Wednesday, June 18, 2025
Evening
- US Bonds Rally Stalls as Powell Endorses a Patient Fed Approach
- Oil Edges Up in Turbulent Trade Amid Fears of War Escalation
- Trump Wraps Situation Room Meeting as Iran Plan Remains Mystery
- Fed leaves key rate unchanged as it awaits the impact of tariffs and Trump again scolds Powell
- Fed dot plot reveals more divided central bank, but still points to two rate cuts in 2025
- Trump Urges SALT Deal as Lawler Stands Firm on $40,000 Cap
- US Plans to Ease Capital Rule Limiting Banks Treasury Trades
- Regulators' plans for US bank leverage relief may underwhelm US Treasury market
- Scientists warn that greenhouse gas accumulation is accelerating and more extreme weather will come
- Fed’s Powell Says Rate Path Unclear But Tariff Impact Is Coming
- The Fed Is Just as Confused as the Rest of Us
- Social Security Warns of 23% Benefit Cut by 2034 Without a Fix
- Social Security’s Finances Erode Further and Could Spell Benefit Cuts
- The Fed Isn’t Calling It ‘Stagflation,’ but the Risks Are Rising
- Trump Privately Approved of Attack Plans for Iran but Has Withheld Final Order
- Fed’s Hawkish Tone Stirs Placid Market
- Donald Trump edges closer to Iran strike as military assets move into position
- Federal Reserve cuts outlook for US economy but holds interest rates steady
- Foreign Treasury holdings remain near record high despite tariff turmoil
- Steve Bannon warns Donald Trump Iran strike would ‘tear the country apart’
Afternoon
- Stocks rise as traders await Fed decision, new developments in the Middle East: Live updates
- Oil Falls in Turbulent Trading Amid Concerns War Will Escalate
- All eyes on Fed's 'dot plot' as investors look for rate cut clues
- Trump says he gave Iran ‘ultimate ultimatum,’ as U.S. prepares to evacuate citizens from Israel
- Trump knocks Fed's Powell, muses about appointing himself to lead central bank
- Iran’s Leader Stays Defiant as Trump Weighs War Intervention
- The housing market slump is getting worse
- Colleges Face Major Tax Blow in Trump’s Proposed IRS Rules on Race
- UN Says It Has Lost Track of Iran’s Near-Bomb-Grade Uranium
- The Fed’s Dot-Plot Predicament: False Precision in Uncertain Times
- Social Security’s Potential Insolvency Date Moves Up One Year
- Prudential Unit Lends $500 Million in Private Credit to Affirm
- Donald Trump calls for huge rate cuts and says Fed chief is ‘stupid’
General
- Stocks little changed ahead of the Federal Reserve’s rate decision: Live updates
- Oil Swings in Volatile Market as Trump Spurs War Escalation Fear
- Khamenei to Trump: Iran will not surrender
- Trump Weighs Iran Options as Israel Ratchets Up Air Strikes
- Iran’s leader rejects call to surrender, saying US intervention would cause ‘irreparable damage’
- Iran’s Leader Shows Defiance With US Weighing War Intervention
- Israel says it killed a top Iranian general as Trump warns people to flee Iran’s capital
- Oil tankers near Iran appear to be in rural Russia as signals jammed
- Trump tax bill would widen deficits by $2.8T after factoring in economic impacts, CBO says
- US unemployment claims dipped to 245,000 last week, hovering at historically low levels
- US single-family housing starts rise in May; permits slump
- Mortgage demand drops, even as rates fall to the lowest since April
- Borrowers looking for lower costs will have to wait as the Fed is unlikely to cut rates
- Fed set to hold rates steady as Middle East crisis, tariffs cloud outlook
- Analysis-Early Fed chair nomination could rattle markets
- Senate GOP leader faces pushback after members blindsided by Trump bill
- Japan PM Ishiba says disagreements remain with U.S. on tariff talks
- China’s got the world in a rare earth choke hold
- California's economy will contract due to immigration raids and tariffs, UCLA forecast predicts
- Private equity sits on $1 trillion amid uncertainties, M&A stalls, PwC says
- US added over 1,000 new millionaires a day last year, UBS report says
- China’s Rare Earth Exports Slump in May as Magnet Sales Curbed
- US-China Tech Fight Widens After Taiwan Blacklists Huawei
- PBOC Head Imagines New World Currency Order After Dollar Era
- Russia fears another loss in Middle East from Iran's conflict with Israel
- Japan to Protect Trade Interests And Not Rush Deal, Ishiba Says
- US Plans to Ease Capital Rule Limiting Banks’ Treasury Trades
- Trump Is Driving Off Investors and Threatening the Dollar’s Reign
- US Lawmakers’ Talks With Top Taiwan Official Risks Irking China
- Trump Deploys 2,000 More National Guard Troops to Los Angeles
- Stavridis: The US Is Making the World a More Dangerous Place
- Trump Calls for Iran’s ‘Unconditional Surrender’ and Threatens Its Supreme Leader
- Aiming at the Dollar, China Makes a Pitch for Its Currency
- Trump Calls for Iran to ‘Surrender’ as He Weighs Military Action
- Israel Is Running Low on Defensive Interceptors, Official Says
- The Problem With Wall Street’s Fixation on the Fed Dot Plot
- The Biggest Companies Across America Are Cutting Their Workforces
- Donald Trump calls for Iran’s ‘unconditional surrender’
- Can an American bunker-buster destroy Iran’s nuclear mountain?
- Donald Trump’s abrupt G7 exit causes disquiet among other leaders
- China’s property market recovery stalls as falling prices hit sentiment
- Insurance prices jump for Strait of Hormuz sailings as conflict threatens shipping