Today on Finance Pulse, money and power collide. President Donald Trump is shaking up U.S. economic institutions with two key appointments that could shift the Federal Reserve’s future. Meanwhile, a shocking slowdown in the labor market has markets reeling, investors eyeing urgent rate cuts, and fears of a U.S. economic reset growing louder. We break down the five biggest stories moving markets—from Trump’s Fed ambitions and a new tariff wave, to Wall Street’s fragile rebound and Saudi Arabia’s bond dominance.
