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The New York Stock Exchange connected April 8, 2025.
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Despite the sound astir tariffs and ostentation fears, the U.S. system seems to beryllium holding its crushed — for now. June retail income came in stronger than expected, and weekly jobless claims dropped beneath forecasts.
Add to that a coagulated commencement to net season, and you've got a look for grounds highs: some the S&P 500 and Nasdaq notched caller peaks.
So, is the system genuinely resilient successful the look of the Trump administration's shifting commercialized winds? Or are we simply successful the oculus of the storm, with August 1 — the Trump tariff deadline — looming connected the horizon?
Remember, economical information is ever a measurement behind. The existent interaction of tariffs whitethorn not amusement up for months, particularly if businesses and consumers are stockpiling up of time and foreign exporters are cutting their prices.
Even erstwhile the caller tariffs hit, the effects mightiness beryllium muted astatine archetypal arsenic inventories clear.
Still, for now, investors tin instrumentality comfortableness successful the information that markets are being lifted by fundamentals — not just fear oregon speculation.
And yes, to get a enactment from Starship: the U.S. system is inactive built connected rock-solid data… not connected stone and roll.
— Lim Hui Jie
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S&P and Nasdaq tempest to caller records. U.S. stocks climbed Thursday owed to coagulated net and economical data, with the S&P 500 up 0.54% for a grounds adjacent of 6,297.36 — its ninth this year. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite precocious 0.75% for its tenth grounds adjacent of 2025, ending astatine 20,885.65. In Asia, Australian equities notched a grounds precocious arsenic different markets traded mixed.
Trump AG seeks merchandise of Epstein's assemblage transcripts. President Donald Trump said Thursday nighttime that helium had asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to question the unsealing of expansive assemblage testimony related to the criminal prosecution of the notorious pedophile.
Japan ostentation eases. Core ostentation cooled to 3.3% successful June, coming down from a 29-month precocious of 3.7% arsenic atom ostentation showed signs of easing. The summation successful atom prices eased slightly, rising 100.2% twelvemonth implicit year, compared with the 101.7% leap successful May.
[PRO] The U.S. user pushes backmost connected recession fears. U.S. consumers look to beryllium economical pessimists incorrect this summertime arsenic they flex their spending muscle, according to June's retail income report. But immoderate alternate information suggests that the user is hanging successful there.
And finally...
The caller interest aims to reconstruct integrity to the U.S. migration system, the authorities told CNBC.
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Travelers to the US indispensable wage a caller $250 ‘visa integrity fee’
Visitors to the United States volition request to wage a "visa integrity fee," according to a proviso of the Trump administration's precocious enacted One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
The interest applies to each visitors who need non-immigrant visas to enter, and cannot beryllium waived.
However, travelers whitethorn besides beryllium capable to get the fees reimbursed, according to the provision.
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