Morning News: July 9, 2025

New Zealand’s Central Bank Keeps Rates on Hold as Inflation Risks Simmer

Malaysia’s Central Bank Cuts Rates for First Time in Five Years

Increased Hedging of U.S. Exposure by Foreign Investors May Weaken Dollar, BOE Says

Without Remedy, Countries With Aging Populations Are Set For Weaker Income Growth, Says OECD

With Taxes and Tariffs in Place, Trump Takes Reins of U.S. Economy

Deep In a Fiscal Hole, Congress Just Keeps Digging

Lawrence Summers: This Law Made Me Ashamed of My Country

Let the Market Punish Corporate Mistakes, Not the Federal Government

Trump Didn’t Always Tout Tariffs. Now He Sees Them as a Way to Flex Power.

Trump’s New Tariffs: The Bull Market’s Next Big Test

Wall Street’s Trump TACO Trade Has a Chicken and an Egg Problem

The Paradox of Trump’s Tariff Policy

Warburg Predicts Comparable US Tariffs Across Asean Countries

Copper Market in Turmoil as Trump Touts 50% Tariff on US Imports

U.S. Ports Appeal for Delay to Tariffs on Chinese Cranes

Trump Delayed Reciprocal Tariffs After Bessent Wanted More Time on Deals

Bessent Steps Up Criticism of Fed as Auditions for Chair Intensify

Powell’s Successor May Struggle to Deliver the Rate Cuts Trump Wants

As Truth Social Business Struggles, Trump Media Goes Big on Crypto

The ‘Trump Pump’: How Crypto Lobbying Won Over a President

Goldman Demands an Oath From Junior Bankers to Fend Off Private Equity Poaching

Someone Will Look Dumb in $9 Billion AI Merger

‘Vibe Coding’ Has Arrived for Businesses

Poland to Report Musk’s Chatbot Grok to EU for Offensive Comments

The Deep Thinker Rising Through a Shallow Pentagon

Poland Scraps Coal Spinoff Plan, Eyes New Support for Utilities

Merck to Buy Verona for $10 Billion as Patent Cliff Looms

Prosecutors Question Doctors About UnitedHealth’s Medicare Billing Practices

Youth Sports Are a $40 Billion Business. Private Equity Is Taking Notice.

Patrón’s ‘Additive-Free’ Claims Rattled Tequila Regulators. Its New Ads Poke Fun at Their Rules.

Struggling Brewers Push To Make Nonalcoholic Beer More Than a Fad

Matcha Lovers Are Turning Against Each Other Over Global Shortage

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Posted by on July 9th, 2025 at 7:03 am


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