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The European Central Bank lowered interest rates for the seventh time since last June as trade tensions threaten to derail the region’s economic recovery.

The head of the International Monetary Fund warned that the global economy will slow due to the US-led world trade “reboot,” but a recession isn’t in the forecast.

The head of Europe’s insurance watchdog said the US Treasury market’s recent volatility is bringing into question its status as a safe haven.

It was an unexpected, if improbable relief. The panic unleashed by Donald Trump’s trade war, which convulsed financial markets around the globe and sowed doubts about America’s standing in the world, died down nearly as quickly as it began.

President Donald Trump has discussed firing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell with some of his top advisers, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Das Finanzministerium geht für heuer von einem Defizit von 4,5 Prozent des Bruttoinlandsprodukts (BIP) aus. Dieser Wert wird am Donnerstag an die Statistik Austria übergeben, die diese Zahlen wiederum an Brüssel übermittelt. Damit ist, wie das Ministerium in einer schriftlichen Stellungnahme betonte, von einem Defizitverfahren der EU auszugehen – die erlaubte Grenze von drei Prozent wird klar verfehlt. Immerhin liege man knapp unter den 4,7 Prozent des Jahres 2024, hieß es aus dem Ministerium.

The European Central Bank is about to cut interest rates for the seventh time, a move that comes after US President Donald Trump’s tariffs shook markets and darkened the economic outlook.

Gold hit another all-time high as warnings from Federal Reserve Chief Jerome Powell about the impact of the trade war fueled volatility on Wall Street, leading to sharp declines in stocks and the dollar.

Tempted by talk of rapprochement between Washington and Moscow, companies remain wary of a radically changed Russian market.

China wants to see a number of steps from President Donald Trump’s administration before it will agree to trade talks, including showing more respect by reining in disparaging remarks by members of his cabinet, according to a person familiar with the Chinese government’s thinking.

The World Trade Organization slashed its forecast for merchandise trade this year as soaring US tariffs and broader uncertainty hammer international commerce.

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China’s economy showed surprising strength in early 2025 thanks to consumer subsidies and a rush of export shipments to beat tariffs, although an impasse with Donald Trump over the trade war is darkening its outlook and fueling calls for stimulus.

Oil companies spent more than a century developing a vast industrial network to extract, refine and deliver their product to customers around the world. Sourcing the materials needed to build an alternative, less carbon-intensive economy presents a whole new set of challenges.

The number of unemployed people exceeded job openings in 14 US states in February, the most since April 2021, according to an analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data released Wednesday.

Asian technology stocks fell after Nvidia Corp. said the US government will begin requiring a license to export its H20 chips to China, an escalation of restrictions.

US equity-index futures slumped after Nvidia Corp. said the government was setting new limits on its exports to China and President Donald Trump ordered a probe into potential tariffs on critical minerals.

President Donald Trump has launched a probe into the need for tariffs on critical minerals, the latest action in an expanding trade war that has targeted key sectors of the global economy.

China’s economy expanded at a faster pace than expected in the first three months of 2025, though its outlook is deteriorating rapidly due to Donald Trump’s massive tariffs.

Oil steadied after a modest decline on Tuesday as expectations for a glut, and the trade war between the world’s two biggest economies weighed on the demand outlook.

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President Donald Trump’s administration has barred Nvidia Corp. from selling its H20 chip to China, an escalation of Washington’s tech battle with Beijing that will cost the company billions of dollars and hamstring a product line it explicitly designed to comply with previous US curbs.

The US economy is set to lose billions of dollars in revenue in 2025 from a pullback in foreign tourism and boycotts of American products, adding to a growing list of headwinds keeping recession risk elevated.

The European Union and US made scant progress bridging trade differences this week as officials from President Donald Trump’s administration indicated that the bulk of the US tariffs imposed on the bloc will not be removed.

China has ordered its airlines not to take any further deliveries of Boeing Co. jets as part of the tit-for-tat trade war that’s seen US President Donald Trump levy tariffs of as high as 145% on Chinese goods, according to people familiar with the matter.

Die Zollpläne von US-Präsident Donald Trump sorgen für Turbulenzen an den Finanzmärkten – und das wirkt sich auch auf Investments in den USA aus. Große Pensionsfonds ziehen Geld aus den USA ab oder bewerten ihre Engagements neu, US-Staatsanleihen stehen zunehmend unter Druck.