Morning News: July 1, 2025

Japan’s Trade Strategy Tested as Trump Pushes for Quick Deals

Asian Factory Activity Stays Subdued as Tariff Deadline Looms

South Korea’s Exports Rebound Despite Tariff Woes

China Caixin PMI Signals Return to Growth in Manufacturing Sector

Eurozone Inflation Hits 2% Target, Raising Chance of ECB Rate Hold

ECB Braces for ‘More Volatile’ Inflation After Reaching 2%

As Debt Piles Up, Countries See Fiscal Relief as Political Leverage

The Dollar Has Its Worst Start to a Year Since 1973

Goldman Traders Say Stock Rally to Go On Before Fading in August

Nasdaq Prevails Over NYSE in First-Half Listings, Buoyed by Blockbuster IPOs

Strengthening the Individual Market Is Pro Market

Bessent Is Treating Treasury Like a Hedge Fund

A Trio of US Treasury Hacks Exposes a Pattern Making Banks Nervous

Trump Steps Up Pressure Campaign on Powell With Handwritten Note

Treasury Yields Drop to Lowest Level in Two Months Before Powell Speaks

If Anyone Needs Independence Day, It’s the Fed

Richest 20% Get an Average $6,055 Income Boost in Trump Tax Bill

While Correctly Decrying ‘Big Beautiful’ Spin, Deficit Hawks Should Look In the Mirror

Trump’s Clean-Energy Grenade Rattles High-Tech Industries

Coal’s Decline Isn’t a Conspiracy, It’s a Market Signal

The GOP Wants to Give Big Oil a Handout It Doesn’t Need

BP, Once a Hunter in the Oil Industry, Is Now Prey. What Went Wrong?

Car Sales Hit a Wall as Tariff-Induced Shopping Spree Subsides

BYD June Sales Inch Up 10% After Month of Heavy Price Discounts

Homes Are Taking Longer to Sell in US Market That Once Flourished

Cloudflare Introduces Default Blocking of A.I. Data Scrapers

Meet the Highest Paid Information Technology Executives of 2024

The Battle to Keep Consumers Means Smaller Packs of Cookies and Chips

Ad Agencies’ Low Growth Will Drag On as They Adjust to Era of AI, Barclays Says

Can a Longtime Car Executive Turn Around Gucci’s Parent?

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