WSJ What’s News

By: The Wall Street Journal
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  • What's News brings you the biggest news of the day, from business and finance to global and political developments that move markets. Get caught up in minutes twice a day on weekdays, then take a step back with our What’s News in Markets wrap-up on Saturday and our What’s News Sunday deep dive.
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Episodes
  • Stocks Slump as Trump Threatens Tariffs on All U.S. Trading Partners

    Stocks Slump as Trump Threatens Tariffs on All U.S. Trading Partners
    Mar 31 2025
    A.M. Edition for Mar. 31. The Trump administration is still scrambling to set out the specifics of its new tariff agenda ahead of ‘Liberation Day’ on Wednesday. WSJ reporter Caitlin McCabe explains how the tariff threats are ramping up market volatility and dampening the outlook for the U.S. economy. Plus, Trump threatens Russia with new tariffs, after expressing anger at Vladimir Putin as Ukraine peace talks make little progress. And Apple clashes with SpaceX amid a race to eliminate cellphone dead spots. Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    14 mins
  • Understanding Trump’s Tariff Strategies as ‘Liberation Day’ Approaches

    Understanding Trump’s Tariff Strategies as ‘Liberation Day’ Approaches
    Mar 30 2025
    On April 2nd, a new slate of reciprocal U.S. tariffs are expected to take effect. President Trump has championed tariffs, saying they are needed in order to make things fair, to reduce the trade deficit and to bring manufacturing jobs back to the United States. But will his strategies work? Mary E. Lovely, of the Peter son Institute for International Economics, discusses the reasons behind and effectiveness of previous strategies on tariffs to explain how Trump's newest plans may pan out. Alex Ossola hosts. Further Reading Why Trump’s Tariff Strategy Is Getting Riskier, According to Economists How Trump’s Trade War Is Playing Out At Breakneck Speed Trump Previews Reciprocal Tariff Action Set for April 2 Trump’s Tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China: Here’s Where Things Stand Trump’s Tariff Onslaught Is Coming Faster Than His Team Can Carry It Out Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    14 mins
  • What’s News in Markets: Tariffs Hit Automakers, Lululemon’s Warning, Family Dollar Sale

    What’s News in Markets: Tariffs Hit Automakers, Lululemon’s Warning, Family Dollar Sale
    Mar 29 2025
    Why was Tesla not hit as hard by Trump’s new tariffs as GM, Toyota or BMW? And why did Lululemon’s results spook investors? Plus, how did investors react to Family Dollar leaving the Dollar Tree family? Jack Pitcher discusses the biggest stock moves of the week and the news that drove them. Sign up for the WSJ's free Markets A.M. newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    5 mins

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Same Covid stories over and over

I wish this gave more information on other big topics and less on Covid 19. I know that I'm not the only person tired of hearing it everywhere we turn.

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Ads and Commentary?

This is a downgrade from the daily digests. Paying premium for ads?! And I don’t want opinions, want reporting in the news.

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Good content… when it arrives.

Excellent overview of what market participants want to know. Unfortunately, it doesn’t arrive consistently every morning, so hard to depend on it. Some days doesn’t show up at all when I check at 9 am, while it used to be available at 5:30 am. NY time. Disappointed.

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Why isitt a day late now?

Why is it delayed by at least a full day or more now since the new logo?

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Updates 24 hours late???

The last several days the podcast is updated 24 hours late. In other words, I'm getting yesterday morning's news this morning. When I checked with Audible, they confirmed that the podcast hadn't sent a new update. What's going on?

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The decision to drop the daily WSJ and New York Times deprives your listeners of a prime source of excellent content. I will no

I will not renew when my subscription ends in Nov. A prime reason for listening is now gone.

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red Chinese point of view

would like a more neutral pro America version. how to run a country from a big government view is not helpful. or the censorship ads of different people

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Headlines, not reporting

I switched to this podcast after the WSJ Digest was discontinued. This is not that. If you are looking for a bunch of headlines with brief (!) comments then this is fine. I miss the more in-depth detail of a full article. This doesn't even save time, with the introductions and ad time then cover nearly as many topics in the same time but with less information.

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Why the change?

This podcast does NOT take the place of WSJ What’s In The News. It is not enjoyable to listen to and I have to listen to adds!!!

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Awkward Podcasts inferior to Audible’s former WSJ

Podcast user interface too convoluted to automatically play most news. Titles don’t reveal the date / time of the podcast. Content has shifted from articles to interviews.

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