Thursday, May 1, 2025
Evening
- Stock futures slip after Amazon and Apple post earnings, big jobs report looms: Live updates
- Apple shares fall as Cook says ‘very difficult’ to predict tariff costs beyond June
- Trump threatens massive new China sanctions over Iranian oil
- Trump threatens sanctions against buyers of Iranian oil after US-Iran nuclear talks are postponed
- Japan's US Treasury holdings among tools for trade talks, Finance Minister Kato says
- Apple Says Tariffs Will Add $900 Million in Costs This Quarter
- Bank Reserves at Fed Drop to $3 Trillion, Lowest Since Jan. 1
- Middle-Income Consumers Feel Pinched. That’s Bad for Some of America’s Best Known Brands.
- A dangerous stand-off between India and Pakistan
Afternoon
- Dow rises 200 points to kick off May as Microsoft, Meta rekindle AI trade: Live updates
- Yen Slides as Bank of Japan Pours Cold Water on Rate Hikes
- Manufacturing sector shrinks again in April as tariffs hit businesses
- SALT talks stall as GOP mulls limiting tax break to middle class
- US construction spending falls in March
- Mortgage rates drop as bond market stabilizes
- US Bonds Slide as Factory Data Spurs Pullback in Rate-Cut Bets
- Summers Says Wrong to Say Markets Tell Fed It Should Cut
- Large AI Projects Present $1.8 Trillion Capital Pool for Private Credit
- High-Yield Munis Post Worst Month Since 2023 After Tariff Rout
- Schwab Warned Thousands at Risk of Margin Calls as Volatility Soared on Trade War
- How Houthi Red Sea Ship Attacks Upended Global Trade
- A Tidal Wave of Change Is Headed for the U.S. Economy
- Why China Could Win Trump’s Trade War
General
- Stocks rise after Microsoft, Meta post earnings beats: Live updates
- Yen slides as tariffs keep BOJ on hold, dollar steady
- Weekly jobless claims surge to 241,000, more than expected, in latest sign of economic trouble
- US announced job cuts decline in April, recruitment firm Challenger says
- US Treasury chief urges Fed to cut rates
- Big Tech's fortunes diverge as AI powers cloud, tariffs hit consumer electronics
- US Has Reached Out to China to Initiate Tariff Talks, CCTV Says
- Graham Says He Has Broad Senate Support for New Russia Sanctions
- China's April resale home prices fall as more properties put up for sale, report says
- Trump Says Tariffs Politically Risky, But He’s Not Rushing Deals
- Bessent Says Two-Year Treasuries Are Signaling Fed Should Cut
- Musk Says DOGE ‘Should Definitely’ Examine Federal Reserve Costs
- Yen Falls, Bonds Rise as BOJ Pushes Back Timing of Price Goal
- Home Builders Are Piling on Discounts as They Struggle to Entice Buyers
- How the U.S. Oil Industry Has Taken a Beating Under Trump, in Charts
- Beijing Doesn’t Want America to See Its Trade-War Pain
- Bank of Japan Leaves Rates Steady, Cuts Forecasts Amid Tariff Uncertainty
- China signals opening for trade talks with US
- Bank of Japan slashes growth forecasts on tariff fears
- General Motors warns of $5bn tariff hit even after Trump’s relief measures
- Janet Yellen warns Trump tariffs will have ‘tremendously adverse’ impact
- Donald Trump’s bombing campaign against Houthis tests his vow to ‘stop wars’
- Australia: caught between a slowing China and a chaotic US