U.S. Vice President JD Vance speaks to members of the media before boarding Air Force Two, after the U.S. and Iran held high-level talks at the Lake Lucerne Summit, at Emmen Military Air Base June 22, 2026 in Emmen, Switzerland. Nathan Howard | Getty Images Economic pressure is the United States’ “most effective tool” against…
The JPMorgan Chase & Co. global headquarters building in New York, Jan. 20, 2026. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images The U.S. government’s efforts to manage pressure in the Treasury market may merely shift the problem down the road as a surge in global debt issuance tests investor demand, according to JPMorgan. The Treasury…
If Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent truly wants to bring the full force of the federal government to bear on what he sees as a misbehaving bond market, he can’t go it alone. A sustained effort to bring down Treasury yields would eventually require coordination with Bessent’s longtime friend, now at the Federal Reserve, Chairman Kevin…
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA – AUGUST 7: (L to R) Col. Lee Sung-jun, public affairs director of South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff and Col. Ryan Donald, public affairs director of the United Nations Command (UNC), Combined Forces Command (CFC), and United States Forces Korea (USFK) bump fists during the press briefing for the Ulchi Freedom…
President Donald Trump delivers remarks during a meeting with cryptocurrency executives in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Aug. 19, 2026. Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Wednesday expressed frustration that the Federal Reserve isn’t cutting interest rates, insisting that solid economic data shouldn’t stop the central…
U.S. President Donald Trump greets Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney as he arrives at the West Wing of the White House on May 6, 2025 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong | Getty Images News | Getty Images Less than two hours before massive U.S. tariffs on certain Canadian goods were set to switch on, President…
Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank (ECB), during a rates decision news conference in Frankfurt, Germany, on Thursday, June 11, 2026. Alex Kraus | Bloomberg | Getty Images Europe is facing an erosion of the conditions that historically drove the continent’s growth, its top central banker warned Wednesday, as she called on leaders…
A trader works, as a screen broadcasts a press conference by U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh following the Fed rate announcement, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., July 29, 2026. Brendan McDermid | Reuters There’s something telling in how the smart money on Wall Street…
A woman rolls a baby stroller past a replica of the Soviet RDS-4 nuclear bomb installed in memory of its creators in a park in Moscow on July 29, 2026. Alexander Nemenov | Afp | Getty Images For decades, allies worldwide rested in the comfort of the U.S. nuclear umbrella, confident they didn’t need their…
Sam Altman, CEO and co-founder of OpenAI, speaks to members of the media on the Senate Subway while heading to a meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, July 29, 2026. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images OpenAI on Tuesday announced ChatGPT for Teens, a dedicated chatbot experience for users under 18 that the…
