Stock futures fall as Bessent dismisses market worries: 'Corrections are healthy' 
 

U.S. stock futures declined Sunday after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he's not worried about a market downturn, despite a miserable stretch for Wall Street.

 
China Says It Started Year on Strong Economic Footing as Trump Tariffs Hit 
 

Retail sales accelerated and industrial production topped expectations over the first two months of the year.

 
Slumping Stocks Threaten a Pillar of the Economy: Spending by the Wealthy 
 

Consumer spending is highly dependent on the affluent, who are highly dependent on the stock market.

 
Job Seekers Hit Wall of Salary Deflation 
 

The salary bump that people who switch jobs used to command has vanished.

 
Consumer Spending Is Under Pressure. Retail Sales Will Show How Much. 
 

Economists expect sales ticked up in February from January's slump. There are still concerns about spending.

 
The Days of Set-and-Forget Investing Just Ended for Many Americans 
 

President Trump's economic policies are sending investors out of U.S. stocks and into cash, bonds, gold and European defense stocks.

 
Big Retailers' Hardball Tariff Playbook: Haggle, Diversify, Raise Prices 
 

Walmart, Home Depot, Target and others are asking China-sourced suppliers to share costs. "A lot of those negotiations are going on," one executive said.

 
Stock-market bulls abandoned by Trump won't be saved by Jerome Powell and the Fed 
 

President Donald Trump signaled to stock-market investors last week that they're on their own. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will likely deliver a similar message when monetary policymakers meet this week.

 
Week Ahead for FX, Bonds: Focus on Fed Rate Decision; BOJ and BOE Also Meet 
 

An interest-rate decision by the U.S. Federal Reserve will likely be the highlight this week as concerns grow about a weakening U.S. economic outlook due to the harmful impact of trade tariffs.

 
Trump's New World Order Tests the Dollar 
 

Investors are more optimistic about Europe while tariffs cloud the U.S. outlook.

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