What I Am Reading
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Markets
Commodities
Central banks
- Tariffs to Weaken Growth and Inflation, ECB’s Cipollone SaysWall Street Journal
Tariffs
US
- US Job Openings Decrease to Lowest Level Since SeptemberBloomberg
- US Consumer Confidence Slumps to an Almost Five-Year LowBloomberg
- In a vise of slowing demand and rising costs, small businesses are signaling trouble aheadReuters
- Port of Los Angeles sees shipping volume down 35% next week as tariffs biteCNBC
- What Has President Trump Done So Far? Track His Executive Orders, Tariff Threats and MoreWall Street Journal
Canada
China
Europe
- Eurozone Business Sentiment Takes Hit From TariffsWall Street Journal
- Spanish Economy Keeps Growing But Tariffs Set to Drag MomentumWall Street Journal
- Germany, Greece Ask for EU OK to Ramp Up Defense SpendingWall Street Journal
- What caused the power outage in Spain and Portugal?Reuters
Industries & companies
- Logistics:UPS to Cut 20,000 Jobs This Year, Close More Than 70 BuildingsWall Street Journal
- Pharma:Novo Nordisk opens Wegovy to telehealth in push for new patientsCNBC
- Retail:Retailers Warn Absence of Tariff Price-Hikes Won’t LastWall Street Journal
Geopolitics & trade
Corporate finance
- Wall Street Banks Sell Final Slug of Elon Musk’s X DebtWall Street Journal