Wednesday, May 13, 2026
Evening
- S&P 500 futures are little changed after tech-driven rally leads index to new record: Live updates
- Mortgage rates jump to highest level since March on hotter inflation reports
- Senate confirms Trump pick Warsh as chairman of the Federal Reserve, following Powell
- Who is Fed chair nominee Kevin Warsh?
- Volatility Hedge Fund QVR to Close After Losing 30% This Year
- What to Watch at the High-Stakes U.S.-China Summit
- What the New Head of the Federal Reserve Will Inherit
- Warsh Confirmed as Fed Chair in Narrowest Margin Since 1977
- Boston Fed’s Collins Flags Rate-Hike Scenario as Inflation Risks Tilt Higher
Afternoon
- S&P 500 hits another record driven by tech alone as most stocks decline on the day: Live updates
- Bond Investors Flee as Inflation Worry Sends Yields to 2026 High
- 10-year Treasury yield rises to highest level in 10 months on hotter-than-expected inflation data
- Oil Holds Steady on Mideast Impasse and Shrinking Inventories
- Copper Nears Record High on Tight Global Supply; Aluminum Surges
- The U.S. inflation problem is getting worse
- US and China seek to repair damage from tariff war that sent trade into a freefall
- Fed's Kashkari says labor market looking better, inflation worse
- To dot or not? Warsh's first Fed rate projection could out his views to the public - and Trump
- French unemployment hits five-year high with 2.6 million out of work
- Treasury Buyers Get 5% Long-Bond Rate for First Time Since 2007
- Hormuz Oil Flows Fell Nearly 30% Last Quarter, EIA Says
- Fed Survey Shows More Job Anxiety, Widespread Price Concerns
- PE-Owned Insurers Boosting Private Credit Holdings, Study Finds
- Apollo Has a New Vehicle to Bundle Debt That Echoes CDOs of Old
- An Uncertain World Awaits the Reopening of the Strait of Hormuz
- Why the Bombing of Iran Tied the U.S. More Closely to China
- Perfect Timing, Big Payouts: Insider Trading Red Flags Emerge on Polymarket
- Fed’s Collins Says She Could Envision the Need for Rate Hikes
- Anthropic Was Behind. Now It’s the AI Boom’s Front-Runner.
- Former SEC chair Jay Clayton says he does ‘not see excess leverage’ in private credit
General
- Dow falls as wholesale prices jump, Nasdaq pushed higher by renewed chip stock rally: Live updates
- 10-year Treasury yield hits new high for the year after very hot producer prices reading
- European stocks rise, oil prices steady, government bond yields still high
- Oil Dips After Three-Day Gain With Iran Peace Talks at Impasse
- Wholesale inflation jumps 6% in April on annual basis, biggest increase since 2022
- Producer prices shot up 6%, adding to pressure on companies to raise prices for customers
- Incoming Fed Chair Kevin Warsh has an alarming 62-month trend to overcome: Stat of the day
- Warsh has big plans for the Fed, but results may take time
- Everything is chips now
- Trump's five-alarm economy
- Japanese Funds Dump Most US Debt Since 2022 as Fed Wagers Flip
- Trump Repeats War Threats Against Iran Ahead of Meeting With Xi
- Trump set to meet with Xi in Beijing as war and inflation weigh on his presidency
- Lake Tahoe Power Crunch Shows AI’s Growing Energy Toll in West
- Why L.A. condo sales have slumped to a 20-year low
- China’s $3 Trillion of Hidden Bad Debt Prolongs Economic Pain
- Trump Lands in China for Xi Trade Summit With Iran War in Limbo
- How Long Can the US Be the Oil Supplier of Last Resort?
- BlackRock Says Increased Downgrades Looming for State Borrowers
- San Francisco’s Luxury Housing Boom Is a Warning
- ECB’s Rehn Says Data Show First Sign of Stagflationary Shock
- How China Could Wield Its Control of Rare Earths Against Trump
- Trump’s Shrinking Ambitions on China
- Justice Dept. Officials Consider Settling Trump Suit Against I.R.S.
- What Trump and Xi Want to Achieve at Their High-Stakes Summit
- Wall Street Is Getting More Anxious About Long-Term Inflation
- IEA Warns Recovery From Hormuz Supply Shock Will Take Months
- Iran Expands Strait Definition
- The New Route Around Hormuz Involves a Massive Convoy of Trucks
- The More You Know About This Private-Credit Fund, the Less You Understand
- Donald Trump demands Xi Jinping ‘open’ China to US business
- Donald Trump’s plan to discuss Taiwan arms sales with Xi Jinping rattles Asian allies
- Trump is up against China’s great wall of confidence
- IEA warns of further ‘price spikes’ as oil inventories plunge at record pace
- Hormuz closure stalls construction projects as material costs soar
- Hoarding adds to economic damage triggered by Iran war
- Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy cool on US-led peace talks