Trump’s Arrest Is Bad for Stocks. 1 Move to Make Now.


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The arrest of former President Donald Trump poses a major risk for the stock market.

The midsummer deadline for Congress to raise the debt ceiling could morph into a Republican attack on profligate Democratic spending, injecting extraordinary volatility into the global financial system. That could turn a prosaic vote into a battle royale over the nation’s extraordinary debt and tax-and-spending ways.