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2025-02-07


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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Firms created 143,000 jobs last month, below analysts' forecasts, but December's figure was upgraded.

The Labor Department on Friday released its jobs report for January, which showed that the U.S. economy added 143,000 jobs last month, which was below economists' expectations.

President Donald Trump's tariffs on America's three largest trading partners have led to questions about how tariffs work and who pays for them when goods are imported.

The central bank has halted hiring to align with a White House directive and pulled back its work on climate change.

2025-02-06


Mr. Vought, an architect of Project 2025 who served in the first Trump administration, will be at the center of President Trump’s plans to upend the federal bureaucracy.

Andrew Bailey says he is "following closely" whether Trump will change US support for the institutions.

The January jobs report is expected to show the labor market gradually cooled to start 2025.

Fewer Americans left their jobs last year than in 2023, according to U.S. Labor Department data, signaling the Great Resignation has finally come to an end.

President Donald Trump's use of tariffs in his second term defies many historical norms, say economists and historians.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent appeared on FOX Business Network's "Kudlow" and urged Republicans to make President Donald Trump's tax cut permanent, rather than a temporary extension.

China has toughened its tone following the Trump administration's opening salvo of tariffs.

Disparate fights in the early weeks of Trump 2.0 are linked together by the question of whether a president can take spending laws passed by Congress as suggestions instead of edicts.

2025-02-05


The trade deficit has long drawn the president’s ire. Now, he’s preparing to take it on again.

A strong dollar helped drive an uptick in U.S. imports last year, while export growth remained modest.

Corporate earnings and economic data continue to support the path higher for stocks in 2025.

2025-02-04


It says the suspension will be in place "until further notice" and did not offer a reason for the decision.

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Leading the elite Wall Street firm Cravath, he became a go-to adviser on mergers and acquisitions — “all the big deals that were going on in the ’80s and ’90s.”

LARRY KUDLOW: We can't let China slip away

The hectic kick off to Donald Trump's tariffs in recent days is making one thing abundantly clear: This is very different from Trump 1.0.

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New tariffs on Chinese imports are on, even as Canada and Mexico won a reprieve. Could the European Union be next? And how is the president defining victory?

Trump has warned voters that his tariffs will cause pain. It's the wrong cause to go to the mat for.

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Mary C. Daly, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, said the central bank needed to assess the “scope, magnitude and timing” of President Trump’s policies.

China imposed tariffs on some U.S. imports, which will begin Feb. 10, in response to new tariffs President Donald Trump put on Chinese goods beginning at midnight on Tuesday.

China's finance ministry on Tuesday announced a package of tariffs on a range of U.S. products in an immediate response to a 10% tariff on Chinese imports announced by U.S. President Donald Trump that went into effect at 0501 GMT.

2025-02-03


US markets bounce back from a drastic shake-up as tariffs enter a 30-day delay.

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Canada joins Mexico -- sending troops to border and pausing tariffs for 30 days

Stocks saw a massive turnaround during Monday's volatile trading session on news of the pausing of U.S. tariffs against Mexico.

President Trump agreed to delay tariffs on Mexico and Canada for a month after both countries pledged to do more to block drugs and migrants.

US stock futures pointed to sharp losses for the major indexes, as Wall Street showed the effects of President Donald Trump’s announcement of tariffs.

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Yahoo Finance will chronicle the latest news and updates on Trump's tariffs — from the threats to the eventual policy.

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US stock futures pointed to sharp losses for the major indexes, as Wall Street showed the effects of President Donald Trump’s announcement of tariffs.

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The Chinese government threatened "countermeasures" against President Donald Trump's 10% tariffs, asserting that "Fentanyl is America's problem."

Business groups, economists and even some Republicans cautioned that new tariffs on goods from Canada, Mexico and China could undercut U.S. industry and the economy.

Thousands of people left it to the last minute before the cut-off at the end of Friday.

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A growing number of countries, including American allies, are striking trade deals as the Trump administration erects a higher fence around its global commerce.

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2025-02-02


Investors are bracing for a potential trade war that could hit the earnings of major companies.

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The Trump tariffs are here -- and Wall Street doesn't like them.

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US stock futures pointed to sharp losses for the major indexes, as Wall Street showed the effects of President Donald Trump’s announcement of tariffs.

President Trump’s new tariffs on goods from Canada, Mexico and China are likely to result in higher prices for lots of products, including computers, tequila and gas.

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Stock futures tumbled Sunday night to kick off a new trading month as investors weighed new U.S. tariffs on goods from key trade partners.

The invoking of national security to unravel trade agreements could scramble the international trading system in China’s favor.

Yahoo Finance will chronicle the latest news and updates on Trump's tariffs — from the threats to the eventual policy.

Trump's tariff plans are squarely in focus for investors amid another busy week on Wall Street that will include quarterly reports from more than 100 S&P 500 companies and the January jobs report.

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2025-02-01


The president signed executive orders on Saturday to begin duties on Canada, Mexico, and China.

Tech stocks fell sharply after the market realized the implications of DeepSeek's AI models. But they returned to where they were a week prior before dipping once again on Trump news. Which all points to a deeply sensitive — but optimistic — market.

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2025-01-31


The order is aimed at “last-minute, lame-duck” agreements signed by the Biden administration, a White House memo says.

A wide range of tariff outcomes presents uncertainty for investors.

The relative calm in the markets may not survive upheaval in the A.I. sector and a deluge of disruptive Trump policies, our columnist says.

Stocks pulled back on Friday as investors digested news that Trump tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China would begin on Saturday.

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Trump is testing how much radicalism, disorder, and lawlessness voters will tolerate. His potential successors should be taking detailed notes.

Solid results from Apple are buoying spirits, as investors brace for PCE inflation and weigh Trump's renewed tariff threat.

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Fresh tariffs amid high inflation are making the Fed’s job uniquely difficult and feeding uncertainty about what to expect for interest rates this year.

2025-01-30


A new GDP report Thursday and the expectation of a sticky inflation reading Friday should reinforce the Federal Reserve’s new wait-and-see approach on interest rates.

During the disorienting flurry of Trump's executive orders, Fed Chair Powell issued an edict of his own. He's defending the borders of his job's mandate.

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2025-01-29


Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell pushed back on billionaire Elon Musk's claim the central bank is "absurdly overstaffed," saying the Fed has a careful budget process.

The US central bank keeps its key interest rate unchanged as it faces significant economic uncertainty.

The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady Wednesday as policymakers weigh the direction of inflation and the potential effect of economic policies expected from the new Trump administration.

The Federal Reserve held its key interest rate in check Wednesday, reversing a recent trend of easing policy.

Donald Trump's pick for Commerce secretary underlined that big and broad tariffs are top of mind both for him and the president during his confirmation hearing Wednesday.

The U.S. central bank is expected to hold interest rates steady as officials weigh a solid economy and rising inflation risks.

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European stocks are expected to open in mixed territory Wednesday as global market jitters over AI tech rivalry between the U.S. and China eases.

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2025-01-28


DeepSeek's rise could challenge the sustainability of Big Tech earnings growth, a key pillar of the bull market rally.

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Across more than three dozen charts, top Wall Street experts explain how the stock market's outstanding two-year run is reaching a turning point as a new president enters the Oval Office and interest rates are expected to remain higher than the pre-pandemic normal.

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Investors around the world are reassessing the prospects for technology companies after a Chinese artificial intelligence start-up rocked markets in the United States on Monday.

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A brief standoff with Colombia holds important lessons for how future trade conflicts might unfold in the new Trump administration.

2025-01-27


The Senate confirmed Scott Bessent as treasury secretary, filling a key role in President Donald Trump's Cabinet with Bessent expected to help orchestrate Trump's economic agenda.

2025-01-25


Real estate mogul Mauricio Umansky said California needs to work with the federal government in order to help Los Angeles rebuild from the devastating wildfires.

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2025-01-24


President Trump's 'America First' message takes shape, as the rest of the world begins to digest what it might mean for them and global trade.

President Trump faces a gap between the rich and poor, one that helped him get elected. But he also faces another one: the gap between a winning US and a losing Europe and China. Which may be a problem.

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Wall Street stocks are on track for weekly wins as markets ride the Trump roller-coaster.

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Wall Street stocks are on track for weekly wins as markets ride the Trump roller-coaster.

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2025-01-23


Corporate earnings are coming in strong. Investors are also seeing the Trump administration take a less aggressive approach to tariffs than some had expected.

Stocks steady as investors stay focused on what Trump's intentions are.

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Stocks steady as investors stay focused on what Trump's intentions are.

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BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said Trump's efforts to unleash capital in the private sector could reaccelerate inflation and hurt the stock market.

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President Trump’s campaign to end diversity, equity and inclusion policies has begun in federal agencies, and is jolting corporate America as well.

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2025-01-22


Investors are weighing earnings reports and economic data as the bull market for stocks nears new milestones.

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With markets focused on President Donald Trump's initial policy decisions, an expected strong quarter of earnings reports could take a back seat in the market narrative.

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President Trump wasted no time in getting to work on his first day in office with a range of executive orders but the fiscal house he’s inheriting may prove more challenging to fix.

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2025-01-21


The president said the planned duties were a response to China’s failure to curb fentanyl exports.

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The new president accused China of sending fentanyl to Mexico and Canada which ends up in the US.

JPMorgan Chase, like the rest of the world, is scrambling to figure out what the start of Trump 2.0 means.

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Investors are appraising the likely impact of Trump's orders on stocks on the first trading day after the inauguration.

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Investors are appraising the likely impact of Trump's orders on stocks on the first trading day after the inauguration.

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As President Donald Trump begins his second term in the White House, the country faces several key fiscal policy deadlines this year, including the debt limit and expiring tax cuts.

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Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang warned of "no winners" in a trade war during a speech Tuesday during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

2025-01-20


Donald Trump’s first day back at the White House appeared set to come and go without major action on tariffs. But he made clear that historic new duties are still coming.

Donald Trump’s first day back at the White House appeared set to come and go without major action on tariffs. Experts warned it offered little signal that major tariff moves aren’t still in the offing.

The new US president has outlined a pro-business agenda for his second term in the White House.

Donald Trump unveiled historic actions just hours after he was sworn in, with a wave of executive orders that included many areas of interest to investors and businesses.

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Donald Trump’s first day back at the White House appeared set to come and go without major action on tariffs. Experts warned it offered little signal that major tariff moves aren’t still in the offing.

The president’s executive action on trade will keep all possibilities on the table, including eventual tariffs against China, Canada and Mexico.

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Traders were likely encouraged by a report that Trump wouldn't immediately install new tariffs on day one.

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President-elect Donald Trump won't impose tariffs on U.S. trading partners on Monday as soon as he's sworn in, according to the Wall Street Journal.