Wednesday, August 20, 2025
Afternoon
- Nasdaq falls for a second day as tech struggles again: Live updates
- Palantir stock plummets 20% from highs in longest losing streak since April 2024
- Oil Advances on Bullish Storage Report, Russia-Ukraine Talks
- Divided Fed worried about tariffs, inflation and the labor market, minutes show
- Trump's war on the Fed is escalating
- Trump calls on Federal Reserve official to resign after ally accuses her of mortgage fraud
- Trump says Fed governor Cook 'must resign' as pressure campaign on central bank continues
- The AI report triggering panic and fear on Wall Street
- Sony hikes PlayStation 5 prices in US as tariff uncertainty weighs
- Plosser, Policy Hawk Who Led Philadelphia Fed Bank, Dies at 76
- Southern California Faces Record Heat and Braces for Wildfires
- American Businesses in ‘Survival Mode’ as Trump Tariffs Pile Up
- Trump Considers Firing Fed Official After Accusation of Mortgage Fraud
- Donald Trump calls on Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook to resign
General
- S&P 500 lower as investors await retail earnings, Fed minutes: Live updates
- Trump calls on Fed Governor Cook to resign
- Trump again attacks Fed chair, says Powell 'hurting' the housing industry
- Morning Bid: Tech angst on AI doubts
- Fed minutes could show whether Waller and Bowman had company in favoring rate cuts soon
- Fed's dilemma between AI and housing
- Companies can't hold the line on prices much longer
- Workers to bear brunt of health cost increases in 2026
- Kremlin plays down Zelensky talks as Trump warns Putin may not 'want to make deal'
- What’s next for Ukraine-Russia peace talks? 5 questions to ask heading into a potential trilateral
- Trump says he has instructed lawyers to look into "woke" in Smithsonian museums
- UK Inflation at 18-Month High as Food, Transport Costs Soar
- BOJ governor Ueda to travel to Jackson Hole for Fed conference
- China to stage massive military parade marking WW2 surrender of Japan
- Trump Ally Calls on Bondi to Probe Fed’s Cook Over Mortgages
- Powell’s Global Peers to Cheer for Fed in Rebuke to Trump
- Investors Pile Back Into Hedge Funds With Decade-High Inflows
- China’s Bond Rout Seen Fading as Higher Yields Draw in Buyers
- Is the A.I. Sell-off the Start of Something Bigger?
- Why Does Xi Keep Purging Loyalists? Look to Stalin and Mao for the Answer.
- Europe Should Deepen Ties With Non-U.S. Trade Partners, Lagarde Says
- Putin Calls Zelensky the West’s Illegitimate Puppet. Can He Talk Peace With Him?
- U.S. Allies Still Waiting for Tariff Relief on Autos and Steel
- Japan’s Exports Fall for Third Consecutive Month
- US tech stocks hit by concerns over future of AI boom
- How the Fed should deal with US stagflation risks
- Bair: Retail investors should stay away from private funds
- Investors warn of ‘new era of fiscal dominance’ in global markets
- Scott Bessent bets on stablecoins to bolster demand for Treasuries
- UK inflation rises more than expected to 3.8% in July
- The Iranian connection: how China is importing oil from Russia
Evening
- S&P 500 futures are little changed as investors await retail earnings, Fed minutes: Live updates
- Bessent says US has had very good talks with China on tariffs
- Trump expands 50% steel and aluminum tariffs to include 407 additional product types
- Trump claims Powell 'hurting' the housing industry in latest attack on Fed chair
- Bessent’s Rate View Defies Fed Models, Deutsche Bank Says
- Demand for Rental Housing Drives Unexpected Jump in Building
- Jay Powell to deliver Jackson Hole address under fire on multiple fronts
- Putin is back in the driver’s seat on Ukraine