#dWP-VW.THINKTANK I Q4/2025

Wie der Autozulieferer ZKW mit Sitz in Wieselburg (Bezirk Scheibbs) am Dienstag in einer Presseaussendung bekanntgegeben hat, sollen 600 Stellen bis Ende 2027 abgebaut werden. Hauptbetroffen ist der Standort in Wieselburg, wo rund 570 Jobs wegfallen werden.

Underlying US inflation rose in December by less than expected, a more confident signal of cooling price growth after shutdown-related distortions complicated the previous report.

Japan hat am Montag mit einer Mission zum Abbau von Seltenerdmetallen in der Tiefsee begonnen, um Chinas Boykott zu umgehen und seine Abhängigkeit bei den wichtigen Mineralien zu verringern. Laut Projektleiter Shoichi Ishii ist es weltweit das erste Mal, dass Sedimente aus einer Wassertiefe von 5.500 Metern geborgen werden. Kritik daran kommt von Umweltorganisationen.

The World Bank raised its forecast for growth this year, saying the global economy has proved surprisingly shock-proof in the face of an “historic” escalation in trade tensions.

The World Bank raised its forecast for growth this year, saying the global economy has proved surprisingly shock-proof in the face of an “historic” escalation in trade tensions.

The World Bank raised its forecast for growth this year, saying the global economy has proved surprisingly shock-proof in the face of an “historic” escalation in trade tensions.

Global central bankers threw their support behind Chairman Jerome Powell after the Trump administration ratcheted up its already unprecedented pressure campaign against the Federal Reserve.

Germany’s economy grew for the first year since 2022 as a government spending spree helps the country overcome its lengthy industrial slump.

China’s trade surplus climbed to $1.2 trillion in 2025, extending a record run as overseas shipments surprised with stronger growth at the end of the year.

Der angekündigte Stellenabbau beim Autozulieferer ZKW in Wieselburg (Bezirk Scheibbs) sorgt für Unruhe in der Branche. Auch andere Betriebe spüren deutlichen Druck. Beim international tätigen Zulieferer Pollmann spricht man von einer „sehr angespannten Lage".

China’s economy lost more momentum last quarter even as it met the government’s target in 2025, in another year of lopsided growth that will be hard to sustain in an era of protectionism around the world.

Chinese households are scouring for higher-yielding investments as roughly $7 trillion in time deposits come due this year, a shift that could provide additional fuel for the nation’s financial markets.

China’s birth rate fell last year to its lowest level since 1949, highlighting a deepening demographic struggle for Beijing even as officials roll out new subsidies to encourage couples to have more children.

German factory orders unexpectedly rose for a third month in November, suggesting that a recovery is taking hold in Europe’s largest economy.

Sidelining the democratic opposition and its leader, María Corina Machado, would be a mistake

The administration’s latest attack on America’s central bank has not gone well

His fight against high interest rates could get messy

But can the public stomach higher inflation?

China’s sweeping new restrictions on rare earth exports jolted governments and set off a race to secure alternative supplies, in a stark demonstration of Beijing’s global clout and growing risks for companies.

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For the first time, Jerome Powell responded defiantly to the president’s attacks, and the administration is now worried about its plans to replace the Fed chair

See the latest on Your 2026 Briefing. From breaking news to in-depth reporting, Bloomberg tracks the full story in real time.

A year into Donald Trump’s second term, global trade has been transformed. America has abandoned its role as guardian of the post-1945 order, instead wielding tariffs to punish political foes and pressure friends. Jamieson Greer, America’s trade representative, joins David Rennie, The Economist’s geopolitics editor, to defend Team Trump’s approach to America First trade. He explains why tariffs are permanent, reveals his plan if the Supreme Court tariff ruling doesn’t go Mr Trump’s way, and gives his take on a recent Economist cover story.  Mr Greer is America’s trade representative. In the first Trump administration, he was chief of staff to his predecessor, Robert Lighthizer. A trade attorney by background, he served in Iraq as a military lawyer.

Protectionism is failing to revive manufacturing

That will be bad for America—and everyone else

The president denies all knowledge. A bizarre fight could get nasty

US-Präsident Donald Trump hat im Wahlkampf und nach seiner Wiederwahl immer wieder die Rückkehr der Fabriken, eine Renaissance der Industrie und viele Arbeiterjobs versprochen. Zentrales Instrument dafür laut Trump: seine beispiellos nach oben geschraubten Zölle. Doch ein Jahr nach Amtsantritt ist von der Reindustrialisierung nichts zu sehen, im Gegenteil, wie auch offizielle Daten vom Freitag zeigen. Laut Fachleuten sind ausgerechnet die hohen Zölle einer der Hauptgründe.