>> NEWSMAKERS AND MARKET MOVERS. THIS IS "THE PULSE" WITH FRANCINE LACQUA. FRANCINE: WELCOME TO THE PULSE.IRAN IS PRESSING AHEAD WITH ATTACKS ACROSS THE GULF DESPITE DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS TO EASE TENSIONS. ISRAEL SAYS IT WILL NO LONGER A TARGET IRANIAN ENERGY SITES AFTER SPARKING MATTEL YOUR STRIPES AND REBUKE -- AFTER SPARKING RETALIATORY STRIKES AND REBUKE FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP. THE THREAT OF RISING PRICES HAS RESULTED IN ATTACKS ON MIDDLE EASTERN ENERGY SITES -- THE FED, THE ECB I'M AT THE BANK OF ENGLAND AN ...

For the first time in its 250-year history, America might see a decline in population — and US workers and businesses will suffer for it (via @opinion) https://t.co/8RaBfPCTgY ...

>> THIS IS "BALANCE OF POWER" LIVE FROM WASHINGTON, D. C. JOE: FROM BLOOMBERG'S WASHINGTON, D.C. STUDIOS TO OUR TV AND RADIO AUDIENCES WORLDWIDE, WELCOME TO "BALANCE OF POWER," ALONGSIDE KAILEY LEINZ, I'M JOE MATHIEU. KAILEY: TENSION OVER WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST ON FULL DISPLAY, THE PRESIDENT QUESTIONED ON WHY ALLIES WEREN'T WARNED ABOUT STRIKES IN IRAN, REPLYING WITH THIS.>> WHO KNOWS BETTER ABOUT SURPRISING JAPAN. [LAUGHTER] WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME ABOUT PEARL HARBOR. JOE: PLUS, BILLIONS IN NEW FUNDING, THE ...

Taiwan will likely leave its key policy rate unchanged for the eighth straight quarter — the longest run since 2019 — while it monitors the economic impact of the Iran War https://t.co/awuMwSn75Z ...

CAROL: A VERY GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY. THIS IS BLOOMBERG BUSINESSWEEK. CAROL MASSAR AND TIM STENOVEC.TIM: HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY I THINK YOU WERE GOING TO SAY. CAROL: HAPPY ALMOST FED DECISION.TIM: DID YOU SEE THE PRESS POOL AT THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY. SOME OF THEM WERE VERY FESTIVE. CAROL: A LOT OF GREEN.TIM: I FELT LIKE I WAS NOT DRESSED FOR THE DAY. CAROL: THAT'S WHAT MAKES NEW YORK SUCH A FUN PLACE TO WORK IN. I SAW A BUNCH OF GUYS WITH KILTS AND BAGPIPES.I TOOK SOME PICTURES BUT I WAS VERY DISCRETE. TI ...

The New York Times reports that in an Oval Office meeting last week, President Trump asked the chairman of the Joint TREAT OF HUMMOOZE, GENERAL DAN CAYNE'S ANSWER WAS THAT EVEN ONE IRANIAN SOLDIER OR MILITIA MEMBER COULD EASILY ATTACK A SLOW MOVING SUPER TANKER, SOMETHING THE PRESIDENT ECHOED, AGAIN, A LITTLE BIT EARLIER TODAY. I SAID WE'VE ALREADY TAKEN CARE OF IRAN, BUT NOW, BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT LITERALLY A A single terrorist can put something in the water or shoot something or shoot a missile, a smal ...

NEWS NOW. >> THE MORNING. ANOTHER WAVE OF STRIKES ACROSS THE MIDEAST.AS THE WAR WITH IRAN STRETCHES PAST THE TWO WEEK MARK. NOW IRAN TARGETING TANKERS ALONG THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ, EFFECTIVELY HALTING A FIFTH OF THE WORLD'S OIL SUPPLY. AS PRESIDENT TRUMP CALLS ON ALLIES TO HELP REOPEN THE CRITICAL WATERWAY.>> STRAIT OF HORMUZ. SAFE FOR SHIPPING RIGHT NOW, MR. SECRETARY.>> NO, NO, IT IS NOT. THAT'S THAT'S ONE OF THE OBJECTIVES AT THE END OF THIS CONFLICT IS TO REOPEN THE STRAITS OF HORMUZ. THAT'S GOING TO BE A ...

Simon Harris, Ireland's finance minister and deputy PM, tells @flacqua that a prolonged conflict will have an economic impact beyond energy https://t.co/9ltkNVZrD2 https://t.co/dTxNe5pPT2 ...

Good morning. Good to have you with us. I'm Joe Frier.Savannah is off. We begin this Thursday morning with ongoing coverage of the war with Iran as the conflict stretches into its 13th day. Iran has launched what the country's state media is calling its most intense operation since the war began.Overnight, Iran fired a volley of its most advanced ballistic missiles toward Tel Aviv and Hifa in Israel. The US military also intensifying its strike. Central Command says it has eliminated 16 Iranian mine layers ...

The European Central Bank’s new quarterly forecasts will partly incorporate the economic impact of the war in Iran, according to Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel https://t.co/ucZaUzcpK8 ...