A growing disconnect between Wall Street and Main Street over tariffs

A trader works Wednesday on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange. (Jeenah Moon/Reuters)

As Wall Street grows numb to the chaotic drumbeat of tariff news, distracted by the gold rush in artificial intelligence, stock indexes flirt with record highs. Markets are up dramatically since panicking in April, even as a watered-down version of the oft-postponed “Liberation Day” finally arrived on Thursday, slapping new tariff rates on goods from more than 60 countries. PAID PROMOTED STORIES