Katy Barnato

London

Markets Editor, Europe at The Wall Street Journal

Markets Editor for Europe at The Wall Street Journal. Previously at CNBC. Views are my own.

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Stocks Slip, Tesla Tanks as Trump-Musk Feud Rages

1 day ago | wsj.com | Matt Wirz |Katy Barnato

U.S. stocks ended Thursday slightly lower after a batch of weak economic data weighed on investors’ outlook and Tesla TSLA -14.26 %decrease; red down pointing triangle CEO Elon Musk’s escalating feud with President Trump hammered the shares of one of America’s most-valuable companies. Imports dropped 16% in March, shrinking the trade deficit, after ballooning to a record in March as businesses rushed to stockpile ahead of tariffs.
道指涨逾700点，受贸易紧张局势缓解推动

1 week ago | cn.wsj.com | Katy Barnato

By Katy Barnato / Hannah Erin Lang贸易紧张局势的缓解提振了投资者周二的乐观情绪，而就在几天前，标普500指数刚刚经历了自4月初特朗普最初宣布加征关税以来表现最差的一周。在美国总统特朗普收回了对欧盟的关税威胁，且美欧双方贸易伙伴表示谈判已重回正轨之后，美国股市本周伊始大幅上涨。道琼斯指数上涨741点，标普500指数涨幅超过2%，创下自5月12日以来的最大单日涨幅，当时有关美国和中国削减关税的消息推动该指数上涨了3.3%。Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
Stocks to Watch Tuesday: Trump Media, Tesla, Informatica, PDD

1 week ago | wsj.com | Katy Barnato

↗️ Tesla (TSLA): The EV maker's sales in the European Union slumped for a fourth straight month, new data showed. Chinese EV makers such as BYD (HK:1211) are expanding aggressively in the bloc. Tesla's stock rose nearly 3% in premarket trading amid a broad rally. ↗️ PDD (PDD): Temu's Chinese owner is due to post results early Tuesday.
债券市场出现企稳迹象，纳指上涨

2 weeks ago | cn.wsj.com | Katy Barnato

在众议院通过特朗普税收和支出方案后，债券市场周四出现企稳迹象。主要股指涨跌互现，纳指上涨，标普500指数和道指均下跌不到0.1%。美国国债收益率下滑。基准10年期美债收益率小幅降至4.551%。30年期美债收益率也微幅下跌，但仍高于5%。Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8订阅热门文章热门视频
Stocks to Watch Thursday: UnitedHealth, Snowflake, Nike, Advance Auto Parts

2 weeks ago | wsj.com | Katy Barnato

ð Walmart (WMT): The retailer plans to shed about 1,500 corporate jobs in a U.S. restructuring. Walmart and other chains have been cutting costs and increasing prices to offset the hit from tariffs. âï¸ Lenovo (HK:992): The world's largest PC maker posted its first quarterly drop in profit for more than a year. China is the Hong Kong-listed company's main manufacturing base. Shares fell 5.5%.
Stocks to Watch Thursday: Snowflake, Nike, Lenovo, Walmart

2 weeks ago | wsj.com | Katy Barnato

ð Walmart (WMT): The retailer plans to shed about 1,500 corporate jobs in a U.S. restructuring. Walmart and other chains have been cutting costs and increasing prices to offset the hit from tariffs. âï¸ Nike (NKE): The sportswear brand plans to sell products on Amazon (AMZN)'s U.S. site for the first time in more than five years. Nike shares rose nearly 2% ahead of the open.
Ford, Marriott, Mattel: A Look at Companies That Pulled or Cut Guidance This Week

4 weeks ago | wsj.com | Katy Barnato

A batch of big-name companies have sliced or withdrawn their financial guidance this earnings season, citing global trade uncertainty and the impact on consumers. Others have provided weak or cautious forecasts, in part due to the macroeconomic environment. Here's a look at the companies who weighed in this week:WK Kellogg: The Corn Flakes maker cut its guidance to account for tariff impacts and a weaker-than-expected start to the year.
Stocks to Watch Friday: Expedia, Pinterest, Coinbase

4 weeks ago | wsj.com | Katy Barnato

↗️ Pinterest (PINS): The social-media company swung to a profit and guided for higher-than-expected revenue this quarter. That helped soothe concerns that trade policy would hurt spending on digital advertising. Shares jumped 12% in premarket trading.
Federal Payrolls Shrink for a Third Straight Month

1 month ago | wsj.com | Katy Barnato

The jobs market held up better-than-feared last month, despite the tumult from the Trump administration's April 2 tariff unveiling. Employment rose in fields including healthcare, transport and warehousing, finance and social assistance. The outlier was the federal government. Employment dropped by 9,000 in April, and is down by 26,000 since January, according to the Labor Department's nonfarm payrolls report. Those figures don't include staff on paid leave, or still receiving severance pay.
Retail Sales Likely Rose in March, With Shoppers Trying to Get Ahead of Tariffs

1 month ago | wsj.com | Katy Barnato

Retail sales probably jumped last month, economists project, as consumers pulled forward big-ticket purchases to beat tariff-fueled price increases. Sales likely rose by 1.2% in March from February, according to a consensus of economists polled by The Wall Street Journal. The data is seasonally adjusted. The retail-sales report is due at 8:30 a.m. ET today from the Commerce Department. It will show purchases made in the run-up to President Trump's unveiling of sweeping levies on April 2.