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US president says tariffs on imported goods will come down from 145% rate but insists ‘we’re doing fine with China’Donald Trump said during a White House news conference that high tariffs on goods from China will “come down substantially, but it won’t be zero”.&...
Business » 1 week ago
The US president’s economic agenda collides with fragile financial systems, triggering market fears, investor flight and developing nation chaosWake up! When the most sober of global institutions, the International Monetary Fund, abandons its usual technocratic calm to so...
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Bosses from automotive, manufacturing and energy warned MPs about effect of Trump tariffsBritain’s manufacturers will start cutting jobs “within weeks” unless the government can strike a deal to safeguard the UK economy from Donald Trump’s trade war, industry leaders have...
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Jerome Powell is a soft target for the president amid economic instability. But getting rid of him would only invite more chaosUS stock markets, Treasury bonds and the dollar itself are sliding amid the tariff turmoil and Donald Trump needs a soft target. It was probably ...
Business » 1 week ago
The International Monetary Fund, a global financial body, said the long-term impact of Trump's tariffs would be negative for the global economy. Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, the IMF's chief economist, also said the organisation revised down growth for the UK partly due to the impact...
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World body says ‘sharp repricing of risks’ possible amid growing concern over role of ‘nonbank’ lendersIMF warns of ‘major negative shock’ from ...
Lifestyle » 1 week ago
Idyllic scenery is just part of the appeal of a break that is also about sustainability, meeting locals and maintaining pathsArmed with gloves and pruners, my friend and I are near Pythara waterfall above Chora – the capital of the Greek island of Andros – and we are cutt...
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Figure of £151.9bn more than £20bn higher than previous financial year, adding to pressure on Rachel Reeves...
World » 1 week ago
About 7.3m people have cast ballots over four days of advanced voting in sign of elevated interest in 28 April poll Canada elections: who are the key players and ...
World » 1 week ago
Panel unanimously accepts charges against six more key allies of ex-president over alleged plan to keep him in officeA panel of Brazil’s supreme court justices has unanimously accepted criminal charges against six more key allies of former president ...