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Eleanor Pringle

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Trade war is back on as White House floats a new minimum 10% tariff plan—with carveouts for coffee, beef, and microchip suppliers

"The proposed tariff exemptions for key foodstuffs seem to indicate that someone in the administration is aware of the way high-frequency purchases...

03.06.2026 10

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Iran war has cost U.S. families $100 billion between increased military funding and higher oil prices, says Moody’s

"With the saving rate about as low as it ever goes ... [consumers] will have little choice but to rein in their spending, weighing further on the...

02.06.2026 7

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Jensen Huang says he pays Nvidia staff ‘as much as possible’ in bid to share the wealth from AI boom

“I pay my employees as much as I can," Huang said.

02.06.2026 10

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Jamie Dimon slams Coinbase CEO as ‘full of sh*t’ and warns banks won’t accept crypto bill

"No one's gonna bow down to this guy or that company."

01.06.2026 10

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Wall Street’s staglfation fears are easing thanks to the mere hint of a U.S. deal with Iran

Everything you need to know before you reach the office this morning.

29.05.2026 10

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A moonshot to avoid a $39 trillion national debt crisis will rely on AI productivity going even better than bulls are hoping for, says JPMorgan

Everything you need to know before you reach the office this morning.

28.05.2026 10

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The only jobs giving out pay raises right now are in construction, mining, and public administration, the New York Fed finds

Everything you need to know before you reach the office this morning.

27.05.2026 10

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U.S. would only break Iranian ceasefire if there was ‘absolutely no alternative,’ says Deutsche Bank—this weekend was a warning shot

Everything you need to know before you reach the office this morning.

26.05.2026 30

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‘I almost fell out of my chair’: Fed stalwart Claudia Sahm fears Kevin Warsh’s policies could undo 20 years of policy progress

"That progression has happened over 20 years at the Fed and it's going to be near impossible and probably very misguided to put the cat back in the...

23.05.2026 10

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Wall Street has pretty much written off the idea of a Fed rate cut at Kevin Warsh’s first meeting

Everything you need to know before you reach the office this morning.

22.05.2026 20

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Wall Street thinks there’s a chance the S&P 500 could push 20% higher by 2027

Everything you need to know before you reach the office this morning.

21.05.2026 30

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U.S. national debt officially hits $39 trillion—adding approximately $5 billion a day since October

According to Treasury data, updated retrospectively for May 18, the debt landed at $39,008,999,901,378.68.

20.05.2026 20

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The bond market is firing a warning shot in the direction of Washington, D.C.

Everything you need to know before you reach the office this morning.

20.05.2026 20

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Don’t hold your breath for the great AI job reshuffle, says Goldman Sachs—there’s little evidence of ‘too many coders and not enough plumbers’

Everything you need to know before you reach the office this morning.

19.05.2026 30

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President Trump says the White House’s dealmaking era ends with him: ‘It’s not going to happen again’

Everything you need to know before you reach the office this morning.

18.05.2026 20

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Wall Street is keeping a close eye on Kevin Warsh at the Fed. These are the red (and green) flags they’re watching for

"Confirmation hearings are political theater rather than substance, and he [was] plenty smart enough to avoid saying anything tangible."

17.05.2026 20

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Dominoes are steadily falling in the path of the rate cuts Trump wants to see from Kevin Warsh

"In his confirmation hearing, Warsh testified that 'inflation is a choice.' He may get the chance to prove he actually believes it."

15.05.2026 9

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Business formations hit all-time high as ‘under-employed’ Americans turn to side hustles to make ends meet

It seems nobody's coming to rescue American families from the affordability crisis—so they're taking it into their own hands.

14.05.2026 10

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President Trump’s Golden Dome will cost $1.2 trillion, the CBO says, five times more than initially expected

Everything you need to know before you reach the office this morning.

13.05.2026 20

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Trump is on a charm offensive ahead of President Xi meeting—and he wants Elon Musk and Tim Cook in tow

China's President Xi is a leader "respected by all" Trump posted, ahead of his meetings in Beijing.

12.05.2026 20

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U.S. Treasury pays $3 billion a day in interest on national debt nearing $39 trillion mark

"Outlays for net interest on the public debt rose by $41 billion (or 7%) because the debt was larger than it was in the first seven months of fiscal...

11.05.2026 20

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AI generated identical résumés for a man and a woman: Hers was more likely to be labeled ‘weak,’ while his got a 97% approval rating

“If people believe they will be judged more harshly for using AI, they are less likely to adopt it—regardless of their capability."

10.05.2026 20

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U.S. Treasury will have to borrow $2 trillion this year just to continue functioning—more than $166 billion every month

"Markets will only tolerate our unsustainable borrowing for so long; the risk of a fiscal crisis gets higher as the days pass. We need deficit...

07.05.2026 60

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Tiny island nation unveils $1 million ‘Golden Visa’ for the wealthy—80% cheaper than Trump’s, with one catch: you’re renting

The government of Mauritius is launching a Golden Visa scheme, a la the White House, following requests from wealthy individuals.

06.05.2026 10

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A year after Liberation Day, Trump’s tariffs have done ‘significant damage’ to the U.S. economy, says Moody’s chief economist

"Since that day, job growth has come to a standstill," Zandi says.

06.05.2026 40

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‘Any semblance of fiscal responsibility’ was abandoned two decades ago, says budget watchdog, and challenges Congress to cut deficit levels by half

A 3% benchmark would require approximately $10 trillion in deficit reduction over the next decade, if the target is reached by 2036.

05.05.2026 20

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‘Cut up the credit cards:’ Congress is getting brutal about ‘embarrassing’ $31 trillion national debt

"It’s only going to get worse until we cut up the credit cards and get serious."

01.05.2026 20

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For years, the risk Jamie Dimon was most concerned about was geopolitics. His answer has shifted

"The bad guys can use cyber, and they're going to get stronger and more powerful in terms of finding vulnerabilities.

30.04.2026 8

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The global economy has a month—eight weeks at most—to avoid a recession, warns top economist

"The irony in all this is that the U.S., which started the war, does better in relative terms than anybody else because of its energy supplies."

30.04.2026 20

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Jamie Dimon gets candid about national debt: ‘There will be a bond crisis, and then we’ll have to deal with it’

"The level of things that are adding to the risk column are high like geopolitics, oil, government deficits. And they may go away, but they may not."

29.04.2026 20

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Trump’s ‘gold card’ visas were supposed to solve the $39 trillion national debt. They’ve only sold one

Gold card revenue "may be earmarked for deficit reduction, but it actually could be more money than that," Trump previously told reporters.

28.04.2026 20

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Barbara Corcoran famously ‘never saved a dime’: Even when she sold her business for $66 million, her first thought was ‘What can I spend this on?’

"I never got rich by saving, I got rich by allowing money to come and go."

27.04.2026 20

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Good news: Rumors of a K-shaped economy are overblown so far, says Goldman Sachs. Bad news: 2026 is the year it will really bite

"There are a lot of people out there who can no longer afford perhaps the most quintessential component of the American Dream, which is property...

24.04.2026 10

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When interest on national debt overtook military spending, it triggered a limit where the U.S. may ‘cease to be a great power’, warns Hoover historian

"The debt burden draws scarce resources towards itself, reducing the amount available for national security, and leaving the power increasingly...

23.04.2026 20

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Wall Street won’t like it—but Kevin Warsh may mark the end of your chatty, neighborhood Fed chairman

Until yesterday, many might have hoped that Warsh's criticism of forward guidance was an ideal rather than an actionable opinion. They were wrong.

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Kevin Warsh would be one of the wealthiest Fed chairs ever and says he ‘lived the American Dream.’ Here’s what he wants for the central bank

During and after the pandemic, the Fed “missed its mark,” Warsh told Senators, and the U.S. economy is “still dealing with the legacy of policy...

21.04.2026 30

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Inside Kevin Warsh’s opening statement: Inflation is a choice, independence is essential, and a couple of notable name drops

"I do not believe the operational independence of monetary policy is particularly threatened when elected officials state their views on interest...

21.04.2026 30

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It’s crunch time for Kevin Warsh: Here’s how he might begin selling the idea of rate cuts—it requires some complex economic gymnastics

"In a way, one can afford a lower interest rate with a smaller balance sheet.”

20.04.2026 10

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The director of the Congressional Budget Office—known for its gloomy national debt data—is very optimistic that a crisis will be avoided entirely

"Making progress to address the fiscal trajectory would be a positive for the U.S. economy," Swagel said. "We can't go on [with] the scolding...

20.04.2026 30

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If the economy feels even worse for you than the inflation data says, that might be because childcare isn’t deemed a ‘necessity’

"The cost of childcare obviously impacts labor force decisions, and that in turn impacts labor growth as a whole," Bowley tells Fortune.

17.04.2026 20

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Everyone was wondering what Trump wanted more: Warsh smoothly seated at the Fed, or for Powell to pay. We now have an answer.

Republican sources told Fortune that it was unlikely Warsh himself would be the cause of any vote against his candidacy, while Democrat sources say...

16.04.2026 10

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Markets haven’t rallied this fast since COVID—Iran volatility is just another ‘notch on the belt’ of investors, says J.P. Morgan strategist

"I know energy prices will move lower, and I know stocks are going to go back to focus again on the other big existential questions that they were...

15.04.2026 30

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‘We have to be able to walk and chew gum’ on government spending, says budget chairman on debt crisis and national security

"I can tell you there are debt hawks like myself that see a debt crisis on the horizon as an equal if not greater and more irreparable threat. We have...

14.04.2026 20

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Investors are writing off any move from the Fed this month—collapsing talks in Iran have sealed the deal

"It is too soon to identify potential second-round effects in inflation or labor markets," cautioned UBS's Paul Donovan.

13.04.2026 20

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The next generation of senators has a ticking time bomb in its lap: Social Security’s impending insolvency and no plan for the national debt

"My hope would be that, come January, the campaign is over and [they] lay down some of the weapons and pick up some of the calculators and pencils,...

10.04.2026 30

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‘We owe it to the next generation’ to get national debt under control, says think-tank boss, as U.S. borrowing hits $1.2 trillion in just six months

"We can fight over who got the worst end of the shortest stick, but we clearly are doing a disservice to anybody participating in the economy in the...

10.04.2026 20

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U.S. government is spending $88 billion a month in interest on national debt—equal to spending on defense and education combined

Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, called on lawmakers to "ultimately fix the broken process that got us...

09.04.2026 20

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U.S. had a national debt ‘home run’ in its grasp, says Jamie Dimon—but the government did nothing, and now its best option is crisis management

"We haven't had the will yet to actually deal with it, and it's unfortunate because it can end up with a real problem, worse than it would otherwise...

08.04.2026 30

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‘There is no silver lining in this trajectory’: Budget watchdog warns of financial, inflation, or currency crisis due to $39 trillion U.S. debt

"It took decades to get us into this hole, and it will take a concerted effort to get out of it."

27.03.2026 20

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How badly the war in Iran is impacting your finances depends on where you live

Households whose budgets have a higher allocation toward groceries, fuel and utilities—either because of geography or income—are more exposed to...

26.03.2026 10

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