Why the Iran Peace Deal Won’t End Rate Hikes
Episode Date: June 16, 2026A.M. Edition for June 16. President Trump’s Iran deal may be providing relief for markets, but central bankers are not convinced the inflation spike i...
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1161 episodes transcribedA.M. Edition for June 16. President Trump’s Iran deal may be providing relief for markets, but central bankers are not convinced the inflation spike i...
P.M. Edition for June 15. We’re exclusively reporting that Justice Department staffers investigating the merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. Dis...
A.M. Edition for June 15. The U.S. and Iran say they’ve reached an interim deal to open the Strait of Hormuz and extend a ceasefire. WSJ Middle East c...
Thousands of residents in the Peach State have dropped out of health insurance coverage since the start of 2025, prompted in part by this year’s expir...
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P.M. Edition for June 12. Shares of SpaceX closed up 19% on their first trading day, giving the company a market cap of more than $2 trillion and maki...
A.M. Edition for June 12. With just hours to go until SpaceX’s trading debut we look at what to expect when the largest IPO ever hits the market today...
P.M. Edition for June 11. After threatening more strikes against Iran this morning and then calling them off, President Trump said this afternoon that...
A.M. Edition for June 11. OpenAI is considering sweeping price cuts as it braces for an intensifying battle for users with chief rival Anthropic. The...
P.M. Edition for June 10. Everyday investors have coalesced into a market-moving force in recent years. WSJ markets reporter Hannah Erin Lang how Elon...
A.M. Edition for June 10. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is set to propose new rules for booming prediction markets in an effort to crack do...
P.M. Edition for June 9. The fund that helps pay out Social Security benefits is now projected to run out by late 2032, earlier than was previously ex...
A.M. Edition for June 9. OpenAI has privately filed for an IPO, setting the ChatGPT creator up to potentially listing as soon as this fall. WSJ tech r...
P.M. Edition for June 8. Pepsi has rolled out 35 driverless trucks to ship Cheetos, Doritos, and other products on the public roads in Arizona. Journa...
A.M. Edition for June 8. Markets across Asia and Europe are falling, tracking Friday’s Wall Street rout. WSJ editor Peter Landers says tech stocks–esp...
SpaceX is gearing up for a blockbuster public debut that could be the biggest in Wall Street history and redefine the global space economy. But as the...
Why did Broadcom's strong earnings trigger a chip selloff? And what does the standoff in the Middle East mean for oil prices? Plus, what’s bitcoin's v...
P.M. Edition for June 5. The U.S. added 172,000 jobs in May, the third month in a row of steady gains. Economics reporter Matt Grossman explains why j...
A.M. Edition for June 5. Anthropic calls on top AI labs to consider slowing down their development. Tech reporter Sam Schechner discusses “recursive s...
P.M. Edition for June 4. During the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests, cities across the U.S. removed monuments honoring Confederate generals, Founding...