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The EU announced $100 billion in new tariffs in response to Donald Trump’s threats over Greenland, egg prices down, beef prices up, housing prices up, mortgage rates down, $500 million of bitcoin liquidated in Sunday crash, investments in rare earths is sky rocketing.

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PNW Market Look

*as of 1/18/26

Headline Roundup

Sherwood votes overwhelmingly to challenge new state housing laws (OPB)
Congress approved $3.2 billion budget for the Hanford nuclear reservation’s clean up (OPB)
State and federal lawmakers want data centers to pay more for energy (IDStatesman)
Trump-Greenland latest (Independent); $100 billion in tariffs announces from the EU onto US
AG’s Opinion Raises Questions About Transportation Tax Repeal (WW)
Food hall planned near Oregon Convention Center (DJC)
Seattle Center is fraying. Will the city pick up the billion-dollar tab? (ST)
Leatherman CEO of 600 steps down (BizJournals)
Pentagon readies 1,500 soldiers to possibly deploy to Minnesota (Ground)
Washington may ban sales of farmed octopus (WSS)
Micron dropped the general contractor buildings is Boise plant. What happened (IDStatesman)
Tacoma, WA based Sports apparel chain Hatstop files Chapter 11 bankruptcy (IDStatesman)
Coast Guard will allow for less expensive Interstate 5 Bridge design (ORLive)

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Market Events This Week

Stock market futures react to Trump and EU Tariffs
December Homes Sales Data (Wed)
US Q3 GDP Data (TH)
November PCE Inflation (TH)
January S&P Global PMI data (F)
10% of S&P companies report earning this week

What’s up with that?

(Paraphrased) PNW’s largest polluter, TransAlta’s coal burning power plant, shut down Dec 19th and has not re-started since then, despite an emergency order from US Secretary of Energy (KUOW)