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Four months after Donald Trump shocked the world and roiled markets by unveiling a placard full of tariff rates at the White House Rose Garden, his revisions unveiled Thursday generated a more subdued response among investors.

Exclusions reflect conflicting goals: to rip up the rules of global trade while cushioning US consumers. But the process isn’t transparent, and not everybody wins.

The Federal Reserve’s preferred measure of underlying inflation accelerated in June to one of the fastest paces this year while consumer spending barely rose, underscoring the dueling forces dividing policymakers over the path of interest rates.

German inflation slowed below the European Central Bank’s 2% target for the first time in 10 months, supporting policymakers’ view that they’ve brought the spike of recent years under control.

Money markets are adding to bets that the European Central Bank will hold interest rates at 2% through to year-end as caution grows surrounding the prospect for easing on both sides of the Atlantic.

Copper rose in London — following a collapse in New York — after US President Donald Trump shocked the metals world by exempting the most widely traded forms of copper from his hotly anticipated import tariffs.

US equity-index futures climbed as strong earnings from megacap tech firms bolstered optimism that corporate profits remain resilient. The dollar steadied after gaining on Federal Reserve holding interest rates.

The US reached a trade agreement with South Korea that will impose a 15% tariff on imports, including autos, and sets up major investment in American energy and shipbuilding.

President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff threats have put a pin in what many hoped would be a year of recovery for European real estate markets.

US Treasuries extended losses as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell struck a hawkish tone, putting in doubt the likelihood of an interest-rate cut at the central bank’s September meeting.

Federal Reserve officials left interest rates unchanged but downgraded their view of the US economy, a sign policymakers could be edging closer to lowering borrowing costs.

US copper prices collapsed by more than 19% in minutes after US President Donald Trump excluded the most widely imported form of copper from his planned import tariffs.

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order suspending the de minimis exemption, applying tariffs to low-value imports from all trading partners.

US companies stepped up hiring in July after a sharp pullback in the previous month, though the pace remained consistent with weaker labor demand.

Nach dem Ausstieg aus dem Pariser Klimaabkommen und der Rückkehr zu fossilen Energieträgern wie Öl und Kohle hat die US-Umweltbehörde EPA am Dienstag offiziell vorgeschlagen, Treibhausgasemissionen nicht mehr als gesundheitsschädlich einzustufen. Sollte der Vorschlag durchgehen, wären die Folgen laut Fachleuten „desaströs“ – schließlich würde dadurch dem Kampf gegen die Klimakrise in den USA die bisherige rechtliche Grundlage entzogen.

President Donald Trump said he would impose a tariff rate of 25% on India starting on Aug. 1 and suggested he would add an additional penalty over the country’s energy purchases from Russia.

Mit der Kritik an Teilzeitbeschäftigung hat Wirtschaftsminister Wolfgang Hattmannsdorfer (ÖVP) für Debatten gesorgt. Im ORF-Interview kündigte er den Abbau von steuerlichen Hürden an. Dazu soll es im Herbst ein Konzept geben. Und er schlägt das Einfrieren der Geringfügigkeitsgrenze von 551 Euro vor.

US economic activity rebounded in the second quarter on a modest pickup in consumer spending and a marked drop in imports after a scramble to secure foreign goods earlier in the year.

French economic growth unexpectedly accelerated in the second quarter as inventory building offset weak domestic demand and a drag from trade.

The world economy will keep weakening and remains vulnerable to trade shocks even though it is showing some resilience to Donald Trump’s tariffs, the International Monetary Fund said.

The European Union plans to reduce a major package of financial support to Ukraine by €1.5 billion ($1.7 billion) after Kyiv said it had been unable to meet all required reform milestones, said a spokesperson of the bloc’s executive.

The European Union dodged an imminent trade war with the US this week, but markets and a growing chorus of critics have dispelled early hopes that the deal will bring a sense of stability back to transatlantic relations.

India has overtaken China to become the top source of smartphones sold in the US, after Apple Inc. shifted to assemble more of its iPhones in the South Asian country.

Trotz ständiger Rufe von US-Präsident Donald Trump nach Zinssenkungen dürfte die unabhängige US-Notenbank Fed die geldpolitischen Zügel nicht lockern. Für den am Mittwoch anstehenden Zinsentscheid stellen sich die Finanzmärkte darauf ein, dass der Leitzins weiter in der Spanne von 4,25 bis 4,50 Prozent bleiben wird. Heuer blieb er noch unangetastet. Trump machte am Montag erneut Druck auf Fed-Chef Jerome Powell.

Nach der Zolleinigung zwischen den USA und der EU gehen die Reaktionen in Europa auseinander: Die EU-Kommission spricht von einem Kompromiss, um einen Handelskrieg abzuwenden. Doch aus einigen Ländern und vielen Branchen wird die Kritik laut, die EU habe sich schlicht dem Diktat von US-Präsident Donald Trump gebeugt. Man sei von Anfang an zu defensiv in die Verhandlungen gegangen, heißt es etwa. Und gescheitert sei die EU auch an den Partikularinteressen seiner Mitgliedsstaaten.

US President Donald Trump said he would cut the timeline for Russian leader Vladimir Putin to reach a truce with Ukraine or face potential economic penalties, ramping up pressure on Moscow to bring the fighting to a halt.

China announced that it will start handing out childcare subsidies across the nation, in its latest push to boost birthrates after a worrying drop in recent years.