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2025-02-21


The CEO of hedge fund Point72 turned bearish for the first time in a while due to punitive tariffs, immigration crackdown and federal spending cuts.

A rising number of Americans are anxious about the state of the US economy as fears over Trump's trade policy boost inflation expectations.

Wall Street strategists argue that the market may still be underpricing the risk of broad tariffs from the Trump administration.

2025-02-20


Chief executives haven't been this confident in their business outlook in three years.

Howard Lutnick explains how the U.S. economy can be lifted up by ridding of the IRS, cutting taxes and focusing on tariff policy.

President Donald Trump's new Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson outlined the new administration's plans for antitrust enforcement and regulation.

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President Trump floated giving taxpayers a piece of any savings that Elon Musk’s cost-cutting generates, which could reignite inflation.

Trump policy is in strong focus as tariffs and governmental cost cuts roll on.

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The S&P 500 notched another all-time high. But at the same time, the market mood isn't particularly great. For good reason.

2025-02-19


Investors have the White House is in strong focus as tariffs continue to impact markets. New defence spending announcements shake up military contracted corporations.

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Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick discusses the Trump administration's economic agenda after his recent confirmation on 'Jesse Watters Primetime.'

During Wednesday's session, the S&P 500 posted its second consecutive session in the green and hit an all-time high earlier in the session.

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Policymakers at the Federal Reserve noted the potential for higher tariffs to contribute to inflation remaining above the 2% target rate in the minutes from their last meeting.

Osaic chief market strategist Phil Blancato analyzes the impact of tariffs on inflation and the stock market on 'Making Money.'

U.S. officials are considering whether they can strike a deal with China that would ramp up its purchases of American goods and investments in the United States.

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Investors are weighing Trump's latest tariff salvo and waiting for Fed minutes for insight into future policy.

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This year only has just over two-and-a-half months in the books so far, but multiple companies have already announced layoffs, including Blue Origin, JPMorgan Chase and Estee Lauder.

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Investors are weighig Trump's latest tariff salvo and waiting for Fed minutes for insight into future policy.

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2025-02-18


Stocks followed on from the S&P 500s record close with consistent gains in after-market movement.

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Investors continue to largely shake off concerns around persistent inflation and tariffs.

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Stocks tipped higher to start a holiday-shortened week of trading highlighted by Fed minutes and Walmart earnings.

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The S&P 500 stock index has returned three consecutive years of 20% gains once in history, analysts said.

2025-02-17


Investors, shrugging off ongoing concerns around trade and inflation, are searching for the next catalyst to send stocks higher.

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Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman said on Monday she wanted increased conviction that inflation will decline further this year before lowering interest rates again, particularly given uncertainty around the impact of the Trump administration's new trade and other policies. "I would like to gain greater confidence that progress in lowering inflation will continue as we consider making further adjustments," to a policy rate that the Fed is currently holding steady in the 4.25% to 4.5% range, Bowman said in remarks prepared for delivery to an American Bankers Association conference. The benchmark interest rate "is now in a good place, allowing the committee to be patient and pay closer attention to the inflation data as it evolves," she said, referring to the Fed's policy-setting Federal Open Market Committee.

House Republicans are preparing to adopt a plan that puts a $4.5 trillion limit on the size of the tax cut, but even that will not be enough for some of President Trump’s promises.

2025-02-16


The stock market rally is broadening out while the S&P 500 approaches fresh records as a quieter week of economic data awaits investors.

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2025-02-15


Trump says a recent uptick in inflation is Biden's fault. Voters won't buy that forever.

The lack of clarity about tariffs and other policies could hurt hiring and investing. But the strong U.S. economy should provide a buffer.

2025-02-14


A Nevada business owner prepared and filed false tax returns to fraudulently obtain Covid relief money for her businesses and others, prosecutors said.

Donald Trump often focused on universal tariffs last year but that campaign trail idea has been de-emphasized, at least in the early weeks of his new administration, in favor of a reciprocal-first approach.

Investors were digesting a busy week of tariff hikes and inflation updates, as fresh retail data and earnings reports rolled in.

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What's in store for the next chapter of passive vs. active investing, according to Charley Ellis, the indexer who wrote the book on what's best for your money.

President Donald Trump's trade agenda has focused on deploying tariffs to address the trade deficit with other countries, though economists say it's unlikely to narrow that gap.

President Trump, who disabled the World Trade Organization during his first term, is going after international free trade rules in place since the 1940s.

Egg prices are both universal and easy to dismiss, as they're not used in "core" inflation. But they're important, almost psychologically, for consumers and the Fed.

With less than a month in office, the president has pursued trade actions that could shatter the global trading system and dwarf the trade measures he took over his entire first term.

2025-02-13


Stock futures hovered around baseline post-market close Thursday evening.

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The US president says India will be buying "a lot of our oil and gas" after meeting India's PM.

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Stock futures hovered around baseline post-market close Thursday evening.

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Reciprocal tariffs can be counter inflationary if they end unfair practices and make trade more free

All three major averages are on pace to end the week higher.

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The US president ordered his staff to develop a response to countries with trade policies he says are unfair.

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Stocks rallied on Thursday as investors digested fresh inflation data and new tariff announcements from President Trump.

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President Donald Trump is planning to impose reciprocal tariffs on U.S. trading partners to match tariffs on imports to those imposed on American exporters by foreign countries.

President Donald Trump announced Thursday that the U.S. is implementing reciprocal tariffs with their trade partners for "purposes of fairness."

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed his plan for reciprocal tariffs but delayed their implementation as his administration launches negotiations with nations that could be impacted on a one-by-one basis.

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed his plan for reciprocal tariffs but delayed their implementation as his administration launches negotiations with nations that could be impacted on a one-by-one basis.

The president said advisers would devise new tariff levels reflecting countries’ tariffs, taxes, subsidies and other policies affecting trade with the United States.

Donald Trump's focus this week on reciprocal tariffs could upend US trading relationships around the globe, with some close allies likely to see an increase in duties.

Investors assessed the prospects for US-Russia peace talks on Ukraine as they waited for fresh wholesale inflation data.

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International trade expert Daniel Pickard tells Fox Business that there is "no doubt" China is engaging in customs fraud and trade crimes that are impacting the U.S. economy.

The producer price index for final demand rose 0.4% last month after an upwardly revised 0.5% gain in December, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said on Thursday.

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Investors assessed the prospects for US-Russia peace talks on Ukraine as they waited for fresh wholesale inflation data.

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A surge in egg prices underscores how persistent inflation is spooking the markets and could check the president’s boldest economic policies.

U.S. President Donald Trump said he plans to unveil reciprocal tariffs on Thursday but gave no details about his latest tariff plan, which could take aim at every country that charges duties on U.S. imports. "Today is the big one: reciprocal tariffs," Trump wrote on his social media platform. It was not immediately clear what time Trump's tariff plan would be unveiled.

Any hints that inflation may be higher than initially thought in 2025 have made investors jumpy recently.

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We asked 8,000 Yahoo Finance users to evaluate the Trump tariffs on imports. Most are skeptical.

2025-02-12


Inflation picked up at a higher pace than expected in January, leaving the Federal Reserve playing a waiting game to see the impact of tariffs and other policies on price pressures.

The Associated Press said the White House had blocked its journalists from attending press events because the news agency had not started using the term Gulf of America.

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Billionaire DOGE leader Elon Musk spoke at the White House and claimed that the efficiency task force found Social Security payments going to 150-year-old beneficiaries.

Stocks wobbled on Wednesday as hotter inflation pushed back interest rate cut hopes.

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Donald Trump on Wednesday morning dismissed a hotter-than-expected inflation report as 'Biden inflation' after making another call to lower interest rates.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell returns to Capitol Hill on Wednesday for the second day of his semiannual updates on monetary policy.

Investors are now betting that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates just once more this year, a drastic shift in expectations since late 2024.

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President Trump's comments come a day after Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said on Capitol Hill that the central bank doesn’t need to “hurry" to lower interest rates.

Investors are keenly eyeing the CPI, which is due for release on Wednesday. Tariffs and earnings continue to set market expectations.

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President Donald Trump is taking additional action to upset the world trade system, with plans to sign an order as soon as Wednesday that would require that U.S. tariffs on imports match the tax rates charged by other countries. “It’s time to be reciprocal,” Trump told reporters earlier this week. As Trump has unleashed a series of tariffs after being in power for less than a month, he has fully taken ownership of the path of the U.S. economy.

2025-02-11


January's Consumer Price Index will serve as the latest test of whether inflation pressures have eased further.

Traders were on guard after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Tuesday that the central bank is in no hurry to lower interest rates further.

Business owners and consumers are starting to sour on Trump's economic plans. Will he notice?

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testified before a Senate committee and said the central bank's workforce is more "overworked" than "overstaffed" in pushback against Elon Musk.

Federal prosecutors and securities regulators have gone after large companies for violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which prohibits them from bribing foreign officials.

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Investors are braced for more Trump tariffs as focus turns to inflation and Fed Chair Jerome Powell's Senate testimony.

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The billionaire hedge fund founder's comments came after Trump on Monday evening signed an order that would impose 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum imports.

Powell called the economy "strong overall" with a "solid" labor market and inflation that is easing but still above the Fed's 2% goal.

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Investors are braced for more Trump tariffs as focus turns to inflation and Fed Chair Jerome Powell's Senate testimony.

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Investors are braced for more Trump tariffs as focus turns to inflation and Fed Chair Jerome Powell's Senate testimony.

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2025-02-10


The president imposed a 25 percent tariff on global metals, repeating a move from his first term. Economists and foreign governments know what will come next.

2025-02-11


Donald Trump's focus this week on reciprocal tariffs could upend US trading relationships around the globe, with some close allies likely to see an increase in duties.

2025-02-10


The three major averages ended the session in positive territory on Monday, with Big Tech names rising.

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Donald Trump's rapid reorientation of the US trade landscape continued apace on Monday as he signed an executive order to impose 25% duties on steel and aluminum regardless of the source country. They kick in March 4.

US Stock futures falter in the face of AI spend, tariffs and trade uncertainty.

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Trump has a master plan, of sorts: Cut spending everywhere and make the United States a low-tax haven.

Billionaire Elon Musk suggested in a series of social media posts that the Fed should undergo closer scrutiny, making the comments just days before Fed Chair Jerome Powell is scheduled to testify on Capitol Hill.

This week Donald Trump could make trade moves on three simultaneous fronts as importers, CEOs, and foreign leaders struggle to adjust.

Apollo Global Management chief economist Torsten Sløk sent a warning on the knock-on effects of tariffs by President Trump.

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2025-02-09


President Donald Trump plans to announce 25% tariffs on all aluminum and steel imports into the U.S. on Monday, according to an exchange he had with reporters on Air Force One Sunday.

Stocks remain jittery on a mix of inflation worry coupled with concern over how Trump's plan for tariffs could affect the U.S. economy

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The president said he planned sweeping tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports on Monday and would take other action to even out tariff rates with the rest of the world later this week.

The president’s expected attendance at Sunday’s Super Bowl highlights how his connection to the league has veered from aspirational to openly antagonistic.

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A fresh reading on consumer prices headlines the week ahead as markets have been jittery about Trump policy and the path forward for inflation.

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2025-02-08


More than 30 years after leaving the Soviet Union, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania will join the EU's grid.

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2025-02-07


As a young real estate developer in New York, Trump said a rising Japan was ripping off the US.

The president said he planned to impose tariffs on countries that tax U.S. products. He also paused an action against China, allowing its low-cost products to again enter the U.S. tariff free.

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Investors took in Amazon earnings, with the all-important jobs report on deck.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump said on Friday he plans to announce reciprocal tariffs on many countries by Monday or Tuesday of next week, a major escalation of his offensive to tear up and reshape global trade relationships in the U.S.' favor. Trump did not identify which countries would be hit but suggested it would be a broad effort that could also help solve U.S. budget problems. "I'll be announcing that, next week, reciprocal trade, so that we're treated evenly with other countries," Trump said.

The January jobs report comes as investors are closely watching for any clues about whether or not the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates in 2025.

Investors took in Amazon earnings, with the all-important jobs report on deck.

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