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Consumer trust in Boeing is wearing thin since an airplane door ripped off a 737 Max 9 in January, which has been followed by a string of other recent Boeing safety incidents. So how much does faltering trust actually impact the business of air travel? Plus, President Joe Biden w ... Show More

From the BBC World Service: China’s annual policy meeting has drawn to a close at a time when the country has mountains of debt, high youth unemployment and a property sector in crisis. So what is the government’s plan to boost confidence and steady the economy? Also on today’s p ... Show More

Almost one in five lawyers are using AI, according to an American Bar Association survey. But there are a growing number of legal horror stories involving tools like ChatGPT, because chatbots have a tendency to make stuff up — such as legal precedents from cases that never happen ... Show More

The Bank of Canada lowered the interest rate to 4.75 per cent on Wednesday – the first rate cut in four years. As the country’s central bank aims to get the inflation rate closer to 2 per cent, further cuts could be on the horizon. Realtors are hoping the rate cut will reignite a ... Show More

The market has been very quick in swallowing and digesting this Tuesday’s less than ideal inflation data from the US. Yields and the USD retreated, stocks rebounded. Tech led the rally. But the rate cut expectations are being scaled back in the US, and a further appreciation in t ... Show More

Record-high prices remain a key concern for buyers in the U.S. housing market. Our Co-Heads of Securitized Product Research dig into the data, explaining why they still believe a deceleration in home price growth will come. ----- Transcript ----- Jay Bacow: Welcome to Thoughts on ... Show More

The greenback falls and the Dow hits a record high with investors increasingly betting on a 50bps interest rate cut from the Fed later this week. In Japan, the Nikkei is in the red as the yen strengthens past ¥140 /USD, while a CNBC survey shows a split over the timing of the BoJ ... Show More

US July consumer price inflation is due. The details will show more of the April trade taxes seeping into consumer prices—although a 10% tariff equates to around a 4% consumer price increase, and service prices should be largely unaffected. This data is less reliable than that re ... Show More

The producer price index increased 0.2%; economists worried Trump will worsen inflation, WSJ survey finds; PepsiCo, Conagra signal limits to price increases; IMF predicts Fed rate cuts by end of year. 

The market sell-off rolls as the major indices whipsaw to start the week. How the latest tariff headlines are swinging stocks, and what an additional 50% tariff on China will mean in the trade war. We break down the threats, reactions, and strategy for navigating the volatility. ... Show More

Stocks kicking off the week with another volatile session. How the latest tariff headlines are causing even more market swings, why a technical ‘death cross’ is flashing warning signs in the S&P 500’s technicals, and why one currency expert says to steer clear of the U.S. dollar. ... Show More

Our U.S. and Asia economists Michael Gapen and Chetan Ahya discuss how tariff uncertainty is shaping their expectations for these economies over the second half of 2025. Read more insights from Morgan Stanley.  ----- Transcript ----- Michael Gapen: Welcome to Thoughts on the Mark ... Show More