Monday, August 25, 2025

Tuesday's News Links

[CNBC] Stocks slip as Trump escalates attack on Fed independence: Live updates

[CNBC] Short-term Treasury yields fall, while long-term yields rise after Trump orders removal of Fed’s Cook

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] French Market Stress Enters Second Day as Political Fears Mount

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Trump Moves to Fire Fed’s Cook, Setting Up Legal Fight

[Axios] Trump ignites Fed war

[Axios] Fed governor Cook says she won't resign after Trump firing

[AP] Trump says he’s firing Fed Governor Lisa Cook, opening new front in fight for central bank control

[CNBC] Trump tells Fed’s Lisa Cook she’s fired; she says ‘he has no authority to do so’

[Axios] Democrats erupt as Trump moves to fire Fed governor Lisa Cook

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Trump Says US Has Much Bigger Leverage Over China on Magnets

[CNBC] ‘They have to give us magnets’: Trump warns of 200% tariff on China if exports are curbed

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] China Sends Senior Trade Negotiator to Meet US Officials

[CNBC] Trump vows ‘substantial’ new tariffs, chip restrictions on countries with digital taxes

[Reuters] South Korea bets big on reviving troubled US shipbuilding to woo Trump

[CNBC] ‘Our country is in danger’: French PM takes confidence vote gamble over budget woes

[Politico] EU resists Trump: Tech regulation is our ‘sovereign’ right

[Bloomberg] UK Bond Yields Near 1998 High, Adding to Pressure on Government

[Bloomberg] French Premier Risks Government Collapse as Opposition Grows

[NYT] U.S. and Japan at Odds Over Terms of $550 Billion Investment

[WSJ] ‘Uncharted Waters’: Trump’s Attempt to Take Charge of the Fed

[WSJ] Trump Says He Is Removing Fed Governor Lisa Cook

[WSJ] Illinois Governor Blasts Trump’s Plan for Troops in Chicago as ‘Un-American’

[WSJ] Top Chinese Trade Negotiator Set to Head to U.S. as Talks Resume

[WSJ] Trump Threatens New Tariffs on Countries That Tax Tech Companies

[WSJ] The Ukrainian Attacks That Are Forcing Russia to Ration Its Fuel

[FT] Donald Trump moves to fire Lisa Cook. What’s next?

[FT] Donald Trump says he is firing Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook ‘effective immediately’

[FT] Nvidia earnings set to test Wall Street’s faith in AI boom

[FT] French assets hit by prospect of government collapse