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Trump-Xi meeting nears with high stakes and hopes, but few details
Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump Sergey Bobylev | Kent Nishimura | Reuters A high-stakes meeting between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping could yield a breakthrough in the quarrelsome trade relationship between the two economic superpowers. But while both the Trump administration and Beijing are projecting optimism ahead of […]
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10-year Treasury yield surges back above 4% after Powell says December rate cut far from certain
Treasury yields gained even after the Federal Reserve cut rates for a second time this year as central bank chief Jerome Powell indicated another easing in December was far from certain. The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield was 7 basis points higher at 4.054%. The 2-year Treasury note yield added 9 basis points to 3.582%. The 30-year bond yield rose 5 basis points […]
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There were two Fed dissenters: Miran wanted a bigger cut and Schmid voted for no easing at all
Federal Reserve Governor Stephen Miran speaks with CNBC during the Invest i America Forum on Oct. 15, 2025. Aaron Clamage | CNBC There were two dissenters from the Federal Reserve’s decision to lower the federal funds rate by a quarter percentage point on Wednesday, in two different directions. Federal Reserve Governor Stephen Miran instead called […]
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Alphabet set to report Q3 earnings after the bell Wednesday
Alphabet is set to report third-quarter earnings after the bell Wednesday. Here’s what analysts are expecting according to LSEG consensus: Revenue: $99.89 billion Earnings per share: $2.33 Wall Street is also watching several other numbers in the report: YouTube advertising revenue: $10.01 billion, according to StreetAccount Google Cloud revenue: $14.74 billion, according to StreetAccount Traffic acquisition costs (TAC): $14.82 […]
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Trump ‘losing’ trade war with China going in to Xi meeting, Senate Democrats say in report
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) during a Senate Finance Committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on April 8, 2025 in Washington, DC. Kayla Bartkowski | Getty Images President Donald Trump is “losing a self-inflicted trade war” with China, leaving the United States with a “weak hand” going into his meeting with Chinese President […]
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Trump announces trade breakthrough with South Korea on Asia trip
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders’ summit in Gyeongju, South Korea, October 29, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters Donald Trump and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung finalized details of their fraught trade deal at a summit in South […]
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