Wall Street analysts have downwardly revised their earnings estimates since President Trump took office because tariffs are expected to be a headwind to economic growth. The consensus estimate in January said S&P 500 companies would report 14% earnings growth in 2025, but analysts now expect 8.5% earnings growth, according to LSEG.

Wall Street experts share what they think will drive stock market gains for the second half of the year.

U.S. stocks finished near the unchanged mark on Monday with market sentiment weakened by the downgrade of the federal government's perfect sovereign credit rating owing to its huge debt profile.

Former Vice President Mike Pence criticized President Donald Trump's approach to tariffs during a Sunday interview on NBC News' Meet the Press, calling the recently unveiled reciprocal tariffs "the largest peacetime tax hike on the American people in the history of this country.

Former Vice President Mike Pence is praising congressional Republicans for pushing ahead with President Donald Trump’s bill of tax breaks and spending cuts

Former Vice President Mike Pence struck a blow at his former boss over the impact of his tariffs. “The president always says that countries that sell into America have to pay,” Pence said, referring to Trump’s pledge that exporting countries—not consumers—will shoulder the cost of his tariffs.