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Municipal AAA yield curves were cut up to another 42 basis points, depending on the curve, as of noon, pushing yields to multi-year highs and long-end muni to UST ratios above 100%. Muni yields have risen up to nearly 100 basis points in spots since the bond market rout began.
April 9
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President Donald Trump rejected a European Union proposal to drop tariffs on all bilateral trade in industrial goods with the U.S.
April 8
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Veterans of the dot-com bubble of the late '90s, the early 2000s recession, the 2008 financial crisis and COVID-19 shutdown of 2020 say the more things change, the more things stay the same.
April 7
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President Trump's tariffs on imported vehicles threaten to drive up auto prices at a time when more car owners are already drifting into delinquency on their loans.
April 3
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The president's son spoke at a panel alongside the co-founders of the Trump-backed World Liberty Financial the day after it launched a new stablecoin.
March 26
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Presidents have long rushed to take credit for booms and distanced themselves from busts. But Trump's situation is unusual. The risks to the U.S. economy — potentially including stagflation or even recession — are closely linked to his own flagship initiative: a new tariff bonanza due in just over two weeks.
March 21
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The cryptocurrency industry is on a roll in Washington and it's not just because of President Donald Trump.
March 21
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Without citing examples, acting comptroller Rodney Hood expressed disgust at what he called the "debanking" of certain businesses.
March 18
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The Treasury named a pair of IRS agents as special advisors to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, and plans key roles for them at the IRS.
March 18
