interest rates — and Amazon helps with that.
President Donald Trump has a real bone to pick with Amazon, but the e-commerce giant could actually be helping him when it comes to inflation, interest rates, the Federal Reserve, and economic growth.
Trump has persistently railed against Amazon, attacking its tax practices and accusing the corporation of having a “huge antitrust problem.” On Friday, Trump alleged that Amazon takes unfair advantage of the US Postal Service — which it doesn’t. (While USPS could be charging more to deliver packages for Amazon and others, that’s not the root of the agency’s fiscal problems.) Continue reading “Trump hates Amazon. He should love what it does for the economy.”