eco
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Wolf Street
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3
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Stocks Plunge as the Market Understood What Tariffs Are: A Tax on Corporate Profit Margins
Trump explained it clearly yesterday, and markets understood. But companies have known it all along.
Eco
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The Economist
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4
hours ago
What America’s stockmarket plunge means
Farewell to 15 years of exceptionalism?
eco
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Wolf Street
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6
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Our Drunken Sailors Are Back: New Vehicle Sales Surge in March, after Rising in January and February, Best Q1 since 2019
GM’s Q1 sales soar, with EV sales +94%, Hyundai-Kia and Honda sales soar, Toyota’s nearly flat, Ford’s dip, Stellantis still in death spiral.
Eco
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The Economist
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14
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Financial markets flail in the face of America’s tariffs
Asia is hit hardest, but nowhere looks good
Eco
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The Economist
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15
hours ago
What a refugee camp reveals about economics
In Dzaleka, Malawi, everyone receives $9 a month
Eco
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The Economist
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15
hours ago
Tin, an overlooked critical metal, is enjoying a boom
Prized and in short supply, its price is very volatile
Eco
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The Economist
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15
hours ago
How Milei made Argentina deserving of an IMF bail-out
He offers the only way out of a supremely difficult situation
Eco
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The Economist
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1
day ago
Trump takes America’s trade policies back to the 19th century
The president jacks up tariffs on all countries, with particularly sharp rises for much of Asia
eco
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Wolf Street
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1
day ago
After Spiking by 2,600% or Whatever, Newsmax Stock Plunges 80%, Straight into our Imploded Stocks, All in 3 Days
For humans and AI trading the stock, it’s just a spectacularly fun video game. For observers, it proves this market is dangerously nuts.
Eco
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The Economist
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1
day ago
The American government’s accidental private-credit subsidy
How a Depression-era lending scheme became a trillion-dollar wheeze
Eco
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The Economist
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1
day ago
Can the world’s free-traders withstand Trump’s attack?
Much will depend on the courage of Europe
eco
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Wolf Street
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1
day ago
Oh Elon! Tesla Deliveries Plunge as Musk Crushes One of the Most Successful Consumer Brands
Are they still selling any Cybertrucks?
eco
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Wolf Street
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1
day ago
As Life Happens, “Locked-in” Homeowners Pay Off Below-4% Mortgages: Share Drops to 54%, Lowest since Q4 2020
Conversely, the share of 6%-plus mortgages outstanding surges to the highest since 2016.
eco
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Wolf Street
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2
days ago
Not Another Free Lunch: Don’t Let Fannie and Freddie Turn Back into GSEs
“The risk is 99% public and the profit is 100% private.”
eco
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Wolf Street
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2
days ago
Underlying Labor Market Dynamics Still Tight Despite Highest Gov Layoffs and Discharges since Census Wind-Down of 2020
Hiring Begins to Shift to Private-Sector where Hiring Jumped, while Hiring by Governments Slumped.
Eco
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The Economist
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2
days ago
Trump’s “Liberation Day” is set to whack America’s economy
A rush of new tariffs will hurt growth, raise prices and worsen inequality
