Treasury yields, it was often said, act as a daily referendum on the sitting government, credit spreads provide the surest and most dispassionate assessment of corporate health, and bond vigilantes were the last line of defense against rogue politicians or company CEOs bent on pursuing damaging spending policies.

The Russell 2000, which includes small companies that are more sensitive to downdrafts in the economy than those in the S&P 500, appears likely to enter a bear market.

The 10% trigger for a correction is an arbitrary, round-number threshold. But it serves as a signal that investors have turned pointedly more pessimistic about the market.

US stocks open lower after Trump threatened a 200% tax on European liquor if the EU tax on US whiskey isn't removed.

Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world Donald Trump is escalating his global trade war,

On-again, off-again tariffs, mass government layoffs, funding cuts and immigration crackdowns have seriously spooked Wall Street, which is emphatically rejecting President Donald Trump’s chaotic economic agenda.