Trade War

The Federal Reserve indicated a readiness to cut interest rates for the first time in more than a decade to sustain a near-record U.S. economic expansion, citing uncertainties in their outlook. While Chairman Jerome Powell and fellow policy makers left their…

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Nervousness around trade has sent investors fleeing to safety. For the first time ever, being long US Treasurys was the number one most-crowded trade, according to the June global fund manager survey conducted by Bank of America Merrill Lynch. The bet o…

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Still, the two sides remain far apart on several issues, including how many of Mr. Trumps tariffs on roughly $250 billion of Chinese products will come off and whether the trade agreement must be codified in Chinese law. Both sides are under economic pressur…

The remarks on Tuesday may catch Draghis potential successor in a web of easing policies, Bart Hordijk, an analyst at Monex Europe, a currency trading firm, said in a statement. Even a more hawkish new E.C.B. president will have to take some time to untangle …

The US economy is about one month away from recording its longest expansion ever, even as other developed nations fight off recessions. Its unique standing has not escaped Alain Bokobza, the head of global asset allocation and equity strategy at Societe Ge…

Reuters Oil prices on Friday were pushed and pulled between competing drivers of Iran tensions and a supply glut.   Thursday's attacks on two oil tankers raise the prospect of a US-Iran military showdown, experts warn.  Broadcom shares are trading down 8.7…

Two white steel pulleys, part of a $16 million ride going up in eastern China's newest military-themed amusement park, Sun Tzu Cultural Park. They'll be shipped to the Qingdao port southeast of Beijing, where customers will have to pay a newly imposed tariff.…

China's economy showed further signs of weakness last month, with industrial output posting its slowest growth in 17 years, placing further pressure on the government as it tries to steady the ship while battling a trade war with the US. Authorities have for…