The signs of stress on Wall Street have mounted amid the many uncertainties triggered by President Trump’s tariffs. IPOs and mergers were put on the shelf. Leverage loan deals were shoved to the sidelines.

Some of Wednesday’s strongest action was in the U.S. bond market, where Treasury yields rose sharply again. The yield on the 10-year Treasury climbed to 4.37% from 4.26% late Tuesday and from just 4.01% at the end of last week. It approached 4.50% earlier in the morning. That’s a huge move for the bond market and could be an indication of stress.

The S&P 500 closed up 9.5% on Wednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump declared a 90-day tariff pause for many countries, effective immediately, bringing some relief to investors worried about the global economic impact of U.

Trump's punishing tariffs have shaken a global trading order that has persisted for decades, raised fears of recession and driven worldwide stocks sharply downward. The S&P closed below 5,000 for the first time in nearly a year on Tuesday and is nearing a bear market,

A U.S. Treasury debt auction of $39 billion in benchmark 10-year notes was well received on Wednesday, showing solid investor demand even after a bond market sell-off driven by an escalating trade war between the United States and its major trading partners led by China.

Facing a global market meltdown, President Donald Trump on Wednesday abruptly backed down on his tariffs on most nations for 90 days, but raised the tax rate on Chinese imports to 125%. It was seemingly an attempt to narrow what had been an unprecedented trade war between the U.

In a stunning reversal, U.S. President Donald Trump said he would temporarily lower the hefty duties he had just imposed on dozens of countries while further ramping up pressure on China, sending global stocks rocketing higher.

The White House said tariff levels for most nations will be lowered to 10%. In a dramatic move Wednesday, President Donald Trump says he has authorized a 90-day pause in the higher tariffs for most countries he announced last week — while maintaining a 10% baseline tariff across the board.

The U.S. stock market is shaking in another twitchy day of trading after most other markets tumbled Wednesday as President Donald Trump’s trade war keeps escalating. The S&P 500 was down 0.7% in midday

US stocks soared to one of their best days in history on a euphoric Wall Street Wednesday after President Donald Trump said he would back off on most of his tariffs temporarily, as investors had so desperately hoped he would.

World financial markets soared as investors welcomed President Trump's decision to put most of his his sharp tariff hikes on hold for 90 days.

U.S. corporate bond market issuances have dried up after opening for just one bond offering on Tuesday, as spreads in the week after President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs widened the most since the 2023 regional banking crisis.

Wall Street surged after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a 90-day pause in tariffs unveiled last week that roiled markets and erased trillions of dollars from global stock markets.

Global markets surged after President Trump abruptly backed down on imposing tariffs on most nations for 90 days.

A number of import taxes are still in place, and with many back-and-forth tariff actions and threats, it can be tough to keep track of where things stand.

Trump announced a 90-day tariff reduction to 10% for most countries but further jacked up the tax rate on Chinese imports to 125%.

US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on Wednesday continued to defend President Donald Trump’s aggressive trade agenda as even higher tariffs went into effect for dozens of countries and trade tensions with China reach a fever pitch.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he authorized a 90-day pause as part of his tariff plan but was also raising the tariff rate for China to 125%, effective immediately.