Outlook for Feb. 9-12, 2026

Outlook for Feb. 9-12, 2026

Jobs and inflation data, following the brief delay in government data, will be released together next week, bringing the interest rate outlook to the fore for investors. January’s nonfarm payrolls report and consumer price index, set to hit screens days after their original release dates , could re-instill confidence in the market following a recent…

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U.S. to impose 100% tariff on branded, patented drugs unless firms build plants locally, Trump says

U.S. to impose 100% tariff on branded, patented drugs unless firms build plants locally, Trump says

Shelf of pharmaceutical products. D3sign | Moment | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump announced Thursday that the U.S. will impose a 100% tariff on “all any branded or patented Pharmaceutical Product” entering the country. The measure will not apply to companies building drug manufacturing plants in the U.S., Trump added. He said in a…

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