Politics


Debt And Deficits Won't Be As Bad As Feared But Are Still Dangerous, CBO Says

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The national debt will rise to 141% of the economy over the next 30 years — 11 percentage points lower than the agency... Read more

G-20 Leaders Face Toxic Brew Of Political Instability, Trade Tensions And Slowing Global Growth

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What makes this moment even more perilous is that world leaders come to the table with far less cohesiveness, nursing wo... Read more

Market Snapshot: Stock-index Futures Edge Lower Ahead Of Fed Speakers, Including Powell

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U.S. stock-index futures drift lower as investors await remarks by Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and other cent... Read more

Reported Internet Outages In Ethiopia Amid News Of Coup Attempt

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Ethiopia has been in the middle of an internet blackout since Saturday (22 June), making it difficult to ascertain deta... Read more

Billionaires To Trump And Other 2020 Candidates: Please Tax Us

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Nineteen billionaires release a letter asking the 2020 presidential candidates to support a tax on America's richest fam... Read more

Bernie Sanders Plans To Cancel All $1.6 Trillion Of Student Debt By Taxing Wall Street

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Sen. Bernie Sanders announced a plan on Monday to forgive the country's $1.6 trillion outstanding student loan tab. Read more

Bond Report: Treasury Yields Slip Ahead Of Trump-Xi Meeting

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Treasury yields slip on Monday as traders await President Donald Trump’s meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinpi... Read more

Brexit Blog: Domestic-facing Index Underperforms Amid Continued Fears

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In this live blog, Investment Week collates the most up-to-date news, analysis and infographics to help readers digest ... Read more

Andrew Neil: Cold War Will Be The New Normal Of The 2020s

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The deteriorating relations between the US and China are not a trade war, but the early phase of a cold war that will b... Read more

The Tell: The Stock Market Is Near Records So Why Are Investors The Most Bearish Since 2008 Financial Crisis?

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The S&P 500 index stands less than 1% shy of a record but investors aren’t loving the climb, based on a recent fun... Read more

Key Words: Trump Says ECBs Draghi Is Depressing Euro To Benefit Trade

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With markets already moving in response to the largely surprisingly dovish comments from European Central Bank head Mari... Read more

Amazon Responds To Ocasio-Cortez's Claim That It Pays Workers 'starvation Wages'

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Amazon reacted to Ocasio-Cortez's claim it pays warehouse workers "starvation wages" in a tweet saying it pays $15 an ho... Read more

Peter Morici: Why The Fed Should Ditch Its 2% Inflation Target

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Spending, not inflation, drives growth and prosperity, writes Peter Morici. Read more

FA Center: Why U.S. Stocks Will Likely Weather The Negative Effects Of A Strong Dollar

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Downside for U.S. corporate earnings from China, Mexico trade war should be minimal, writes Mark Hulbert. Read more

Don't Expect A China Deal At G-20, Former Trump Trade Advisor Says

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"There won't be a deal at the G-20," Clete Willems tells Kayla Tausche at CNBC's Capital Exchange event in Washington. Read more

'Tariff Man' Trump Heads To Iowa, A State Scarred By His Trade War Ahead Of 2020

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Trump's trip to Iowa shows an effort to contain the damage from tariffs ahead of the 2020 election — especially as Dem... Read more

Trump Says 'devalued' Currencies Put US At A Disadvantage And The Fed Doesn't Have A 'clue'

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President Donald Trump says the U.S. dollar is at a disadvantage compared with other currencies as central banks keep ra... Read more

Commerce Secretary Predicts A Trump-China Trade Deal — 'even Shooting Wars End In Negotiations'

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Wilbur Ross warns that trade deals are not made at summits, saying any G-20 talks between Trump and Xi would only lay th... Read more

That Big 'Trump Bump' In Manufacturing Is Pretty Much Gone Now

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Manufacturing had been a big winner during the Trump administration, but the surge appears to have stalled and tariffs c... Read more

Severe Internet Outages Reported In Sudan Amid Deepening Political Crisis

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Citizens in Sudan have been plunged into an internet blackout as increasingly concerning reports of paramilitary attack... Read more