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Bonds crater, 10-year yield briefly spikes above 4.5% in confounding move that’s worrying Wall Street
Traders work in the S&P 500 Index (SPX) options pit at the Cboe Global Markets exchange in Chicago, Illinois, US, on Tuesday, April 8, 2025. Jim Vondruska | Bloomberg | Getty Images The bond market — not a plunging stock market — is the talk of Wall Street Wednesday with prices tumbling and yields spiking, […]
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Trump’s tariffs launch a global trade war with no clear off-ramp: Live updates
Dimon: Recession is ‘a likely outcome’ of tariffs Jamie Dimon, CEO of JP Morgan Chase, speaking on CNBC’s Squawk Box outside the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 22nd, 2025. Gerry Miller | CNBC JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon says that a recession in the U.S. is a “likely outcome” as a result […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Walmart, Target, Apple, Pfizer, Eli Lilly, Ford and more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Pharmaceutical stocks – Shares of U.S. companies in the pharmaceutical industry fell after President Donald Trump said late Tuesday that he’s going to announce ” very shortly a major tariff on pharmaceuticals .” Pfizer and Merck shares each dropped more than 4%, while Eli Lilly shed […]
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China says it will continue to take ‘resolute and forceful’ countermeasures as U.S. tariffs kick in
04 March 2025, China, Peking: Lin Jian, a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, answers questions from journalists. Johannes Neudecker | Picture Alliance | Getty Images China’s foreign ministry reiterated Wednesday that Beijing will take “resolute and forceful” measures to protect its own interests, after net total tariffs of 104% on Chinese imports into the […]
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The oil-rich Gulf states are better-positioned to weather the tariff storm — but crashing crude prices could spell trouble
U.S. President Donald Trump with Mohammed bin Salman, crown prince of Saudi Arabia, at the start of the Group of 20 summit on 28 June 2019. Bernd von Jutrczenka | picture alliance | Getty Images DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The wealthy Arab Gulf states are in a better position than many other regions of […]
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Businesses face a sobering reality: Under Trump’s tariff plan, reducing reliance on China won’t be easy
Aerial view of a container cargo ship at a port terminal in Thailand Mr.cole_photographer | Moment | Getty Images Many companies had been steadily reducing their reliance on China as a manufacturing hub since President Donald Trump’s first term, hoping to blunt the impact of punitive levies from the United States. Then his latest “reciprocal” […]
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IRS acting commissioner will resign over deal to send immigrants’ tax data to ICE, sources say
Pgiam | Istock | Getty Images WASHINGTON — The acting commissioner of the IRS is resigning over a deal to share immigrants’ tax data with Immigration and Customs Enforcement for the purpose of identifying and deporting people illegally in the U.S., according to two people familiar with the decision. Melanie Krause, who had served as acting head since February, […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Apple, UnitedHealth, Humana, Broadcom, Wells Fargo and more
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Tech stocks — Shares of megacap technology names rose amid investor optimism that the U.S. would reach deals with other countries to lower tariffs. Apple , which lost around 20% over the past three trading days given its China exposure, rose more than 3%. Others such […]
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Why the stock market hates tariffs and trade wars
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Spencer Platt | Getty Images The stock market has been throwing a temper tantrum, fueled by fear of President Donald Trump’s tariff policy and the specter of an escalating global trade war. Americans may wonder why trade policy has made stock investors so skittish. […]
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