Latest from John Bruington

• Apr 4, 2025

  Maybe don’t look at your stock portfolio today

  

  Because it probably won’t look pretty. The stock market plummeted again this morning on news that China is putting hefty new tariffs on American goods.

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• Apr 4, 2025

  The UAW’s relationship with the Trump administration? It’s complicated

  

  The UAW supports tariffs used to bring more auto manufacturing back to the U.S., but the union doesn’t love everything the president’s doing..

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• Apr 4, 2025

  The global stock market sell-off continues

  

  From the BBC World Service: Asian and European markets have fallen further as global markets continue to process the impact of President Donald Trump’s tariffs.

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• Apr 3, 2025

  An end to globalization as we know it?

  

  Following President Donald Trump’s tariffs, KPMG chief economist Diane Swonk offers a bleak prognosis for the economy.

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• Apr 3, 2025

  Doing the numbers on all of those fresh tariffs

  

  34%. 32%. 24%. 20%. Those are the additional tariff rates on — in order — China, Taiwan, Japan and Europe imposed by President Trump.

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• Apr 3, 2025

  The world reacts to President Trump’s tariffs

  

  From the BBC World Service: Today, it’s a world tour of global responses to new tariffs imposed under the second Trump administration.

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• Apr 2, 2025

  March madness comes to the car dealership

  

  Buyers snapped up vehicles last month trying to get ahead of tariffs President Donald Trump is set to announce later today.

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• Apr 2, 2025

  Is all fair in love and trade wars?

  

  Many U.S. allies are promising to retaliate against tariffs that President Donald Trump is expected to unveil this afternoon.

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• Apr 2, 2025

  Finland boosts defense spending

  

  From the BBC World Service: The Nordic country has seen a boom in its defense tech industry since the start of the war in Ukraine.

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• Apr 1, 2025

  A merger in the land of mortgages

  

  Rocket continues a buying binge by striking a $9.5 billion deal to purchase home loan servicer Mr. Cooper.

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