What's Happening
The Fed just warned that companies are stockpiling debt and using it for all the wrong reasons — and that could be disastrous if the economy sinks
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Here’s why experts are worried that Trump’s trade war could trap the US economy in a downward recessionary spiral unlike most they’ve witnessed
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PayPal's CFO says its new partnership with Facebook Marketplace could dwarf the business it does with eBay
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Tradeweb just hired a former senior technologist at Citadel for a new role that signals fixed income's increasing focus on trade data
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A private-equity titan who's doubled the money in each of his 7 funds shares the biggest investing lessons he's gathered from 30 years of industry dominance
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