President Donald Trump speaks with reporters while in flight on Air Force One from Shannon, Ireland, to Joint Base Andrews, Md., on Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026. Earlier in September, Trump threatened to halt a broad swath of trade if interest rates were not cut, once again putting pressure on the independent Federal Reserve. (Alex Kent/The New York Times) By TONY ROMM President Donald Trump lashed out at the Federal Reserve earlier this week over its decision to raise interest rat

Most Latin American currencies traded lower on ​Thursday against the U.S. dollar near multi-week highs, while stocks were mostly higher, with domestic political ‌developments remaining in the spotlight in Brazil. MSCI’s index tracking regional stocks (.MILA00000PUS), edged higher by 0.2%. The Misinformation Monitor newsletter rounds up international misinformation narratives, with a “Real or Fake?” quiz in every edition. Sign up here. With Brazil’s presidential elections fast

The Federal Reserve raised interest rates on Wednesday and flagged further increases in borrowing costs in coming months, with new US central bank chief Kevin Warsh joining a unanimous decision that effectively acknowledges the Trump administration’s inability so far to control inflation. Speaking in Washington after the decision’s release, Warsh echoed the official statement in promising the Fed’s policy committee would “deliver ⁠price stability.” Stocks and ⁠bonds sold off

By NIRAJ CHOKSHI Amazon said it would temporarily stop transporting packages on 21 Air, the cargo airline that suffered a plane crash at the airport serving Miami last week, killing five people. “Safety has always been our top priority, whether in our own operations or when we’re working with partners,” Kelly Nantel, an Amazon spokesperson, said in a statement. “We’ve spent time supporting the investigation and reviewing some of the surrounding circumstances, and we’ve decide

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent walks to speak with reporters outside of the White House in Washington, Aug. 20, 2026. On Monday, Sept. 14, the bond market rebuked Bessent. The yield on 10-year Treasury bonds surpassed 5 percent for the first time since 2023 and only the second time since the 2008 financial crisis. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times) By ALAN RAPPEPORT Sometimes the house doesn’t win. At a fireside chat at Southern Methodist University last week, Treasury Secr

U.S. stock index futures slipped on Tuesday as higher crude oil prices, elevated Treasury yields and an uncertain outlook for AI demand kept investors at bay. Several tech stocks sank premarket, ​with Alphabet and Microsoft down more than 1% each. Chipmakers, which bore the brunt of Monday’s selloff, were trading within a narrow range. ‌Nvidia rose marginally. The latest bout of anxiety ‌was driven by calls from top AI companies to slow the development of the technology, citi

David Sacks, a technology adviser for President Donald Trump and the White House’s former AI and cryptocurrency czar, at the White House in Washington, Sept. 4, 2025. Sacks questioned why tech companies needed government intervention to slow down their AI development when nothing was stopping them from doing just that. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times) By KALLEY HUANG and MIKE ISAAC It took just a few hours over the weekend for well-known Silicon Valley figures to push back o

Early-stage defense and space companies are increasingly seeking to go public through backdoor ⁠listings ⁠this year, drawn by the appeal of flexible capital and a ⁠faster route to market at a time of surging investor interest in the industry. Unlike traditional initial public offerings, these listings involve mergers with special purpose acquisition ​companies, or SPACs — shell firms that raise money through an IPO and then merge with a private company to take it public. SPAC

Dario Amodei, co-founder and chief executive of the artificial intelligence company Anthropic, speaks at a conference in Manhattan on Dec. 3, 2025. Amodei called for a global slowdown of artificial intelligence development in a 3,800-word essay on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026, just days after one of the company’s employees quit over concerns about the safety of the technology. (Karsten Moran/The New York Times) By MIKE ISAAC Dario Amodei, the CEO of Anthropic, called for a global

A growing consumer push to buy Canadian and boycott U.S. products is reshaping supermarket shelves in Canada, forcing grocers to improve country-of-origin labeling and secure new sources of supply. In Ontario, the president of independent grocer Vince’s Market, Giancarlo Trimarchi, turned to Facebook to show customers that most ​produce on the shelves of his stores is Canadian after receiving angry emails and comments about the grocer stocking U.S. produce. A bitter trade war