An existential crisis for markets?

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• When the stock market recovers for a day, do consumers and businesses also turn on a dime?

  by David Brancaccio

  The recent stock market mess many connect to President Donal Trump's intense tariff policy is — as of this morning — corrected, in a way. After the U.S. and China rolled back some mutual import taxes yesterday, the Nasdaq index is now up 22% from its early April trough. Let's discuss with Ben Kumar, head of equity strategy at Seven Investment Management.

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• What's in the Republican tax bill?

  by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

  The key tax and spending committee in the House of Representatives is set to take up the sweeping tax bill pushed by the Republican majority. In its form this morning, it extends many tax cuts from President Donald Trump's first term — but many twists are expected ahead.

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• What's on the agenda for President Trump's trip to the Gulf states?

  by Sabri Ben-Achour, Alex Schroeder and Jarrett Dang

  

  The short answer: investment deals.

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