The club of finance ministers and central bankers who’ve steered the global economy through a quarter century of market meltdowns, recessions, wars and the pandemic meet this week facing new headwinds to their goal of broader prosperity — tariffs and the imminent threat of trade wars.

The European Banking Federation is warning that the sheer scale of a proposed rollback of the bloc’s ESG rules will make it harder for lenders to analyze credit risk.

The European Union will unveil a plan to improve the bloc’s competitiveness as its industries struggle to balance ambitious climate targets and increasing rivalry from the US and China.

Ukraine has agreed with the US on a deal to jointly develop its natural resources, people familiar with the matter said, a move that could ease recent tension with President Donald Trump and advance his administration’s goal of a ceasefire with Russia.

President Donald Trump said he is starting a program to offer residency and a path to citizenship to investors who pay $5 million, offering a new avenue for legal immigration even as he carries out a sweeping crackdown on undocumented migrants.

Mit Blick auf das weitere Aufwärtspotenzial an der Wall Street wächst laut Bank of America bei Anlegern die “Skepsis”, während die Aktienbörsen in Europa und China Stärke zeigen.

Bitcoin tumbled below $90,000 to hit the lowest level since mid-November, as the rally that followed Donald Trump’s election to the White House reverses under the weight of his trade tariffs and a string of industry setbacks.

The European Central Bank is approaching a new regime in which monetary policy no longer constrains the economy and will base future decisions on data as they arrive, according to Governing Council member Joachim Nagel.

The European Central Bank should lower borrowing costs cautiously as its current monetary-policy stance may no longer be holding back the region’s economy, according to Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel.

Whisper it, but signs are starting to emerge across global financial markets that the weight of Donald Trump’s multi-pronged policy agenda is becoming a bit too much to bear.

Shares of gold miners are soaring in the early months of 2025, as risks around inflation and geopolitics push analysts to ramp up their outlook for the precious metal, a classic haven asset.

A key measure of euro-area pay growth eased at the end of 2024, supporting European Central Bank plans to keep cutting interest rates as inflation slows.

Factors that slammed the dollar at the start of Donald Trump’s first term are threatening the US currency again in 2025, according to Morgan Stanley.

Chinese President Xi Jinping reaffirmed his relationship with Vladimir Putin on the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, signaling that Moscow’s detente with Washington wouldn’t deter ties.

President Donald Trump deepened Washington’s split with allies over Ukraine, withdrawing US condemnation of Russia’s 2022 invasion at the United Nations and among Group of Seven countries as he aims to end the war on terms agreeable to Moscow.

The European Commission said it would respond “swiftly and decisively” if US President Donald Trump takes any “unjustified measures” following his latest warning over the bloc’s tech rules.

Donald Trump’s administration is sketching out tougher versions of US semiconductor curbs and pressuring key allies to escalate their restrictions on China’s chip industry, an early indication the new US president plans to expand efforts that began under Joe Biden to limit Beijing’s technological prowess.

The European Union is broadening the list of US goods it will target with retaliatory tariffs if US President Donald Trump follows through on his threat to impose duties on steel and aluminum exports, according to people familiar with the matter.

Tesla Inc.’s sales plunged 45% last month across Europe, where rival carmakers saw a surge in electric-vehicle demand.

President Donald Trump said he expected tariffs planned to take effect on Canada and Mexico to go ahead next month following an initial delay to allow the countries more time to address his concerns over border security.

Ukraine is in the final stages of talks with the US over a deal to give Washington a cut of the country’s natural mineral resources, Deputy Prime Minister Olha Stefanishyna said on Monday.

Merz faces an aging population that’s set to hold back growth and exacerbate strains on the federal budget and social security system.

Apple Inc., as it seeks relief from US President Donald Trump’s tariffs on goods imported from China, said that it will hire 20,000 new workers and produce AI servers in the US.

The animal spirits that sent the US stock market flying over the past two years are going global — a trend that some market pros say may be just getting started.

Microsoft Corp. has begun canceling leases for a substantial amount of datacenter capacity in the US, a move that may reflect concerns about whether it’s building more AI computing than it will need over the long term, TD Cowen said in a report.

Donald Trump’s tariff threats are losing their shock value across asset classes.