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I discussed the possibility of a "Mar-a-Lago" accord, proposed by President Trump's adviser Stephen Miran with the aim of ...
As I’ve written before, there’s a deep sense of doom in the aid and development world. The Trump administration’s vandalism of US aid programmes is killing thousands of people, and the other big ...
The Federal Reserve held its benchmark interest rate steady on Wednesday, continuing a wait-and-see approach adopted by the ...
Pharma companies met with the Trump administration earlier this month to try and defer implementation of the executive order ...
The Fed, an independent federal agency, is widely expected to continue its defiance of Trump. Investors peg the chances of a decision to leave rates unchanged at 99.9%, according to the CME FedWatch ...
Swiss exports to the US plunged for a second month as cross-border shippers wait for a trade deal to cushion tariffs proposed ...
Wall Street traders fixated on the latest developments in the Middle East drove stocks higher after President Donald Trump ...
Prices briefly spiked by US$10 but have since eased. It appears that the market is assessing whether the hostilities will escalate. If so, the impact on energy prices and inflation could be more ...
Meanwhile, in Canada, Prime Minister Mark Carney's government threatened to hike tariffs by late July on US imports of steel ...
Predictions from mainstream economists were dire after President Donald Trump launched his tariff campaign just a couple ...