This time, maybe the stock market is the economy. Financial markets around the world have plummeted in the days since President Trump announced sweeping tariffs, setting off a global trade war. The S&P 500 declined […]
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After Navarro Defends Tariffs, Bessent Says Trump Is Ready to Negotiate
Peter Navarro, a senior White House trade adviser, on Monday defended the sweeping tariffs President Trump has imposed on foreign nations and indicated that other countries’ offers to drop their own tariffs on American products […]
Trump Says No Pause to Tariffs as He Targets China for Retaliation
President Trump said on Monday that he does not plan to pause a slate of expansive tariffs set to take effect later this week, as he threatened to subject Chinese imports to a staggering 104 […]
U.S. Markets Swing Wildly as Trump Admin Denies 90-Day Tariff Pause Report
U.S. markets swung wildly this morning on an unsubstantiated report that President Trump was considering a 90-day pause to his expansive tariffs. The White House has not announced any policy change, and later called the […]
What Is a Bear Market? Are We in One?
President Trump’s global tariffs have sent stock markets worldwide into a tailspin, and the S&P 500 on Monday entered bear market territory for the first time since 2022. Mr. Trump has seemed unmoved by the […]