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Sitting next to Bahrain Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, who stared ahead awkwardly, President Donald Trump carried on with one of his wandering soliloquies in front of reporters on July 16 in the Oval Office. With his typical bravado, Trump emphasized his suspiciously instant positive effect on the U.S. economy, telling the media, “Everyone would say …

A surprisingly weak July employment report has intensified expectations that the Federal Reserve will resume cutting interest rates as soon as September, with mounting evidence of a slowing U.S. economy and faltering labor market offsetting persistent inflation worries driven by new tariff hikes. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) had previously left rates unchanged at a range of 4.25% to …

Bonds and the dollar are sounding the alarm about the U.S. economy. Stock investors might want to heed the warning.  MarketWatch Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq sink after weak jobs report, Trump’s tariff redux  Yahoo Finance ‘Bad News Is Bad News’: Jobs Data Shatters Wall Street’s Calm  Bloomberg Stocks Drop as Trump’s New Tariffs Weigh on Markets  The New York Times 5 …

WASHINGTON (AP) — For all of President Donald Trump’s promises of an economic “golden age,” a spate of weak indicators this week told a potentially worrisome story as the impacts of his policies are coming into focus. Job gains are dwindling. Inflation is ticking upward. Growth has slowed compared to last year. More than six months into his term, Trump’s …

India Aghast at Donald Trump’s ‘Dead’ Economy Jibe, 25% Tariffs  Bloomberg US-India relations fray over Donald Trump’s tariff invective and Russian oil  Financial Times Is India’s economy ‘dead’ as Donald Trump claimed?  The Indian Express Trump is trying to turn India against Russia. It won’t work.  MSNBC News Trump’s tariffs could deal a blow to India’s growth and exports  BBC Source link

Americans are struggling financially, grappling with debt and the rising cost of living, and are blaming the Trump administration and corporate interests for worsening economic outlooks for working families, according to a new poll. Six out of 10 Americans place blame on the Trump administration for driving up their cost of living, according to a poll conducted by Morning Consult …

GLOBAL ECONOMY Asia’s factory activity worsens as US trade uncertainty bites  Reuters Asia’s factory activity worsens as US trade uncertainty bites  Reuters China’s factory activity cools as exports weaken  MSN Singapore, Malaysia markets rise; Taiwan drops 1.6% as Trump sets new tariff rates  The Business Times Trump tariffs on Asia: Which economies were hit hardest?  Yahoo.co Source link

FROM ‘HE’S CRASHING THE ECONOMY’ TO ‘IT’S A MIRAGE.’ Go back three months, when the government released gross domestic product numbers for the first quarter of 2025. The report was that GDP fell 0.3% in the first quarter, later revised to 0.5%. That would have been disturbing except for the explanation: In anticipation of President Donald Trump‘s tariffs, many businesses increased …

U.S. economy returns to growth in second quarter on trade swings  Axios U.S. Economy Slowed in First Half of 2025 as Tariffs Scrambled Data  The New York Times U.S. economy grew at a 3% rate in Q2, a better-than-expected pace even as Trump’s tariffs hit  CNBC Gross Domestic Product, 2nd Quarter 2025 (Advance Estimate)  U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) (.gov) “Absolute Blockbuster”: New …

U.S. economy posts strong second quarter, growing at 3% pace  The Washington Post U.S. economy grew at a 3% rate in Q2, a better-than-expected pace even as Trump’s tariffs hit  CNBC Rebound in US economic growth in second quarter masks underlying slowing trend  Reuters Treasuries Extend Losses as US Economic Activity Rebounds  Bloomberg Big rebound in GDP masks hidden weakness in the US economy  CNN …