[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Crop Prices Hit Highest Since 2023 as War and Bad Weather Bite
[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Trump Tells Aides to Prep for Lengthy Hormuz Blockade, Report Says
[CNBC] Trump threatens Iran with AI picture of himself with a gun: ‘No more Mr. Nice guy!’
[AP] Live updates: Hegseth to face Congress for first time since Iran war began
[AP] Fed likely to leave rates unchanged at what may be Powell’s last meeting, as Warsh to advance
[Yahoo/Reuters] Powell's tenure as Fed chief, bookended by Trump, draws to a close
[Reuters] US goods trade deficit widens in March as imports rise sharply
[CNBC] Mortgage rates are rising again, but homebuyers are trickling back
[CNBC] U.S. warns banks of sanctions risk over China ‘teapot’ refineries handling Iranian oil
[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Trump's $1.5 Trillion Defense Plan Draws Rare Republican Pushback
[Yahoo/Bloomberg] US Has More Natural Gas Than It Can Use as War Chokes Global Supply
[Axios] Behind the Curtain: We've been warned
[Reuters] German inflation accelerates to 2.9% in April as energy costs soar
[Yahoo/WSJ] Spanish Inflation Rises Further as Iran War Drives Energy Prices Higher
[AP] Rare earth mining is poisoning Mekong River tributaries, threatening ‘the world’s kitchen’
[Bloomberg] US Core Capital Goods Orders Surge by Most Since 2020
[Bloomberg] US Housing Starts Surge to Highest Level Since December 2024
[Bloomberg] America’s Bond-Market Privilege Is Disappearing as US Debt Soars
[Bloomberg] Blue Owl Scrutiny to Ramp Up With Shares Near ‘Doomsday’ Levels
[MSN/WSJ] Natural Disasters Are Rewriting Home-Insurance Costs. See How It Impacts You.
[MSN/WP] Pentagon Detailed $1.5 Trillion Budget Request Last Week
[Bloomberg] Xi Has $1.2 Trillion Rare Earths Leverage Ahead of Trump Visit
[Bloomberg] America’s Broken Politics Are Dragging It Down a Fiscal Black Hole
[NYT] What to Watch at the Federal Reserve’s April Meeting
[WSJ] Trump Tells Aides to Prepare for Extended Blockade of Iran
[WSJ] The Global Energy Order Is Breaking Down
[WSJ] Australia’s Consumer Inflation Jumps on Oil Shock
[FT] How Jay Powell repelled Donald Trump’s attacks on the Federal Reserve
[FT] Ken Griffin suggests wealthy individuals do not understand private credit risks
[FT] How OpenAI’s $500bn data centre venture Stargate has shifted shape
[FT] Greenland ice sheet and Europe’s glaciers shrink further, scientists say