Morning News: June 24, 2025

NATO Has Dodged Collapse Before. It’s Never Been This Close.

A Putin War With NATO Would Cost the World $1.5 Trillion

The China Wild Card

Japanese Megabanks Weigh Middle East Evacuations, JPMorgan Limits Travel

The Middle East Is in Turmoil. U.S. Frackers See No Reason to Pump More Oil.

The Bernanke Consensus on Oil Shocks Is Truer Than Ever

Ceasefire or Not, The World Is Swimming in Oil

Trump-Hailed Truce Falters With Israel Accusing Iran of a Breach

ECB Alert to Inflation Threat From Strait of Hormuz, Lagarde Says

Middle East Conflict Increases Risk of Higher Inflation Expectations, Says BOE’s Greene

U.S. Attack on Iran Injects Uncertainty Into an Already Uncertain Economy

Trump’s Relentless Fed Pressure Creates Lose-Lose Scenario for Powell

Treasuries Climb as Oil Slump Boosts Bets on Fed Rate Cuts

Stocks Are Within Reach of Records on Shaky Ceasefire

“Balanced Budgets”: One of the Most Fraudulent Notions In Economics

Senate GOP to Offer $40,000 SALT Cap With Lower Income Threshold

No, a TikTok Trick Won’t Erase Student Loan Debt

Number of US-Bound Container Ships Rises on Pacific Horizon

As Is the Case With All Taxes, Tariffs Raise Prices

FTC Approves Omnicom-IPG Merger After Ad Giants Pledge Not to Boycott Over Politics

Texas, Oklahoma and Nevada make changes to lure business amid Delaware’s ‘Dexit’ concern

Ford Still Scrambling to Get Rare-Earth Magnets

Ford Will Keep Battery Factory Even if Republicans Ax Tax Break

Layoffs From Trump Tariffs Ripple Across the Auto-Parts Industry

Why Factories Are Having Trouble Filling Nearly 400,000 Open Jobs

Tesla Robotaxi Launch: Why Getting from Dozens to Millions of Self-Driving Cars Won’t Be Easy

Swiss Losing Ground Faster to Asian Rivals in Wealth, BCG Says

Why Do Yemeni Coffeehouses Seem to Be Everywhere Lately?

The Eternal Quest to Save Gap

Labubu Mania Breathes New Life Into Chinese Consumers

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Posted by on June 24th, 2025 at 7:07 am


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