Thursday, February 20, 2025
Evening
- Wall St ends lower as weak Walmart guidance prompts consumer demand worries
- Fed should hold policy rate steady for 'some time,' Kugler says
- Bessent Plans First Call With China Counterpart on Friday
- ‘Mar-a-Lago Accord’ Chatter Is Getting Wall Street’s Attention
- Wall Street’s New Money Is Shaking Up the Ranks of the Superwealthy
- Why Germany’s Center Just Might Hold
- China’s EV Price War Leaves Behind a Trail of Zombie Cars
- Bird Flu Kills Dairy Workers’ Cats, Suggesting a Viral Change
- Trump Tests Fed’s Independence With Order Expanding Authority Over Agencies
- U.S. Doubles Down on Demand That Ukraine Sign Minerals Deal
Afternoon
- Stocks Fall on Walmart’s Warning as Big Banks Sink: Markets Wrap
- Oil Extends Gain With Focus on Supply Uncertainty, Weaker Dollar
- Walmart rolled through 2024, but uncertainty about consumers and tariffs seep into year ahead
- Average US rate on a 30-year mortgage slips to 8-week low after fifth-straight weekly decli
- A news conference between Zelenskyy and Trump’s Ukraine envoy is canceled amid growing tensions
- Fed's Musalem flags risk of rising inflation expectations and stagflation
- EU Trade Chief Says Ready to Work With US on Lower Tariffs
- War-Hardened Ukrainians Remain Defiant In Face of Trump’s Blows
- Mexico Moves to Ban Foreign Intervention After US Cartel Decree
- In China, Financial Stress Stalks Hospitals and Bankruptcies Soar
- Gold Futures Hit New High on Economic, Geopolitical Uncertainty
- Trump’s Turn to Russia Spooks U.S. Allies Who Fear a Weakened NATO
General
- Stocks Slip; Gold Hits Fresh Record High: Markets Wrap
- US Rate Volatility Craters as Tariff-Wary Bond Traders Pull Back
- Yen Advances Past 150 per Dollar as BOJ Rate-Hike Bets Ramp Up
- Oil Holds Gain With Focus on US Stockpiles, Supply Uncertainty
- Sightly more Americans apply for unemployment benefits last week, but layoffs remain relatively low
- Analysis-'Stagflation' fears haunt US markets despite Trump's pro-growth agenda
- Bessent Says US ‘Long Way’ From Boosting Longer-Term Debt Sales
- Morning Bid: Trade and Ukraine tensions mount, with Fed twist
- Trump's first month turns U.S. foreign policy upside down
- Trump Turns on Zelenskiy, Leaving Ukraine Few Options Amid War
- Trump’s Zelenskyy tirade proves too much for European leaders to stomach
- Trump Says New China Trade Deal ‘Possible’ Despite Tensions
- Japan’s Food Inflation Is Becoming Harder for BOJ to Overlook
- Who is Friedrich Merz, the favorite to become Germany’s new chancellor?
- The US and Europe are at a crossroads. A new world order is emerging
- Morgan Stanley Sees Tough Road for Trump Deals With China, India
- Stagflation Is Poised for a Comeback
- Fund Giant BlackRock Is Out to Unite Public and Private Markets
- Trump Slams Brakes on East European Rally as Peace Deal in Doubt
- Clean Energy Was Lifting Manufacturing. Now Investment Is in Jeopardy.
- How Tariffs Could Shock America’s Power System
- Trump’s Attack on Zelensky Signals New World Order Taking Shape
- Trump’s Anti-Zelensky Comments Caught GOP Off Guard
- ECB Monitoring Financial Deregulation in U.S. With ‘Concern’, Says Rehn
- Will the bond market rein in Donald Trump?
- US objects to calling out ‘Russian aggression’ in G7 statement on Ukraine
- German election 2025: Who’s ahead in the polls?