Inflation preview: CPI to rise as higher tariffs feed through
US consumers probably experienced a slight pickup in underlying inflation in July as retailers gradually raised prices on…
Market liberalism is dead — we need a new NATO for trade
For eight decades the West, especially European nations, treated markets as neutral arenas governed by rules—not power. That…
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer privately warns Trump that tariffs could cause severe economic damage in key swing state
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer met privately in the Oval Office with President Donald Trump to make a case he did not want…
America’s F-35 is stealthy in combat but lights up the radar in Trump’s trade war
Countries seeking to retaliate against President Donald Trump’s tariffs or security policies have made the F-35 stealth fighter…
The U.S. economy may be ‘bad to ugly’ right now but investors are loving every minute of it
S&P 500 futures were up 0.74% this morning after the index itself closed up 0.73% yesterday. A lot…
The markets are behaving as if Europe has pulled the wool over Trump’s eyes
European stocks are up 0.93% today, and the STOXX Europe 600 index is again approaching an all-time high.…
‘Not just a cyclical recovery, but a boom.’ BofA says a ‘key tail risk’ is that the Trump economy will actually start to take off
In a market landscape still fixated on fears of stagflation and modest recoveries, Bank of America is sounding…
Stocks could pull off a feat not seen since the late-1990s boom
The stock market has been on a hot streak lately, notching record high after record high, and some…
US markets defy doomsayers as ‘exceptionalism roars back’
Just as American consumers have demonstrated extraordinary resilience amid President Donald Trump’s tariffs, foreign investors apparently have a…
US-Japan trade deal gives Trump control over $550 billion. It could be ‘vapor ware’
The pledge from Japan to invest $550 billion in key U.S. industries could show other countries how to…
Volkswagen seeks audience with Trump, dangling more than $10 billion in U.S. investments in exchange for tariff exemptions
Oliver Blume wants to make a deal. The CEO of Volkswagen Group, the world’s second-largest carmaker, is prepared…
‘Risk-on’! Stocks bounce as EU and Japan trade deals give markets the certainty they crave
Markets rallied as the U.S. moved closer to trade deals with Japan and the EU, bringing much-certainty after…