Jim Edwards

Jim Edwards is the executive editor for global news at Fortune. He was previously the editor-in-chief of Business Insider's news division and the founding editor of Business Insider UK. His investigative journalism has changed the law in two U.S. federal districts and two states. The U.S. Supreme Court cited his work on the death penalty in the concurrence to Baze v. Rees, the ruling on whether lethal injection is cruel or unusual. He also won the Neal award for an investigation of bribes and kickbacks on Madison Avenue.

Finance

Stocks leap on Palantir earnings, but Goldman warns the U.S. ‘is near stall speed’—where the economy ‘weakens in a self-reinforcing fashion’

By Jim Edwards

US $1 dollar bill in mid air melting, red gradated background

Finance

The Fed’s Powell said the phrase ‘downside risks’ six times in his press conference yesterday—is that bad news for tomorrow’s jobs number?

By Jim Edwards

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 24: (L-R) U.S. Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), President Donald Trump and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell tour the Federal Reserve’s $2.5 billion headquarters renovation project on July 24, 2025 in Washington, DC. The Trump administration has been critical of the cost of the renovation and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Finance

Jim Edwards

The ‘Fed put’ is back: If Tuesday’s inflation report is bad expect chaos in the markets

The dollar is in decline because of a global ‘loss of faith in U.S. leadership,’ Macquarie says

The U.S. economy may be ‘bad to ugly’ right now, but investors are loving every minute of it

HPE got tangled up in MAGA conspiracy theories, and now its $14 billion merger with Juniper could be thrown out

Starbucks’ stock is being pummeled by Trump’s coffee tariffs while the rest of the market soars

Stocks leap on Palantir earnings, but Goldman warns the U.S. ‘is near stall speed’—where the economy ‘weakens in a self-reinforcing fashion’

The dollar is being punished for the jobs data that revealed how weak the U.S. economy really was

Stocks slide globally as investors digest Trump’s new tariffs—analysts warn their ‘greatest fears’ are yet to come

HPE’s merger with Juniper Networks was approved by the White House for national security reasons: source

The Fed’s Powell said the phrase ‘downside risks’ six times in his press conference yesterday—is that bad news for tomorrow’s jobs number?

Wall Street is poised for volatility today if it sees anything that looks like a vibe shift at the Fed

The markets are behaving as if Europe has pulled the wool over Trump’s eyes

Europe surrenders to Trump (and thus secures victory by the back door)

The stock market just blew through Warren Buffett’s favorite danger signal

‘Risk-on’! Stocks jump as EU and Japan trade deals give markets the certainty they crave