Emmanuel Macron warned that Europe risks getting divided by Donald Trump’s economic policy and being thrown into a simultaneous trade war with Washington and Beijing.

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US inflation remained firm in October, underscoring the ongoing risks Federal Reserve officials face in trying to bring price pressures fully under control.

Three of the leading artificial intelligence companies are seeing diminishing returns from their costly efforts to develop newer models.

Donald Trump’s election win is leading some forecasters to question if the European Central Bank will need to return borrowing costs toward highly stimulative levels as his threat of trade tariffs materializes.

Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel warned that Donald Trump’s threatened trade levies risk derailing the German economy.

Donald Trump is returning to the White House, and the US economy is in for a wild ride.

After plowing at least $132 million into the president-elect’s campaign, the richest man in the world is about to treat the US government as if it were a money-losing social network.

Russia’s army is gaining speed in its advance in eastern Ukraine, seizing more land last week than at any point this year, increasing pressure on Kyiv’s US and European allies to bolster its defenses.

The European Central Bank should go on cutting interest rates gradually, according to Governing Council member Martins Kazaks.

A second Trump administration looks like a disaster for the region. It might also—finally—shake the continent out of its torpor.

Die schlechten Nachrichten aus der Wirtschaft reißen nicht ab: Zu den deutlich nach unten revidierten Prognosen der Ökonomen von WIFO und IHS reihen sich miserable Bilanzen heimischer Konzerne. Am Mittwoch vermeldete der einstmals verstaatlichte Stahlkonzern voestalpine zum Halbjahr einen Einbruch beim Ergebnis nach Steuern um 43 Prozent. Und der Motorradhersteller KTM kündigte einen millionenschweren Finanzbedarf samt Personalabbau an.

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Eine Woche nach der US-Präsidentschaftswahl scheint das Kabinett des republikanischen Wahlsiegers Donald Trump allmählich Form anzunehmen. So werden Hardliner und Gefolgsleute wie die Gouverneurin Kristi Noem und der Senator Marco Rubio für Topjobs gehandelt. Nationaler Sicherheitsberater wird der bisherige Abgeordnete Mike Waltz. Laut US-Medien dürften sie federführend für die Umsetzung von Trumps rigoroser Migrations- und China-Politik sein.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz told US President-elect Donald Trump that Germany is ready to continue “decades of successful cooperation” between the two countries.

Currency strategists are ripping up forecasts for the euro in the wake of the US election and coming up with a new call: a slide toward parity with the dollar.

Several Russian billionaires don’t share the optimism of Vladimir Putin’s government that Russia’s economy will keep growing at a pace most Western countries can only envy. And they see little prospect that incoming US President Donald Trump will lift sanctions.

The European Central Bank plans to demand more information from banks about their exposure to geopolitical risks as supervision head Claudia Buch puts her stamp on the institution.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba pledged more than $65 billion of fresh support for the nation’s semiconductor and artificial intelligence sector as Tokyo looks to keep up with a global spending spree on cutting-edge tech.

European Central Bank Governing Council member Olli Rehn said a December interest-rate cut is likely and further reductions are possible, but officials should remain cautious and move step by step.

Investor confidence in Germany’s economy unexpectedly worsened in November after a spate of bad news from the country’s industry, the collapse of the three-party government and the election of Donald Trump.

Chaotic policymaking may delay the arrival of new import taxes.

The bond-market selloff unleashed by Donald Trump’s presidential victory last week ended almost as quickly as it began.

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China may embrace greater stimulus, bolster manufacturing, and allow the yuan to weaken to offset the negative effects of a second Trump presidency on the Chinese economy, analysts said.

China is planning to cut taxes for home purchases as the government dials up fiscal support to revive a moribund housing market, according to people familiar with the matter.