US consumer sentiment unexpectedly fell for the first time since April and inflation expectations rose on lingering anxiety about the impact of tariffs.

US wholesale inflation accelerated in July by the most in three years, boosted by a surge in margins that indicates companies are not absorbing higher import costs related to tariffs.

US-Präsident Donald Trump hat vor seinem mit Spannung erwarteten Gipfeltreffen mit dem russischen Staatschef Wladimir Putin zum Ukraine-Krieg erneut die Erwartungen gedämpft. Trump sagte am Donnerstag im Sender Fox News Radio, das Treffen diene insbesondere der Vorbereitung eines wichtigeren künftigen Dreiergipfels mit dem ukrainischen Präsidenten Wolodymyr Selenskyj. Allerdings könne das Zweiertreffen mit Putin am Freitag im US-Bundesstaat Alaska auch scheitern.

Bitcoin hit a record high Wednesday, moving in lockstep with a rally in US equities as investors pushed deeper into risk-taking territory across world markets.

Turkey’s central bank kept its year-end inflation forecast unchanged, maintaining a more optimistic stance than markets and businesses.

China sanctioned a pair of banks in the EU, fulfilling a promise to retaliate after the bloc targeted some Chinese lenders over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Global oil markets are on track for a record surplus next year as demand growth slows and supplies swell, the International Energy Agency said.

A largely benign US inflation report is bolstering the case for traders betting that the Federal Reserve will soon cut interest rates, with some seeing an increased possibility of an outsize reduction.

Stocks climbed to a record after an in-line US inflation reading bolstered speculation the Federal Reserve will have room to cut rates in September.

US tariff revenue reached a fresh monthly record in July, though the increase wasn’t enough to prevent a widening in the monthly budget deficit — pointing to the federal government’s continuing fiscal challenges.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent suggested that the Federal Reserve ought to be open to a bigger, 50 basis-point cut in the benchmark interest rate next month, after having skipped a move at the last meeting.

Euro-zone borrowing costs are appropriate for the continuing trade headwinds, allowing the European Central Bank to respond to further shocks as needed, according to Governing Council member Joachim Nagel.

Growing worries that artificial intelligence tools could soon disrupt the world’s biggest software businesses are sparking a selloff across the sector.

President Donald Trump is extending a tariff truce with China for another 90 days, stabilizing trade ties between the world’s two largest economies.

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Nvidia Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. agreed to pay 15% of their revenues from chip sales to China to the US government as part of a deal with the Trump administration to secure export licenses, the Financial Times reported Sunday.

Recurring applications for unemployment benefits surged to the highest since November 2021, adding to recent signs that the labor market is weakening.

For European Central Bank officials marking the achievement of price stability within the euro zone, there’s a caveat: inflation at 2% is all a bit relative.

Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump will meet for summit talks within the next few days, the Kremlin said Thursday.

President Donald Trump’s sweeping new tariffs officially took hold Thursday, as he barrels forward with his turbulent push to reshape global trade.

Donald Trump said he would impose a 100% tariff on imports that include semiconductors, though would exempt companies moving production back to the United States, as Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook and the president announced a fresh $100 billion investment plan from the Oval Office.

US President Donald Trump doubled tariffs on Indian goods to 50% as a penalty for its purchases of Russian oil, escalating a fight with a key Asian partner and sparking outrage in New Delhi.

President Donald Trump told European allies he’s planning to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as soon as next week in another bid to bring peace between the two countries.

President Donald Trump plans to announce that Apple Inc. will commit to spending another $100 billion on domestic manufacturing, the latest pledge by the tech giant to increase US production of its products as it seeks to avoid punishing tariffs on its flagship iPhones.

Simon Michel couldn’t take the risk of waiting any longer.

Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari said a slowing of the US economy may make an interest-rate cut appropriate in the near term, and he still sees two cuts by year’s end.

The US is exploring ways to equip chips with better location-tracking capabilities, a senior official said, underscoring Washington’s effort to curtail the flow of semiconductors made by the likes of Nvidia Corp. to China.

The Kremlin is weighing options for a concession to US President Donald Trump that could include an air truce with Ukraine to try to head off the threat of secondary sanctions, even as Russia remains determined to continue its war.