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Rebecca Patterson, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, joins 'Squawk on the Street' to discuss the supply chain risks from the Iran war, market themes, and more.
Cybersecurity stocks fell amid fears that artificial intelligence system maker Anthropic is developing a more advanced platform.
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as Brent crude trades over $110 a barrel for first time since Monday
Technical indicators say higher interest rates are coming later this year.
Consumer sentiment took a sharper than expected plunge as the U.S.-Iran War continues on. George Tsilis turns to this soft data and compares it with market trends while offering a "glass half full" perspective on Wall Street's "rolling correction.
The stock market was mixed for the week but the Nasdaq and S&P 500 hit new lows as oil prices stayed high and Treasury yields jumped. Arm Holdings shot higher.
The Israeli stock market, which initially rallied at the onset on the country's joint campaign with the U.S. against Iran, is now trading at pre-war levels.
Bob Michele, JPMorgan Asset Management Global Head of Fixed Income, joins Bloomberg Surveillance to discuss current macroeconomic conditions amid the backdrop of the Iran war, as Federal Reserve officials voice growing concern over potential fallout. "At these levels, there's no obvious solution," Michele says, adding that even amid oil hitting $100 a barrel, "We don't see recession, we see growth slowing down a lot from where we had it, inflation going up a little bit," putting the Fed back in wait-and-see mode.
The stock market closes for Good Friday next week ahead of the Easter holiday. Maundy Thursday has been historically positive for Wall Street.
The last thing investors are thinking about right now -- as Wall Street wrestles with surging oil prices -- is a short squeeze.
Consumers grew more pessimistic about the economy in the wake of the war with Iran as concerns with personal finances spiked due to higher gas prices and volatile financial markets. Middle-income and higher-income Americans had particularly large declines in sentiment.
March was the grimmest month of the year so far for consumers' economic sentiment as the Iran war raised gasoline prices and dented the stock market, the University of Michigan's latest monthly survey found.
Gulf markets have diverged sharply since the Iran war started, with Oman and Saudi Arabia outperforming as Dubai has faltered. Oil price volatility and geopolitical turmoil are shaping investor sentiment, as inflation remains a live risk for the region's dollar-pegged economies.
This week Dr. Ed Yardeni joins the Podcast to analyze how the Middle East conflict and 'the fog of war' are reshaping the global economic outlook. He discusses why he raised his recession odds to 35% and how current geopolitical volatility may force the Federal Reserve to pause interest rate cuts indefinitely.
A new policy initiative from the Federal Reserve, through one of its governors, Stephen Miran, is bringing bank loan ETFs back in focus. His proposal to shrink the balance sheet while potentially allowing lower rates creates a tricky backdrop for floating-rate strategies that have thrived in a high-rate environment.
US stocks fell Friday morning as oil prices jumped above $110 a barrel and President Trump's extended deadline for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz failed to assuage investors.
Nouriel Roubini warned that Trump's approach to Iran risks escalation and could spark 1970s-style stagflation.
Loretta Mester, Princeton University Griswold Center for Economic Policy senior scholar and former Cleveland Fed president, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the state of the economy, the Fed's interest rate path outlook, and more.
The ISM March flash report suggests modest job losses in March, although the recent March data points to a still solid labor market. The main worry now is stagflation and the Fed's reaction function—the market is starting to price a hike in 2026.
I see the S&P 500 at a critical juncture, with equal odds of a technical correction or a trend change, but growing risk to the downside. Macro deterioration, credit stress, and sector rotation—especially energy strength and metals weakness—signal mounting pressure on margins and economic activity.
The Federal Reserve reported a third consecutive annual operating loss of -$18.8 billion for 2025, but this marks a 76% improvement from 2024. The Fed's policy normalization and 175 bps in rate cuts have reduced its asset-liability mismatch and interest expenses, supporting a return to quarterly profitability.
Stock futures are lower Friday as the major indexes aim to avoid losing ground for a fifth straight week amid uncertainty over the Iran war; President Trump set April 6 as the new deadline for talks with Iran before the U.S. attacks power plants in the country; the Senate approved a bill to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security in a step to end the ongoing TSA worker shortage; SpaceX is reportedly targeting June for its initial public offering, looking to raise between $40 billion and $80 billion; and shares of video game software maker Unity are soaring after the company released preliminary first-quarter results that topped its previous forecasts. Here's what you need to know today.
History is repeating itself with markets plunging around the same time in 2025 following President Trump's tariff announcement. Sam Burns compares and contrasts the price action and how long-term implications in the U.S.-Iran War differ.
Geopolitical tensions and bond market reactions are driving heightened volatility, with jawboning by the administration losing effectiveness as investors demand tangible de-escalation. A follow-through on threats against Iran risks parabolic oil price surges, higher inflation, a stronger dollar, and undermining the U.S. economic agenda.
Jenny Horne looks ahead to the final day of what is (so far) yet another down week for Wall Street. She explains what moves investors should brace for Friday as risk-off sentiment continues to choke price action.
U.S. futures markets show crude oil prices remaining above $80 a barrel as far out as November.
A record start to the year for emerging-market debt sales has largely ground to a halt as worries over the Iran war create havoc in the markets and push up borrowing costs, bankers and investors told Reuters, a situation that places a number of nations in limbo.
Borrowing costs eat into trading profits. These stocks are less expensive to short.
President Trump's war-mongering in Iran is backfiring — on S&P 500 investors.
The ongoing Iran conflict has led to proposals for a costly oil shipping toll through the Strait of Hormuz, but such measures are economically unsustainable. Freight rates for VLCCs on the Middle East–China route have surged from $1.4 million to $5 million per trip, with tolls further eroding margins.
Bonds issued by various European countries continued to sell off on Friday, deepening a rout that has been near-continuous since the U.S.-Iran war began. French and German 10-year bond yields hit their highest since 2011 this week, while bonds issued by various other euro zone economies also sold off sharply.
Over the past six months, investors have weathered some major swings in the U.S. equity market.
The March nonfarm payrolls report is likely to reveal weaker job growth, reflecting the oil crisis impacts and rising energy costs. Healthcare employment remains resilient due to demographic trends and lifting March jobs, while technology and professional services face AI-driven job cuts.
Oil prices remain above $100, Senate agrees to end Homeland Security shutdown, Netflix raises prices again, and more news to start your day.
Oil prices moved higher on Friday, March 27, with Brent crude pushing toward $110 per barrel even as President Donald Trump postponed attacks on Iran's power grid.
8am: Wall Street set to open lower as oil maintains gains Wall Street stocks are set to start lower again on Friday, despite President Donald Trump's extension of a deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz before attacking its power plants by ten days to 6 April, saying talks are "going very well." Nasdaq futures were down 0.5%, with the S&P 500 expected to drop 0.3% and the Dow Jones 0.3%.
United States Ambassador to the European Union Andrew Puzder discusses the European Parliament's vote on the EU-U.S. trade agreement.
Everything Mike Dolan and the ROI team are excited to read, watch and listen to over the weekend.
After a strong year on Wall Street fueled by market turmoil from President Donald Trump's tariff changes, the average bonus last year was three times the typical American household's income.
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The CNN Money Fear and Greed index showed some increase in the overall fear level, while the index remained in the “Extreme Fear” zone on Thursday.
The asset sale failed to signal strength at a time of rising stress in private-credit markets.
The early morning of Friday, March 27, brought a shift to the settled dynamic in the financial markets as the S&P 500 futures rallied 0.66% from the index's latest close at 6,525 to 6,567.75 soon after the opening.
There's a clean path for U.S. stocks next month to advance after massive institutional deleveraging, according to a report from Goldman Sachs trading desk team.
Speaking to CNBC, the U.S. Ambassador to the EU told Ian King the U.S.-EU trade deal marks a “big step” in transatlantic ties.
UK consumer confidence slipped further in March, with GfK's Consumer Confidence Index dropping two points to -21, as the Middle East conflict began to cast a shadow over household sentiment. The headline number masked some sharper moves beneath the surface.
For Wang Yapei, it's all about sleeping well at night. The Shanghai-based fund manager has cut positions aggressively in the face of a steep selloff that has torn through global markets as the war in the Middle East rages on.
Total construction spending rises, with months prior revised higher; power, residential and public lead, manufacturing lags. Power site construction is outpacing manufacturing, likely due to the completion of earlier supply line initiatives.
The Nasdaq 100 has crossed a notable threshold, trading below its all-time high for 100 consecutive days. However, with the index hovering less than 10% off its peak, historical data suggests tech investors shouldn't panic just yet.