Media Outlets Face Fallout from Dubious 90-Day Tariff Pause Report
The news seemed big: That the Trump administration was considering a 90-day pause to his expansive tariffs. The problem was, it wasn’t true. But in a sign of the precarious nature of the markets right now, an unsubstantiated online report spiked shares sharply, albeit briefly, and continued to climb after CNBC and Reuters relayed the…