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Business activity in the euro area reached its highest level in seven months as manufacturers recovered more than expected ahead of a massive increase in German spending.

BYD Co.’s sales last year surpassed the $100 billion mark, leapfrogging Elon Musk’s Tesla Inc. on revenue, as the Chinese auto giant wows consumers with a range of electric and hybrid cars packed with high-tech features.

Countries in the crosshairs of US tariffs are rushing to offer concessions and other defensive responses to White House demands in the final full week before President Donald Trump stages trade “Liberation Day.”

US economic data are diverging wildly, fueling a debate over whether rising anxiety from President Donald Trump’s trade policies will push a moderating economy into a serious downturn.

President Donald Trump’s coming wave of tariffs is poised to be more targeted than the barrage he has occasionally threatened, aides and allies say, a potential relief for markets gripped by anxiety about an all-out tariff war.

Two Federal Reserve officials on Friday echoed comments from Chair Jerome Powell earlier this week, downplaying the recent rise in a key measure of long-term inflation expectations but emphasizing the outlook is highly uncertain.

China’s imports of US cotton, cars and some energy products all plunged in the first two months of the year after President Donald Trump started imposing tariffs and Beijing retaliated.

US President Donald Trump has already upended global trade and the postwar international security consensus. Now, he’s throwing central banking into disarray.

The Turkish lira is on course for the largest weekly drop in nearly two years after the detention of a key opposition politician rattled investors.

Swiss National Bank officials cut their interest rate to the lowest since September 2022 to deter inflows into the franc, and declared another reduction is less likely for now.

President Donald Trump said the Federal Reserve should cut interest rates, splitting with the US central bank as officials weigh the economic cost of his tariff push.

The only thing Powell and Co. know for sure is that policy uncertainty is sky high.

Stocks climbed and bond yields fell as Jerome Powell calmed tariff-obsessed investors, signaling the Federal Reserve saw no need for drastic action in the face of Donald Trump’s trade war.

Federal Reserve officials held their benchmark interest rate steady for a second straight meeting, caught between mounting concerns that the economy is slowing and inflation could remain stubbornly high.

Wie wohnt Österreich aktuell, was kostet Wohnen? Eine ungefähre Antwort auf diese Fragen geben Daten, die die Statistik Austria am Dienstag veröffentlicht hat: Die durchschnittliche Fläche pro Wohnung betrug mit Stand 2024 über 100 Quadratmeter, überwiegend im Hauseigentum. Das Spektrum der Statistik hat allerdings auch ein anderes Ende: Die Mieten stiegen erneut, Befristungen nahmen zu.

Gleich zu zwei großen Herausforderungen will die EU-Kommission am Mittwoch Antworten präsentieren. Zum einen sollen konkrete Vorschläge zur europäischen Aufrüstung vorgelegt werden, zum anderen präsentiert die Kommission einen Aktionsplan zur Unterstützung der europäischen Stahlindustrie. Auch Schutzzölle könnten darin enthalten sein.

Nur wenige Stunden nach dem Telefonat zwischen US-Präsident Donald Trump und seinem russischen Amtskollegen Wladimir Putin am Dienstag hat es ukrainische und russische Luftangriffe gegeben, die Schäden an der Infrastruktur des jeweils andern Landes angerichtet haben. In dem Telefonat hatte es eigentlich geheißen, dass Russland für 30 Tage seine Angriffe auf ukrainische Energieanlagen und Infrastruktur einstellen werde.

Traders are ratcheting back wagers on US interest-rate cuts as they seek clarity from the Federal Reserve amid a thicket of economic and political crosscurrents.

Die neue Bundesregierung hält am Dienstagvormittag ihre erste Arbeitsklausur ab. Die Regierungsmitglieder von ÖVP, SPÖ und NEOS kommen dafür im Bundeskanzleramt zusammen, um einen Arbeitsplan für die nächsten Wochen zu erarbeiten, teilte das Bundeskanzleramt mit. Dabei wollen sich die drei Parteien dem Kampf gegen die Rezession verschreiben.

Die Waffenruhe in Nahost ist gebrochen, Israel fliegt Angriffe auf den Gazastreifen. Was sind die Gründe dafür? ZDF-Korrespondent Thomas Reichart ordnet die neuste Eskalation ein.

Trump’s tariffs look powerless to stop the incursion of inexpensive cars from China — and may speed it up.

BYD Co. unveiled a new system for electric cars that the Chinese automaker says will allow them to charge almost as fast as it takes a regular car to refuel.

Switzerland’s central bank is about to take another cliffhanger decision as officials weigh whether to use up one of their last interest-rate cuts before reaching zero.