Economy

Stock futures slip after Dow posts back-to-back weekly declines: Live updates

The Dow last week fell 0.8%, marking its second consecutive weekly pullback.

‘No more!!!’: Trump lashes out after US-Canada talks devolve into trade war

PM Mark Carney says ‘we got attacked’ as tariffs come into force on items from hockey sticks to tongue depressors

Kashkari says inflation could be extended "the longer there's back and forth" in Canada tariff fight

August 23, 2026 / 2:22 PM EDT / CBS News

The lesson from Canada’s collapsed trade talks with the US: negotiation may be futile

Breakdown shows Washington now prioritizes its own interests over any semblance of shared economic ground

Transcript: Neel Kashkari, Minneapolis Fed president and CEO, on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Aug. 23, 2026

Updated on: August 23, 2026 / 2:52 PM EDT / CBS News

Here are the 2 big things we're watching in the stock market this week

Nvidia reports earnings, and Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh is set to deliver his first Jackson Hole speech.

Canada 'doesn't have a military,' Duffy says as cross-border trade war ignites

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy fired back at Canada on live television Sunday morning after Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced “dollar-for-dollar” retaliatory tariffs in response to the new 50% U.S. tariffs.

Readers reply: Is it inevitable that consumerism will literally fill up the planet?

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions considers whether there is sufficient global physical capacity for all our discarded and worn-out purchases

Equal-weight S&P 500 is leading the 2026 market and its flagship trade just hit $100 billion

Money is flooding into equal-weight stock market ETFs this year. Investing experts say it's not a fad.

Wells Fargo and Citigroup have room to buy a big bank. These 5 regionals fit the bill

Citigroup and Wells Fargo have room to buy a big regional bank as regulators have opened the door to megadeals. Five regional banks make sense as targets.

After 10 years at United, CEO Scott Kirby is thinking big about the future of his airline from JFK to AI

United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby talked to CNBC in a wide-ranging interview about his proposed airline megadeals, AI and the future of the carrier.

Bearproof stocks: These stocks have a history of holding up when the market struggles

There are some stocks that can buck a downtrend in the broader market.