Warren Buffett Sends Wall Street a Grim $348 Billion Warning. History Says the Stock Market Will Do This Next.

Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato drew attention by mentioning that the country’s more than $1.1 trillion in U.S. Treasury bonds could potentially be a “card on the table” in negotiations with Washington over Trump’s steep tariffs on autos and other imports.

Wall Street surged early Thursday with a string of major U.S. companies posting strong quarterly earnings in an economic environment that has grown increasingly uncertain as the U.S. upends long-standing trade policies.