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US President Donald Trump’s trade war with the rest of the world is the wrong approach to addressing imbalances in the global economy and will harm households, Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said.

Investor confidence in Germany’s economy improved in July, highlighting resilience in the face of US tariff threats as the government in Berlin ramps up spending.

The European Union is set to define what technologies can be used to permanently remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as it pursues its goal of being climate neutral by 2050.

The European Union has finalized a second list of countermeasures to target US goods worth €72 billion ($84 billion), including Boeing Co. aircraft, automobiles and bourbon if it decides to retaliate as transatlantic trade tensions intensify.

Donald Trump asked Volodymyr Zelenskiy whether Ukraine could strike Moscow, an inquiry that the White House says was merely a question but one that came hours after he voiced frustration at Russian President Vladimir Putin’s refusal to accept a ceasefire in the war.

Russia rejected pressure from Donald Trump after the US president threatened to impose stiff economic penalties on Moscow if it doesn’t end hostilities with Ukraine within 50 days, though the Kremlin indicated it would review his latest stance.

US President Donald Trump said he reached a deal with Indonesia, without providing any specifics of what is included in the accord.

Prime Minister Francois Bayrou will outline a plan on Tuesday to sharply narrow France’s deficit, setting the stage for a parliamentary battle that risks triggering another government collapse.

Nvidia Corp. plans to resume sales of its H20 artificial intelligence accelerator to China based on assurances from Washington that such shipments would be approved, a dramatic reversal from the Trump administration’s earlier stance.

Underlying US inflation rose by less than expected for a fifth month in June even as the details signaled companies are beginning to more meaningfully pass some tariff-related costs to consumers.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent suggested that Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell should step down from the central bank’s board when his term as chair is up in May 2026.

Chinese President Xi Jinping called for the acceleration of a “new model” for property development, advocating a more measured approach to urban planning and upgrades, while falling short of investor expectations for more aggressive policies.

Economists have long been warning of a tariff-driven boost to US inflation. The next report on consumer prices will put their conviction to the test.

US President Donald Trump threatened to impose stiff financial penalties on Russia if it does not end hostilities with Ukraine, while pledging fresh weapons supplies for Kyiv.

The EU is preparing to step up its engagement with other countries hit by Donald Trump’s tariffs following a slew of new threats to the bloc and other US trading partners, according to people familiar with the matter.

The money behind Elon Musk’s trillion-dollar empire is increasingly flowing in one direction: toward artificial intelligence.

Republican House leaders anticipate passing an industry-friendly stablecoin regulatory bill this week, sending Congress’s first major digital assets legislation to the president and kicking off a series of votes on related measures that supporters have dubbed “Crypto Week.”

UK businesses are dialing back hiring for jobs that are likely to be affected by the rollout of artificial intelligence, a study found, suggesting the new technology is accentuating a slowdown in the nation’s labor market.

For much of this year, bond investors were all but certain that the Federal Reserve would resume cutting interest rates by September.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said US President Donald Trump’s threat of 30% tariffs would hit exporters in Europe’s largest economy “to the core,” if a negotiated solution in the trade conflict can’t be found in the coming weeks.

President Donald Trump unleashed his latest tariff ultimatums, declaring a 30% rate for Mexico and the European Union, as his trade agenda continues to keep allies off balance and inject uncertainty into global financial markets.

President Donald Trump’s potential dismissal of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is a major and underpriced risk that could trigger a selloff in the US dollar and Treasuries, a Deutsche Bank AG strategist said.

US President Donald Trump ramped back up his tariff plans with an eye on copper and Canada, deflating hopes that the administration was dialing back its initial Liberation Day levies first announced in April.

After months of seeing very little inflation, US consumers probably experienced slightly faster price growth in June as companies started to pass along the higher cost of imported merchandise associated with tariffs.

Saudi Arabia raised crude output far above its OPEC+ quota last month, joining other producers in a rush to export oil out of the Persian Gulf as Israel went to war with Iran, according to the International Energy Agency.

The Bank for International Settlements warned that the rapid expansion of stablecoins — digital tokens usually pegged to fiat currencies — is creating new policy challenges for financial authorities, potentially placing monetary sovereignty in key markets under threat.

As equities markets wobble in the face of a fresh tariff onslaught from US President Donald Trump, Bitcoin bulls are positioning for a fresh rally.

Gauges for emerging-market currencies and stocks fell on Friday, extending their losses for the week after President Donald Trump said he plans to impose a blanket tariff of 15% or 20% on most trading partners, more than originally stated.

President Donald Trump threatened a 35% tariff on some Canadian goods and raised the prospect of increasing levies on most other countries, ramping up his trade rhetoric in comments that weighed on stocks and boosted the US dollar.

President Donald Trump will levy a 35% tariff on some goods coming into the US from Canada, in a blow to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s bid to avoid punishing levies on goods sold to the US. The tariff level would take effect from Aug. 1.