Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. US job growth was robust in April and the unemployment rate held steady, suggesting uncertainty over President Donald Trump’s trade policy has yet to have a material impact on hiring plans. Nonfarm payrolls increased 177,000 last month after the prior two months’ advances were r…

Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. President Donald Trump blamed former President Joe Biden for weak economic data that sent stocks tumbling, arguing government data showing increased domestic investment signaled his tariffs are working. “I have to start off by saying, that’s Biden. That’s not Trump,” Trump said …

Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. President Donald Trump is scheduled to sign an executive order easing the impact of his auto tariffs, preventing duties on foreign-made vehicles from stacking on top of other levies and lessening charges on parts from overseas used to make vehicles in the US. White House Press S…

Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and congressional Republicans will meet to sketch out the plan for passing a multi-trillion tax cut in the coming weeks as polling shows that voters largely disapprove of the White House’s handling of the economy. Bessent and National Economic Co…

Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. President Donald Trump suggested another delay to his higher so-called “reciprocal” tariffs was unlikely, raising pressure on nations to negotiate trade deals with his administration. Asked about the possibility of granting another 90-day pause, Trump cast that scenario as “unli…

Balance of Power: Trump Urges Putin to Stop Ukraine Strikes (Podcast) The US will demand that Russia accept Ukraine’s right to develop its own, adequately equipped, army and defense industry as part of a peace agreement, according to people familiar with the matter, pushing back on Russia’s insistence that the country largely demilitarize as a cond…

Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Confronted with fresh warnings from financial markets, business leaders and top advisers, President Donald Trump this week eased off on two of his frequent punching bags: Jerome Powell and China. Trump entered office with a steadfast desire to reshape the global economy. But his…

Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told a closed-door investor summit Tuesday that the tariff standoff with China cannot be sustained by both sides and that the world’s two largest economies will have to find ways to de-escalate. That de-escalation will come in the very near fu…

Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. President Donald Trump warned the US economy may slow if the Federal Reserve does not move to immediately reduce interest rates, in his latest broadside against Fed Chair Jerome Powell. Trump said in a social media post Monday that “there is virtually No Inflation,” pointing to …

Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. President Donald Trump said during a meeting with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni that he expects to reach a trade deal with the European Union, but indicated he is in no hurry to finalize an agreement to reduce tariffs. “There’ll be a trade deal,” Trump said Thursday, add…

Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. US President Donald Trump said he’ll attend a meeting Wednesday with Japan to negotiate tariffs, American military support and “trade fairness.” “Hopefully something can be worked out which is good (GREAT!) for Japan and the USA!” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. The Treas…

Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. The European Union and US made scant progress bridging trade differences this week as officials from President Donald Trump’s administration indicated that the bulk of the US tariffs imposed on the bloc will not be removed. The EU’s trade chief, Maros Sefcovic, left the meeting …

Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. President Donald Trump said he is exploring possible temporary exemptions to his tariffs on imported vehicles and parts to give auto companies more time to set up US manufacturing. “I’m looking at something to help car companies with it,” Trump told reporters Monday in the Oval …

Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. President Donald Trump has floated talks with his Chinese counterpart more than half a dozen times since the trade war started. But prospects look remote, even as their tariff fight appears to have peaked. Inflicting trade pain is unlikely to bring President Xi Jinping to the ne…

Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Economic angst enveloped every corner of Wall Street as US-China trade tensions escalate, sparking a plunge in stocks, the dollar and oil, with liquidations in US assets pointing to disorder in the financial system. A day after the biggest stock-buying wave in years, assets tied…

Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. President Donald Trump announced a 90-day pause on higher reciprocal tariffs that hit dozens of trade partners after midnight, while raising duties on China to 125%. The president’s about-face comes roughly 13 hours after higher reciprocal duties on 56 nations and the European U…

Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. US President Donald Trump spent the final hours before his tariffs were set for full implementation lining up negotiations with key US allies, but his insistence on pushing forward with sweeping 104% tariffs on many Chinese goods dimmed optimism that a brutal trade war would be …

Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. President Donald Trump said he wasn’t considering a pause on his plan to implement sweeping additional tariffs on dozens of countries despite outreach from trading partners to eager to avoid the levies, while still signaling he could be open to some negotiations. “We’re not look…

Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Chief White House economist Stephen Miran dismissed the deepening fears of a recession on Wall Street, saying that President Donald Trump’s plans for deregulation and tax cuts will more than offset any hit from tariff hikes. “The president acted with historic scope and speed to …

Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. President Donald Trump imposed the steepest American tariffs in a century as he steps up his campaign to reshape the global economy, sparking threats of retaliation and a selloff in markets around the world. Trump announced Wednesday he will apply at least a 10% tariff on all ex…

This is a special edition of the Bloomberg Daybreak: US Edition podcast. Subscribe to the show: on Apple: http://bit.ly/3DWYoAN on Spotify: http://bit.ly/3jGRYiB Anywhere: http://bit.ly/3J1bct9 On today's episode: President Donald Trump imposed the steepest American tariffs in a century as he steps up his campaign to reshape the global economy, spa…

Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Elon Musk’s candidate faced a resounding loss in a Wisconsin judicial race despite the world’s richest man pouring millions into the campaign, while Republicans avoided upsets in two critical US House seats in Donald Trump’s home state of Florida. The votes were the first major …

Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs will take immediate effect after they are announced Wednesday, his top spokeswoman said. “My understanding is that the tariff announcement will come tomorrow. They will be effective immediately, and the president has been teasing this fo…

Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. President Donald Trump will announce his reciprocal tariff push on Wednesday during an event in the White House Rose Garden, his top spokeswoman said. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday the announcement would feature “country-based” tariffs. She said the pr…

Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Consumer spending was weaker than expected again in February while a key inflation metric picked up, in a double whammy for the economy before the brunt of tariffs. Inflation-adjusted consumer spending edged up 0.1%, on the low end of economists’ estimates, after a slump January…

Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. President Donald Trump signed an order to slap a 25% tariff on auto imports, expanding his trade war designed to bring more manufacturing jobs to the US. Trump said the tariffs would go into effect on April 2. The administration projects that the tariffs would result in $100 bil…

Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. President Donald Trump and top allies struggled to fend off criticism over the inadvertent inclusion of a journalist in a Signal chat discussing military attacks in Yemen, after newly disclosed texts showed how Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth revealed specific operational details…

Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio warned House Republicans of the dangers of rising US deficits and urged them to cut the budget deficit to just 3% of gross domestic product or risk debt service costs squeezing government spending. Dalio’s message of austerity comes as Ho…

Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Congressional Republicans returning to Washington on Monday will tackle their toughest test yet, negotiating a massive tax bill package to deliver President Donald Trump a signature legislative victory. Efforts to renew Trump’s landmark 2017 tax cuts and secure additional reduct…

Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Boeing Co. won a contract to design and build the US’s next-generation stealth fighter jet, beating out rival Lockheed Martin Corp. for the multibillion dollar program aimed at preparing the military for possible conflict with China. The new sixth-generation fighter jet, whose o…

Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive action formally asking officials to take steps to largely dismantle the Department of Education, his latest effort to reduce the size of the federal government and its workforce. Trump is slated to sign the order on Thursda…

Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy agreed to a proposal to halt strikes on energy assets as an initial step in President Donald Trump’s effort to end the war that began with Russia’s full-scale invasion three years ago. “One of the first steps toward fully ending the war co…

Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Vladimir Putin committed in a phone call with Donald Trump to limit Russian attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure for 30 days but declined to accept the broader ceasefire that the US sought. The Russian and US presidents agreed that the two sides would begin negotiations on…

Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. President Donald Trump’s administration is being accused of defying the judiciary after swiftly deporting hundreds of alleged Venezuelan gang members in an assertion of sweeping power to pursue hard-line immigration policies. Two groups suing the administration alleged in a cour…

Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer had two choices as the clock ticked down to the government funding deadline: drop his threat to block the Republican bill or force a disruptive March 15 shutdown. The New York lawmaker ultimately opted for the path of least resistance Thurs…

Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. President Donald Trump threatened to impose a 200% tariff on wine, champagne and other alcoholic beverages from France and elsewhere in the European Union, the latest escalation in the brewing transatlantic trade war. In a social media post today, Trump said he would move forwar…

Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Cooler-than-forecast February inflation pushed stocks higher after two days of heavy losses. A kneejerk rally in bonds quickly reversed and yields rose across the curve amid concerns over an escalating trade war. Equities advanced after a selloff that put the S&P 500 on the verg…

Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. President Donald Trump said he was reevaluating plans to double steel and aluminum tariffs on Canada to 50% after Ontario announced it would suspend a 25% surcharge on electricity sent to the US. “I’m looking at that, but probably so,” Trump told reporters Tuesday when asked if …

Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. President Donald Trump said the US economy faces “a period of transition,” deflecting concerns about the risks of a slowdown as his early focus on tariffs and federal job cuts causes market turmoil. Asked on Fox News’ Sunday Morning Futures whether he’s expecting a recession thi…

Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. US job growth steadied last month while the unemployment rate rose — a mixed snapshot of a job market hanging in the balance of quickly changing government policy. Nonfarm payrolls increased 151,000 in February after a downward revision to the prior month, according to a Bureau …

Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. The US trade deficit widened to a record in January as companies scrambled to secure goods from overseas before President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on America’s largest trading partners. The gap in goods and services trade widened 34% from the prior month to $131.4 billion, C…

Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. President Donald Trump is exempting automakers from newly imposed tariffs on Mexico and Canada for one month, the White House said Wednesday, as a temporary reprieve following pleas from industry leaders. “We are going to give a one-month exemption on any autos coming through US…

Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Bloomberg Washington Correspondents Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz deliver insight and analysis on the latest headlines from the White House and Capitol Hill, including conversations with influential lawmakers and key figures in politics and policy. On this edition, Joe and Kailey…

Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Bloomberg Washington Correspondents Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz deliver insight and analysis on the latest headlines from the White House and Capitol Hill, including conversations with influential lawmakers and key figures in politics and policy. On this edition, Joe and Kailey…

Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Bloomberg Washington Correspondents Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz deliver insight and analysis on the latest headlines from the White House and Capitol Hill, including conversations with influential lawmakers and key figures in politics and policy. Plans to sign a critical minera…

Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Bloomberg Washington Correspondents Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz deliver insight and analysis on the latest headlines from the White House and Capitol Hill, including conversations with influential lawmakers and key figures in politics and policy. On this edition, Joe and Kailey…

Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Bloomberg Washington Correspondents Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz deliver insight and analysis on the latest headlines from the White House and Capitol Hill, including conversations with influential lawmakers and key figures in politics and policy. On this edition, Joe and Kailey…

Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Bloomberg Washington Correspondents Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz deliver insight and analysis on the latest headlines from the White House and Capitol Hill, including conversations with influential lawmakers and key figures in politics and policy. On this edition, Joe and Kailey…

Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Bloomberg Washington Correspondents Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz deliver insight and analysis on the latest headlines from the White House and Capitol Hill, including conversations with influential lawmakers and key figures in politics and policy. On this edition, Joe and Kailey…

Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Bloomberg Washington Correspondents Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz deliver insight and analysis on the latest headlines from the White House and Capitol Hill, including conversations with influential lawmakers and key figures in politics and policy. On this edition, Joe speaks wit…