Stunden nachdem die Wahllokale an der Ostküste der USA geöffnet haben, läuft die Wahl mittlerweile in allen Bundesstaaten, auch in Kalifornien und Alaska. Insgesamt sind mehr als 240 Millionen Wählerinnen und Wähler aufgerufen, ihre Stimme für die Präsidentschafts-, die Kongress- und zahlreiche Regionalwahlen abzugeben. Millionen votierten in den letzten Wochen bereits per Briefstimme. Die Wahl ums Weiße Haus – zwischen der Demokratin Kamala Harris und dem Republikaner Donald Trump – gilt als Schicksalswahl. In Umfragen lagen sie bis zuletzt Kopf an Kopf.

The economic cost of climate change will likely be much more severe than previously feared, as fresh data informs models used to predict the most probable outcomes.

Chinese Premier Li Qiang expressed confidence that his government can pull off an economic recovery, while also taking an apparent shot at the US and EU over trade.

Catch up: America’s presidential showdown; dollar falls

Catch up: America’s presidential showdown; dollar falls

Catch up: America’s presidential showdown; dollar falls

Nach einem turbulenten Wahlkampf entscheiden die US-Bürgerinnen und -Bürger am Dienstag, ob mit Kamala Harris erstmals eine Frau das höchste Amt im Land übernimmt oder der vor vier Jahren abgewählte Donald Trump ins Weiße Haus zurückkehrt. Umfragen legten bis zuletzt ein Kopf-an-Kopf-Rennen zwischen der Demokratin Harris und dem Republikaner Trump nahe. Möglich ist damit auch ein langes Warten auf das weltweit mit Spannung erwartete Ergebnis.

China’s top legislative body reviewed a proposal to transfer some off-balance-sheet debt of local governments to their official accounts, aiming to ease their financial burden in a move foreshadowed by officials.

Chinese lawmakers are gathering in the shadow of the US election to sign off on a fiscal package that’s set to run into the trillions of yuan yet is unlikely to put the market fully at ease.

The dollar dropped the most since late August and Treasury yields fell as investors pared bets on Republican Donald Trump prevailing in Tuesday’s US election.

As the results trickle in, some highly caffeinated investors will be watching margins and tweaking their wagers until sunrise.

The first is a steadier hand on the policy wheel and the second is abandoning the “only game in town” mindset.

Upmarket brands are scrambling to adjust strategy after being wrongfooted by the rapid downturn in Chinese spending.

A flurry of polls released Sunday show Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump remain poised for a photo finish in this week’s presidential election, with voters narrowly split both nationally and across the pivotal swing states that will decide the election.

Am letzten Wahlkampfwochenende haben US-Präsidentschaftskandidatin Kamala Harris und ihr Rivale Donald Trump mit einer Tour durch jeweils mehrere Bundesstaaten noch einmal intensiv um Unentschlossene geworben. Laut den letzten Umfragen der „New York Times“ ist – trotz kleiner Verschiebungen – das Rennen in den sieben wohl entscheidenden „Swing-States“ weiter offen. Dafür scheint Harris plötzlich in Iowa gute Chancen zu haben.

Catch up: Two contrasting swing-state pitches; Israel launches raid into Syria

Catch up: Two contrasting swing-state pitches; Israel launches raid into Syria

Apple Inc.’s iPhone exports from India jumped by a third in the six months through September, underscoring its push to expand manufacturing in the country and reduce dependence on China.

Higher US tariffs on Chinese goods could dent growth but also force a long-awaited shift to the consumer in the world’s second-largest economy, according to economists at Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

The US heavily taxed imports for much of its history before largely abandoning the policy, beginning in the 1930s, as government leaders embraced the idea of free trade. High tariffs made a comeback during the presidency of Donald Trump, who adopted them in an effort to revitalize American manufacturing and to counter what the US regards as China’s unfair trade practices. Trump’s successor Joe Biden kept the trend going.

Colombia became the latest Latin American country to raise tariffs on Chinese steel, as producers complain of the threat to local jobs from cheap imports.

The Bank for International Settlements is leaving a project for digital cross-border payments after Russia’s president Vladimir Putin identified the underlying technology as a tool to circumvent sanctions and potentially undermine the dollar.

When Jung Yoonseok was looking for an assembly partner for his AI chip startup, he had his pick of almost any country in Asia, including his native South Korea. Instead, the Rebellions strategy chief opted for Taiwan because of what he sees as an unparalleled combination of talent, cost and speed.

If the US were to deport the 1.7 million undocumented workers who help power its food system, trips to the supermarket will only get more expensive.

A weak October employment report keeps Federal Reserve officials on track to cut interest rates by a quarter point when they meet next week and gives them room to continue lowering borrowing costs.

Forecasters anticipate a monthly report on US employment will show a steady unemployment rate even as storms and strikes put a temporary dent in hiring.

Oil rose on a report that Iran may be preparing to attack Israel from Iraqi territory in the coming days, bringing the market’s focus back to potential supply disruptions from the war in the Middle East.

China’s residential property sales rose in October, the first year-on-year increase of 2024, as the government’s latest stimulus blitz brought back buyers.

Billions in government incentives haven’t reversed an alarming drop in birth rates. Women in South Korea, Japan and China tell us what could.