Morning News: July 31, 2025

China’s Small Workshops Are Hurting. Trump’s Tariffs Are Only One Reason.

China Official PMIs Signal Impending Slowdown

Bank of Japan Raises Price Forecasts, Fueling Rate-Hike Hopes

Eurozone Proves Robust as Joblessness Stays at Record Lows

French Inflation Stays Steady as ECB Holds Rates

Thailand and Cambodia Reach Trump Trade Deals, U.S. Official Says

Trump’s Tariff Authority Is Tested in Court as Deadline on Trade Deals Looms

Murky Pledges of Investment Cast Shadow on Trump’s Trade Deals

Countries Promise Trump to Buy U.S. Gas, and Leave the Details for Later

Trump Just Crashed the Copper Market

Wheat Holds Near May Low, Weighing Strong Dollar and US Exports

$30 Potatoes and $300 Flour in Gaza: Prices So High They’re ‘Meaningless’

When Does Capitalism Become Predatory?

One Way to Ease the US Debt Crisis? Productivity

A Worthless Number (GDP) Rises Not Due to Growth, But Because It’s Worthless

Powell Bucks Pressure, Dissents in Showing Resolve on Inflation

Trump’s Fight With the Fed Won’t End With Rate Cuts

How Podcast-Obsessed Tech Investors Made a New Media Industry

StanChart CEO Says ‘Shame on’ Big Banks Quitting Net Zero Group

The Condo Market Is Floundering: Four Charts That Explain the Downturn

Blackstone Is Not Making Housing More Expensive

China Summons Nvidia Over ‘Backdoor Security’ Risks of A.I. Chips

Meta Shares Soar as Ad Business Continues to Fuel AI Ambitions

Microsoft’s Cloud Unit, Bolstered by AI Demand, Supercharges Earnings

Coal-Powered AI Robots Are a Dirty Fantasy

How an ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ Brought the First Big Bust to AI Boom

Texas Highways Have a New Nighttime Creature: Autonomous Trucks

Mercedes and Porsche Squeezed by U.S. Tariffs and Slowdown in China

Ford Is Latest Carmaker to Blame Tariffs for Profit Slump

Lilly’s Mounjaro as Effective on Heart-Attack Risk as Older Drug

AB InBev Shares Plunge as Sales Volumes Miss Forecasts

British American Tobacco Backs Guidance on Better-Than-Expected Earnings

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Posted by on July 31st, 2025 at 7:06 am


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