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President Donald Trump signed an order to implement a 25% tariff on auto imports, expanding a trade war designed to bring more manufacturing jobs to the US and setting the stage for an even broader push on levies next week.

President Donald Trump said he plans to limit exceptions to his tariff push, the latest cryptic hint about a planned April 2 announcement of reciprocal duties on global trading partners.

Bitcoin’s recent relief rally, which took the original cryptocurrency to a two-week high on Monday, is at risk of being short-lived as broader market uncertainty continues to keep investors on the sidelines.

Die Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB) hat ihre Wachstumsprognose für heuer und die kommenden Jahre spürbar zurückgenommen. Dennoch rechnet die OeNB damit, dass sich die heimische Wirtschaft heuer stabilisiert. Die Inflation soll erst auf längere Sicht sinken, für das Budget rechnet die OeNB mit einem Defizit von 3,8 Prozent – derzeit.

The European Union took steps to limit the amount of steel that can be imported into the bloc tariff-free as part of a broader effort to protect the sector from rising imports.

German business optimism rose to the highest level since June 2024 as Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz readies hundreds of billions of euros of spending to modernize the economy.

European Central Bank officials are playing for time on what to do at their next meeting, with Governing Council members from Estonia, Slovakia and Croatia highlighting the uncertainty created by global trade tensions.

President Donald Trump appeared to invent a new weapon of economic statecraft on Monday by threatening what he dubbed “secondary tariffs” on countries that buy oil from Venezuela to choke off its oil trade with other nations.

Angesichts der deutlich schlechteren Wirtschaftsprognosen müssten ÖVP, SPÖ und Neos härter sparen als gedacht, um ein Defizitverfahren abzuwenden

Risks to euro-zone economic forecasts are more to the downside than the upside, according to European Central Bank Governing Council member Jose Luis Escriva.

Business activity in the euro area reached its highest level in seven months as manufacturers recovered more than expected ahead of a massive increase in German spending.

BYD Co.’s sales last year surpassed the $100 billion mark, leapfrogging Elon Musk’s Tesla Inc. on revenue, as the Chinese auto giant wows consumers with a range of electric and hybrid cars packed with high-tech features.

Countries in the crosshairs of US tariffs are rushing to offer concessions and other defensive responses to White House demands in the final full week before President Donald Trump stages trade “Liberation Day.”

US economic data are diverging wildly, fueling a debate over whether rising anxiety from President Donald Trump’s trade policies will push a moderating economy into a serious downturn.

President Donald Trump’s coming wave of tariffs is poised to be more targeted than the barrage he has occasionally threatened, aides and allies say, a potential relief for markets gripped by anxiety about an all-out tariff war.

Two Federal Reserve officials on Friday echoed comments from Chair Jerome Powell earlier this week, downplaying the recent rise in a key measure of long-term inflation expectations but emphasizing the outlook is highly uncertain.

China’s imports of US cotton, cars and some energy products all plunged in the first two months of the year after President Donald Trump started imposing tariffs and Beijing retaliated.

US President Donald Trump has already upended global trade and the postwar international security consensus. Now, he’s throwing central banking into disarray.

The Turkish lira is on course for the largest weekly drop in nearly two years after the detention of a key opposition politician rattled investors.

Swiss National Bank officials cut their interest rate to the lowest since September 2022 to deter inflows into the franc, and declared another reduction is less likely for now.

President Donald Trump said the Federal Reserve should cut interest rates, splitting with the US central bank as officials weigh the economic cost of his tariff push.

The only thing Powell and Co. know for sure is that policy uncertainty is sky high.

Stocks climbed and bond yields fell as Jerome Powell calmed tariff-obsessed investors, signaling the Federal Reserve saw no need for drastic action in the face of Donald Trump’s trade war.

Federal Reserve officials held their benchmark interest rate steady for a second straight meeting, caught between mounting concerns that the economy is slowing and inflation could remain stubbornly high.

Wie wohnt Österreich aktuell, was kostet Wohnen? Eine ungefähre Antwort auf diese Fragen geben Daten, die die Statistik Austria am Dienstag veröffentlicht hat: Die durchschnittliche Fläche pro Wohnung betrug mit Stand 2024 über 100 Quadratmeter, überwiegend im Hauseigentum. Das Spektrum der Statistik hat allerdings auch ein anderes Ende: Die Mieten stiegen erneut, Befristungen nahmen zu.

Gleich zu zwei großen Herausforderungen will die EU-Kommission am Mittwoch Antworten präsentieren. Zum einen sollen konkrete Vorschläge zur europäischen Aufrüstung vorgelegt werden, zum anderen präsentiert die Kommission einen Aktionsplan zur Unterstützung der europäischen Stahlindustrie. Auch Schutzzölle könnten darin enthalten sein.