Tag: Dow Jones

The Dow Jones industrial average past 25,000 on Thursday. The biggest gainer was corporate technology provider IBM, which rose 2.2 percent to $161.93. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Dow Jones index tops record 25,000 with a push from lenders, tech firms

James Langford · January 4, 2018 7:00 pm

The Dow Jones opened Thursday at 24,964 points and passed the 25,000 mark within 10 minutes. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, Pool)

Trump celebrates Dow Jones passing 25,000 mark and promises more cuts to regulations

Anna Giaritelli · January 4, 2018 4:03 pm

President Trump didn't build the economy. But in 2017, he's done the right things to not get in its way. Continue doing that, and it will be entertaining to watch what Paul Krugman writes. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The economy rallied in 2017 because of what Trump didn’t do

Washington Examiner · January 2, 2018 5:01 am

President Trump celebrated the Dow Jones' historic 5,000 point surge in 2017. He also predicted the stock market would jump higher once Congress passes the tax reform bill. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump: Stocks will surge even higher after tax reform

Anna Giaritelli · December 19, 2017 12:22 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., takes a question from a reporter following a meeting with President Donald Trump on his tax reform agenda on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017.

Economic growth is halfway there, livin’ on a prayer

Washington Examiner · October 30, 2017 4:01 am

Traders at the New York Stock Exchange roared and markets rose shortly after the news broke Friday that Stephen Bannon was leaving his post as President Trump's top strategic adviser. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Wall Street roars after Steve Bannon’s departure announced

Joseph Lawler · August 18, 2017 7:03 pm

He was spending the holiday in New Jersey. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump doubts the media will cover the ‘really great numbers on jobs & the economy’

Leah DePiero · July 3, 2017 9:42 pm

Kevin Hassett predicted in his 1999 book that the Dow would hit 36,000 in a matter of a few years. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Trump economist nominee explains his infamous botched stock prediction

Joseph Lawler · June 6, 2017 4:39 pm

Uh-oh. The Markets Have Noticed Trump’s Problems.

Tony Mecia · May 17, 2017 9:12 pm

Stocks surged and the dollar strengthened as markets priced in expectations about growth and earnings. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Dow surges past 21,000 in wake of Trump speech

Joseph Lawler · March 1, 2017 5:53 pm

Its Economic Confidence Index is now at +13, up from a previous high of +5 in early 2015. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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Economic confidence at all time high as Dow Jones passes 20,000

Jason Russell · January 25, 2017 5:36 pm

What Dow 20,000 Means

Ike Brannon · January 25, 2017 5:09 pm