Economics

Investors aren’t ready to buy the president’s key message to financial markets.

NASA’s Artemis II heads to the Moon, Nasdaq’s new index rules could help lure splashy IPOs, and more news to start your day.

Hopes for a Middle East de-escalation sparked a rally ahead of President Donald Trump’s speech tonight. Plus, SpaceX filed for a confidential IPO.

That’s about the same as February’s surprisingly robust hiring that netted a revised 66,000 gains. 

Retail sales rose 0.6% from January, beating the 0.4% increase economists polled by FactSet had forecast.

Stock markets are hopeful. Oil markets less so. That doesn’t spell sustained gains.

OpenAI’s huge funding round could reignite AI excitement, Apple turns 50, NASA is about to send four astronauts on trip around the moon, and more news to start your day.

Glimmers of hope fueled a massive rally in stocks on Tuesday.

The Fed hasn’t been able to achieve its 2% inflation target in more than five years. 

Policymakers should step in to correct the fiscal imbalance sooner rather than later, Casey Burgat writes in a guest commentary.

The dollar’s role as a safe haven triggered the rally after the Iran conflict broke out on Feb. 28.

Aluminum stocks are soaring, SpaceX IPO could use a little-known loophole, pro football kicks off new deal with American Express, and more news to start your day.

Mexico is well-placed to beat other emerging markets because it has strong economic fundamentals and a lack of financial excesses.

After a sharp market decline tied to the Iran war, even cautious S&P 500 forecasts from firms like Stifel now imply upside for stocks.

Alcoa could benefit from stronger margins and renewed investor interest linked to supply chokeholds.

We aren’t on the precipice of a massive surge in unemployment from AI replacing workers, Tim Mahedy and Guy Berger write in a guest commentary.

Oil executives see higher prices, March jobs data expected to show improvement, SpaceX reminds us disruption is coming, and more news to start your day.

Stocks have risen each Monday since the war began, but losses have always followed.

China is creating spending channels across healthcare, fertility, and infant nutrition, boosting some companies.

President Donald Trump has tried to calm market fears by claiming progress with Iran, but oil prices tell a different story.

The stresses in private lending are concentrated in just a few sectors and don’t impact bank balance sheets, unlike during the financial crisis.

Stocks are cheaper, and earnings growth is accelerating. That’s a recipe for a rally.

Inflation remains well above the Federal Reserve’s 2% annual target. Several Fed governors, speaking recently, outlined differing policy considerations.

The S&P 500 remains nearly 5% lower on the month and looks fragile.

Oil prices remain above $100, Senate agrees to end Homeland Security shutdown, Netflix raises prices again, and more news to start your day.