Mar 10, 2025 | Markets
A chorus of Wall Street strategists is warning about rising volatility in the stock market, with Morgan Stanley’s Michael Wilson the latest to sound the alarm on slumping economic growth amid President Donald Trump’s trade wars. The strategist, who was a prominent...
Mar 10, 2025 | Markets
America’s nearly five-year economic boom is starting to show its age. Cracks are forming in the economy’s foundation: Layoffs are mounting, hiring is slowing, consumer confidence is eroding and inflation is picking up speed. Although all of those things would almost...
Mar 10, 2025 | Markets
For two consecutive years, stock-market prognosticators lifted their outlooks for the S&P 500 Index over and over again to keep up with an unrelenting rally. Now just under three months into the year, sell-side strategists at firms including JPMorgan Chase &...
Mar 9, 2025 | Markets
President Donald Trump said the US economy faces “a period of transition,” deflecting concerns about the risks of a slowdown as his early focus on tariffs and federal job cuts causes market turmoil. Asked on Fox News’ Sunday Morning Futures whether he’s expecting a...
Mar 9, 2025 | Markets
Oil slid to a six-month low as signs of economic weakness in the world’s two biggest crude consumers fanned concerns that US tariffs will sap global energy demand. West Texas Intermediate dipped 1.5% to end the session near $66 a barrel, the lowest settlement price...
Mar 8, 2025 | Markets
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President Mary Daly said growing uncertainty among businesses could slow demand in the US economy but doesn’t require a change in interest rates. Business leaders in her Fed district have conveyed that “uncertainty surrounding the...
