Morning News: March 12, 2025

Major Japanese Firms Promise Big Pay Raises in Bright Sign for Economy

China Piles the Pressure on India in Its Own Backyard

As Europe Rearms, Bond Funds Are Ripping Up the Rule Book

ECB Facing ‘Exceptionally High’ Levels of Uncertainty, Lagarde Says

EU Hits Back as U.S. Steel and Aluminum Tariffs Take Effect

Wine, Soy, Refrigerators: What Products Might Be Hit by European Tariffs

Tariffs Add to Automaker Concerns About Higher Steel Costs

Why Trump Has Doubled Down on Steel and Aluminum Tariffs

Why Britain Has Not Retaliated Against Trump’s Tariffs

Trump and Musk Cuts Would Rival Thatcher’s 1980s Austerity

Ireland Kicks Off St. Patrick’s Day Festivities in U.S. With Trade Plea

Trump’s Tariffs: Where Things Stand

A Tariff Pile-On Threatens to Escalate a Global Trade War

Dudley: These Tariffs Will Be Worse Than Markets Think

Is Trump Taking a ‘Liquidationist’ Approach to the Economy?

When Economic Chaos Doesn’t Have an Endgame

Stocks Pare Losses but Investors Remain Wary of Trade Tensions

There’s No Recession Alarm in the Collective Wisdom of Markets

The Loyal Opposition Inside the S.E.C.

Trump to Announce Bowman Soon as Pick for Fed’s Top Bank Cop

US Homebuyers Confront a New Wild Card This Year: Trump

Walmart Gets an Earful From China Over Response to Trump Tariffs

Zara Parent Inditex Sales Growth Slows Amid Intense Competition

In Search of a Boring Business

‘Forced Joy’ Is a Miserable Corporate Trend

Trump, an E.V. Naysayer, Gives Tesla and Musk a White House Exhibition

Airlines Cut Forecasts, Raising an Early Alarm About Consumer Spending

To Get Big in China, N.B.A. Stars Enlist Social Media Surrogates

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Posted by on March 12th, 2025 at 7:03 am


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