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Meanwhile, president of National Foreign Trade Council warns: “This can't be a mechanism to start raising tariffs on everything. There'd be no end to it.”

Trade war risk remains alive; EU won't engage with U.S. on trade until it gets a permanent exemption from "pure protectionism" of tariffs.

Flattening Treasuries yield curve leads to anxiety that a recession might be on the horizon.

Tariffs proposed by the Trump administration would benefit some companies, hamstring others.

Regulators are now taking a more active role in investigating not just ICOs but also the companies developing funds or other investment vehicles focused on cryptocurrencies or ICOs.

President Trump sees Chinese actions as conciliatory: “Now we're really negotiating, and I think they're going to treat us really fairly.”

A weaker yuan could help shore up China's exports, but experts say it's “probably unwise.”

CBO projects that recent tax cuts and spending increases will push the federal budget deficit past the $1 trillion milestone two years earlier than expected.