Goolsbee says Fed now has to wait longer before moving rates because of trade policy uncertainty

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Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee said Friday that President Donald Trump’s latest tariff moves have complicated policy and likely put off changes to interest rates.
“Everything’s always on the table. But I feel like the bar for me is a little higher for action in any direction while we’re waiting to get some clarity,” Goolsbee said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.”

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Warren Buffett says Iran bomb would make nuclear disaster harder to avoid

March 31, 2026

Key Points Berkshire Hathaway chairman Warren Buffett said that the rising number of nuclear-armed states has altered the global risk landscape. “I would say that one way or another… in the next 100 years — maybe it’s 200 years, who knows — something will happen to cause it to be used,” he said. Source

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While low-income consumers struggle with rising gas prices, higher earners grow nervous as markets fall

March 31, 2026

Higher oil prices due to the U.S.-Iran war are straining an already strapped lower-income consumer . But as equities fall, there’s a warning sign that higher earners are also starting to feel the heat. Internal data from Bank of America on credit and debit card spending revealed that from the start of the war through […]

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Warren Buffett says he sold Apple too soon and would buy more of it, though not in this market

March 31, 2026

Key Points Warren Buffett said he sold Apple too soon and would buy more of it, though not in the current market. “It’s not impossible that Apple would get to a price, we would buy a lot of it,” Buffett told CNBC’s Becky Quick. “But not in this market.” The billionaire investor also announced he’s […]