Morning News: March 20, 2025

A New ‘China Shock’ Is Destroying Jobs Around the World

Taiwan Central Bank Leaves Key Interest Rates Unchanged

Swiss Central Bank Cuts Key Rate While Sweden’s Riksbank Holds

Hold the Obituary: Europe Comes to Life as U.S. Stumbles

Higher Tariffs Would Raise Inflation, Slow Growth, ECB’s Lagarde Says

The Word Executives Are Using to Describe Trump’s Tariff Policy

Debt Issuance by Governments of Rich Countries to Hit Record High, OECD Says

Fed Soothes as Trump Seethes

Powell Downplays Growing Risks, Sees Tariff Impact as Transitory

What the Fed’s Rate Policy Means for Your Finances

The Fed Is Clueless, Too. And That’s OK

Hapag-Lloyd Expects Earnings to Sink This Year in Stormy Market Conditions

Treasuries Extend Gains From Fed as Market Bets on Lower Rates

SNB Won’t Follow Trump’s Crypto Reserves Push, Schlegel Says

Crypto Exchange Kraken Strikes $1.5 Billion Deal for Futures Trading Business

BlackRock Bets on Consumer Push as it Chases European Savers

Citi’s Private Equity ‘Club’ Underwhelmed Billionaire Members

USAID Ruling May Be Beginning of the End for Musk

Meet Elon Musk’s Top Lieutenant Who Oversees DOGE

Larry Ellison Joins the Billionaires Reshaping Florida Real Estate

Signs of an Office Market Bottom: ‘The Worst Is Probably Over’

How the AI Boom Created the Most Valuable Monopolies in History

Cow Wearables Help America’s Dairy Farmers Detect Bird Flu and Other Illnesses

Temu Owner PDD Posts Slowest Revenue Growth Since Early 2022

Swiss Watch Exports Report a Marked Slowdown

Nike Killshot Is the Next Adidas Samba

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Posted by on March 20th, 2025 at 7:05 am


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