>>Stocks Close Mixed Ahead Of Tariff Rollout
(New York, NY) -- Stocks closed mixed Tuesday as Wall Street braces for President Trump's tariff roll out. Investor anxiety made for another volatile session to start the new month and quarter. According to the White House, sweeping reciprocal tariffs will take effect immediately once they are announced today at 4 p.m. Eastern. At the closing bell, the Dow fell 11 points to 41-989. The S&P 500 rose 21 points to 56-33. The Nasdaq gained 150 points to 17-449.
>>Trump Predicts U.S. Investments To Soar After Tariffs
(Washington, DC) -- President Trump will hold an event today from the Rose Garden, which he has called America's "Liberation Day." That's when new tariffs are expected to take effect against Canada, Mexico, China and the European Union. The White House said the event dubbed "Make America Wealthy Again" will take place at 4 p.m. Eastern time. Trump is expecting five-trillion dollars in U.S. investments after his tariffs take effect. The White House says the tariffs will undo decades of countries "taking advantage of the U.S."
>>Western Europeans Overwhelmingly Support Retaliatory Tariffs
(Undated) -- Most Western Europeans support their continent's intent to respond when President Trump's tariffs go into effect this week. A new YouGov EuroTrack poll found that the majority of citizens in seven countries in the region are in favor of imposing retaliatory tariffs on the U.S. Danes were the most supportive at nearly eight in 10 supporting them. The tariff announcement is set to happen this afternoon.
>>Trump To Hold WH Meeting On TikTok, Deadline Days Away
(Washington, DC) -- President Trump is preparing to host a meeting about TikTok as the deadline for the ban draws near. TikTok's Chinese-owned parent company ByteDance has until Friday to sell the app to a non-Chinese buyer or be banned in the U.S. Trump has previously said he could extend the deadline for that ban if he wanted to. He'll meet with Vice President Vance and other advisers today to discuss a possible offer for the app.
>>Atlanta Fed's GDPNow Forecast Drops To Negative 3.7%
(Atlanta, GA) -- The Atlanta Federal Reserve is cutting its first quarter GDP forecast to a negative three-point-seven percent annual rate. That's down from the Fed's mid-March projection that 2025 would see one-point-seven percent GDP growth. Analysts say the latest GDPNow forecast is a troubling sign the U.S. economy is weakening faster than expected ahead of new White House tariffs.
>>Job Openings Slip In February
(Washington, DC) -- The number of job openings fell slightly in February. The Labor Department says seven-point-six million jobs were available at the end of the month which is down by about 900-thousand over the year. The number of job openings decreased in finance and insurance. Total separations increased in state and local government education along with federal government. According to the JOLTS report, the number and rate of hires held steady in February.
>>Report: WH Studying Cost Of Controlling Greenland
(Washington, DC) -- The White House is reportedly looking at what it would cost to control Greenland as a territory. The Washington Post reports officials are analyzing the expense of providing services for the island's residents. Sources say the Trump administration is also estimating how much revenue could be gained from Greenland's natural resources, such as rare earth minerals. President Trump has said he wants to annex Greenland, which is a self-governing territory of Denmark. The Post says one plan is to offer more money than Denmark to subsidize Greenland's services.
