Ben, my friend, what what was your read on that hearing. >> Yeah, it was by definitely my main takeaway was this skeptical questioning you mentioned at the top. We knew it was going to be coming from the court's three justices appointed by Democrats and they they they delivered for certain.You saw Sonia Sudo there, but it's the three of the conservative justices that offered really pointed questions as well that I think has upended expectations a little bit here. Perhaps the most um so the three we heard fr ...

Some of the world's biggest producers of food, consumer goods and cars delivered stronger-than-expected quarterly results on Thursday, easing investor concerns over the toll of U.S. President Donald Trump's import tariffs. ...

Federal Reserve Governor Stephen Miran downplayed the economic impact of President Donald Trump's sweeping trade measures, saying there’s little evidence the new tariffs are weighing on growth or stoking inflation. Miran, who spoke at Semafor’s World Economy Summit on Thursday, said there have been "no real material signs of growth drags, no real material signs of an inflation spike." Pressed on whether consumers would end up paying more as companies pass along higher costs, Miran maintained that such a sce ...

The US economy is trying to dial into a dose of certainty. "Our customers are still aggressively buying our products and services and paying their bills. But ... there's a degree of stress in some segments of the consumer space. Costs of certain products and services are getting higher, and that's putting some dynamics in place," AT&T CEO John Stankey told me at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia conference on Tuesday. Stankey contributed some of the stress to uncertainty around Trump's tariffs. "I think the ...