Wall Street Review: Stocks Pause on Mideast Tensions, Fed Decision Ahead

6/14/2025|Updated: 6/14/2025

News Analysis

The broad rally in U.S. stocks, driven by easing trade tensions between the United States and China and the calming of inflation fears, continued for most of this week, but ended abruptly toward the end because of rising geopolitical uncertainty in the Middle East.

Panos Mourdoukoutas

Author

Panos Mourdoukoutas is a professor of economics at Long Island University in New York City. He also teaches security analysis at Columbia University. He’s been published in professional journals and magazines, including Forbes, Investopedia, Barron’s, IBT, and Journal of Financial Research. He’s also the author of many books, including “Business Strategy in a Semiglobal Economy” and “China’s Challenge.”