What I Am Reading
Tuesday, July 22, 2025
Markets
- S&P 500, Nasdaq Slip; GM, RTX Earnings in SpotlightWall Street Journal
- Why Are Stocks Up? Nobody KnowsWall Street Journal
- Is today's AI boom bigger than the dotcom bubble?Reuters
Central banks
- Unraveling the legal, economic and market ramifications if Trump tries to fire Fed Chair PowellCNBC
- Bessent says Powell doesn't need to resign but should conduct internal reviewCNBC
- Mohamed El-Erian says Powell should resign to preserve Fed independenceCNBC
- How the ghost of ‘transitory’ inflation is haunting the rate debateReuters
Tariffs & trade
- The Global Economy Is Powering Through a Historic Increase in TariffsWall Street Journal
- US, China to discuss tariff deadline extension in Stockholm, Bessent saysReuters
- Europe has a 'trade bazooka' against Trump's trade tariffsCNBC
- GM Profit Shrinks on $1 Billion Trump Tariff HitWall Street Journal
- In South Korea's 'apple county', farmers beg not to be sacrificed for US trade dealReuters
US
- High imports, soft summer demand weigh on US gasolineReuters
- U.S. Mid-Atlantic Factory Activity Contracts at Fastest Rate This YearWall Street Journal
- Meet the Medicaid Double-DippersWall Street Journal
China
- How China Curbed Its Oil Addiction—and Blunted a U.S. Pressure PointWall Street Journal
- China’s Xi Gives Up Air Miles for More Time at HomeWall Street Journal