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Central banks, inflation, rates and the macro forces driving global markets.
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Tesla headed for its biggest fight in Europe yet
Tesla's recovery in Europe has been remarkable. Europe, the world's second-largest EV market behind China, seemed done with the company in 2025. Tesla (TSLA) lo…
Why the U.S. will continue to outpace China
China is in a big bind now, with its energy-thirsty economy needing massive crude oil imports. They must import nearly all of their energy needs via tankers in …
Meet a British businessman who doesn’t regret his Brexit vote. He says rejoining the EU would be ‘re-boarding the Titanic’ while giving up life vests
Ten years after Brexit, GDP is down 8%, curry restaurants feel betrayed, and the prime minister just quit. Which is the Titanic metaphor for?…
JPMorgan drops blunt verdict on stock market rally
Investors have several reasons to expect a more cautious message from JPMorgan. The S&P 500 rally has already been powerful; valuations are no longer cheap,…
White House latest verdict flips script on Anthropic
President Donald Trump told Axios this week that he no longer views Anthropic as a national security threat, representing a reversal from seven days earlier. Hi…
China sanctions 10 U.S. defense companies in tit-for-tat response to Pentagon’s Chinese military list
China blocked exports of dual-use goods to U.S. drone makers and rare earth miners, while banning government purchases from 46 defense firms.…
52-year-old Outback Steakhouse rival chain closes 24 locations
Rising food costs driven by inflation have been a problem for U.S. steakhouses ranging from high-end to budget establishments, leading some well-known restauran…
Bipartisan housing bill barring large investors from buying single-family homes is heading to Trump's desk
The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act would limit large investors owning 350 or more homes from buying additional single-family properties…
The Fed is fed up with inflation and will bring down the hammer with a series of rate hikes this year, reversing earlier cuts, BofA says
"The Fed was willing to look through the tariffs, but it is losing patience after the latest round of supply shocks."…
Oil prices sink below $74 a barrel as Treasury lifts Iranian oil sanctions for 60 days
The U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control cleared Iranian crude, petrochemicals, and petroleum products for sale through Aug. 21…
Cracks are showing in Trump’s blue-collar base | Steven Greenhouse
Voters are upset that Trump has failed to deliver on his economic promises. That’s bad news for Republicans in NovemberIf any demographic group was key to Donal…
China retaliates against Pentagon blacklist by targeting dozens of U.S. defense firms
Beijing placed 10 American companies on its export control list and barred 46 others from government procurement contracts, targeting mostly defense industry pl…
Alan Greenspan dies at 100. As Fed chair, he was hailed as the ‘Oracle’ but later admitted he made a mistake assuming banks could self-regulate
Greenspan died Monday from complications of Parkinson’s Disease.…
The DOJ refused to swear in writing that Trump's 'anti-weaponization' fund is dead
The Justice Department told a federal judge that compelling sworn statements from senior officials raises "serious separation of powers concerns"…
‘Every time you turn around, there’s a new price increase’: US small-business optimism plummets
At the same time, 29% of small-business owners also report having open positions they can’t fillAmid rising fuel prices and inflation across the US, confidence …
Trump says he no longer views Anthropic as a national security threat
The president said Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei responded "very quickly" to an export control directive restricting foreign access to two AI models…
Bank of America now expects three Fed rate hikes this year. A month ago it expected zero.
Brent crude slipped below $80 a barrel Monday after mediators said the U.S. and Iran had agreed on a roadmap to a deal within 60 days…
South Korean chipmakers are being paid such massive bonuses it’s becoming an inflation problem for the central bank
The Bank of Korea is worried that a wage-price spiral is increasing consumer demand and pushing up prices.…
DOJ refused to swear in writing that Trump's 'anti-weaponization' fund is dead
The Justice Department told a federal judge that compelling sworn statements from senior officials raises "serious separation of powers concerns"…
Wall Street is more focused on what Iranian officials are saying than Trump’s war-threat tweets
Everything you need to know before you reach the office this morning.…
Tesla rival says Elon Musk still has one major edge
Tesla (TSLA) has taken a lot of criticism for its self-driving ambitions. Regulators have cast doubt on the company’s safety assertions. Critics say Full Self-D…
The best natural lazy rivers in the U.S. for summer floating
From Florida's 72-degree spring-fed Ichetucknee to the Blackfoot River in Montana where Norman Maclean's memoir made the landscape famous…
Oil prices fall and stock markets rise as US-Iran peace talks progress – business live
Brent crude prices fall below $80 per barrel on after Iranian negotiators said progress had been made in peace talks with US Patrick Wintour and Jonathan Yerush…
Wells Fargo revamps S&P 500 target for the rest of 2026
Investors were preparing for a far more cautious Wall Street, with sticky inflation figures and a Fed that refused to give markets the rate-cut signal they want…
Dow futures drop and oil jumps as first day of U.S.-Iran talks sees Trump threaten Tehran on Hormuz: ‘You close it and you won’t have a country’
He also said the U.S. may take over the strait, adding "I'll blow the s--t out of them. If they don't make a deal, we'll collect tolls."…
Ground beef is up 20% since last year. A parasite, a drought and a July 1 trade deadline could push it higher
The U.S. cattle herd is at its lowest point since the 1950s. Trump's USMCA threat could make the beef price crisis permanent.…
Oil prices face sudden $150 spike after vital route shuts
Three days. That's how long the peace deal Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signed on June 17 lasted before Iran's military command said it was clo…
Trump bought these health care stocks in 2026; should you?
President Donald Trump has been trading health care stocks unusually frequently in 2026. Across the first three months of the year, his accounts ran 377 s…
If you’re surprised by how well the stock market is doing, so is Jamie Dimon—he says there’s a ‘little tsunami’ heading for the economy
"I am surprised because I think that you have Ukraine, Iran, oil, Russia, and our relationship with China. That stuff is really important for the free world, bu…
Trump hails Iran deal but conflict continues to cast long shadow over global economy
As the price of crude oil falls governments are counting the costs of the war in the Middle East Hailing his Iran deal this week amid the excess of Versailles, …