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US $1 dollar bill in mid air melting, red gradated background

Markets can’t be bullied, and the US could face a financial crisis ahead of next year’s midterm elections, former IMF official says

Construction on the Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve building in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, June 25, 2025. The Federal Reserve unveiled plans to roll back an important capital rule that big banks have said limits their ability to hold more Treasuries and act as intermediaries in the $29 trillion market. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Monetary policy at the world’s most important central bank could hinge on an argument over building renovation specs

US President Donald Trump holds a baby as he greets guests during the Congressional Picnic on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, June 21, 2019. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Here’s how a $1,000 ‘Trump account’ could swell to $100,000 by age 21—and $2 million by 60—even with modest contributions from families

WASHINGTON, DC – DECEMBER 10: Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers Jared Bernstein, speaks during a Daily Press Briefing at the White House on December 10, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Tom Brenner/Getty Images)

The U.S. debt outlook is so dire it now resembles the student loan crisis, former White House economic adviser says

WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 3: Nadine Seiler of Waldorf, Maryland holds a sign and wears a shirt that says “Let’s Taco ’bout Tariffs” outside of the White House is seen on June 3, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images)

The TACO trade is backfiring on Wall Street as Trump seizes on stock market highs to charge ahead with tariffs

Marc Benioff, chief executive officer of Salesforce Inc., speaks during a press conference at the 2024 Dreamforce conference in San Francisco, California, US, on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. Salesforce is unveiling a pivot in its artificial intelligence strategy this week at its annual Dreamforce conference, now saying that its AI tools can handle tasks without human supervision and changing the way it charges for software. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Marc Benioff says AI is radically reshaping Salesforce, and 51% of Q1 hiring was internal as thousands of employees were redeployed

Jerome Powell, governor of the U.S. Federal Reserve and President Donald Trump’s nominee as chairman of the Federal Reserve, right, pauses while speaking while Trump listens during a nomination announcement in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017. If approved by the Senate, the 64-year-old former Carlyle Group LP managing director and ex-Treasury undersecretary would succeed Fed Chair Janet Yellen. Photographer: Olivier Douliery/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Forget a ‘shadow’ Fed chair, here’s how the central bank could have two different leaders at once

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Wednesday, July 2, 2025. US stocks were flat, erasing pre-market losses after a report showing an unexpected decline in employment raised concerns of slowing economic growth ahead of a more widely followed gauge of labor due Thursday. Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Dow futures fall as Trump officials signal limited breathing room before tariffs ‘boomerang back’

Elon Musk speaks during a town hall in Green Bay, Wisconsin on March 30, 2025. An election to choose a new supreme court judge in the northern US state of Wisconsin wouldn’t usually make much noise.<br />
But when the world’s richest man took an interest in the race, people began to notice, and protests on March 30 drew crowds.<br />
Tech baron and political provocateur Elon Musk, a close ally of President Donald Trump, has poured money into the Tuesday election, hoping to secure a conservative win. (Photo by Robin LEGRAND / AFP) (Photo by ROBIN LEGRAND/AFP via Getty Images)

Musk forms the America Party and Sam Altman backs ‘techno-capitalism’ as crumbling economic consensus gives way to rival visions

The Gen Z whisperer on the economy puts $50 in the S&P 500 every month ‘no matter what’

DALLAS, TX – SEPTEMBER 26: Bob Jordan, CEO of Southwest Airlines, speaks to media during Southwest Airlines Investor Day at Southwest Airlines Headquarters on September 26, 2024 in Dallas, Texas. (Photo by Sam Hodde for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Southwest’s CEO says he picks up trash and serves snacks when flying and shares advice from the airline’s legendary cofounder

A photo shows flooding caused by a flash flood at the Guadalupe River in Kerrville, Texas, on July 5, 2025. Rescuers were desperately searching for at least 20 girls missing from a riverside summer camp, officials said on July 5, after torrential rains caused a “catastrophic” flash flood that killed at least 24 people as it swept through south-central Texas. (Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP) (Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

Texas summer camp hit by flood has been in the same clan for generations and has served the state’s top families

Global communication network on a glowing particle world map.

The world could get carved up into these 3 blocs as Trump tariffs fuel deglobalization. Here’s which side each country might join

DETROIT, MICHIGAN – JANUARY 14: Ford CEO Jim Farley<br />
looks on before the Detroit Lions play the Los Angeles Rams in the NFC Wild Card Playoffs at Ford Field on January 14, 2024 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Nic Antaya/Getty Images)

Ford CEO Jim Farley warns AI will wipe out half of white-collar jobs, but the ‘essential economy’ has a huge shortage of workers

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Wednesday, July 2, 2025. US stocks were flat, erasing pre-market losses after a report showing an unexpected decline in employment raised concerns of slowing economic growth ahead of a more widely followed gauge of labor due Thursday. Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Wall Street was expecting a TACO Tuesday. But Dow futures fall 250 points after Trump says he will set tariffs as high as 70%