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After days of negotiations and last-minute dealmaking, the US Congress passed a multitrillion-dollar tax and spending bill securing President Donald Trump’s domestic policy agenda.

Economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal forecast that 110,000 new payrolls were added in June. That would be the fewest since February.

German automaker Mercedes-Benz Group AG, French luxury giant LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE and other major European firms are spearheading a corporate push that’s weakening the European Union’s efforts to stand up to Donald Trump’s tariff threats.

As President Donald Trump and his advisers begin weighing replacements for Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, they’re running into one significant complication: It’s not clear that Powell will leave the US central bank next year.

US airstrikes on Iran set back the country’s nuclear program by one to two years, a Pentagon spokesman said, adding to uncertainty around the status of the country’s facilities after President Donald Trump said they’d been obliterated.

Das US-Repräsentantenhaus hat das von Präsident Donald Trump geforderte Steuer- und Ausgabengesetz verabschiedet. Die Abgeordneten stimmten am Donnerstag mit 218 zu 214 Stimmen für das umstrittene Paket. Der Senat hatte bereits zuvor grünes Licht gegeben. Nach der im Kongress genommenen Hürde kann Trump das Gesetz wie von ihm angestrebt zum Nationalfeiertag am 4. Juli per Unterschrift in Kraft setzen.

The Trump administration is halting the transfer of artillery rounds and air defenses to Ukraine, depriving the country of much-needed weapons as it endures stepped-up missile and drone attacks from Russia.

A silent transfer of control is reshaping the $2.1 trillion Bitcoin market.

OPEC+ has begun discussing another 411,000 barrel-a-day production increase for August ahead of the group’s video-conference this weekend, according to delegates who asked not to be identified.

President Donald Trump said he had reached a trade deal with Vietnam following weeks of intense diplomacy between the nations and ahead of a deadline next week that would have seen higher tariffs imposed on the country’s imports.

Drei Jahre hintereinander hat Wien im „Economist“-Ranking den Titel „lebenswerteste Stadt der Welt“ getragen. Heuer nicht mehr, die dänische Hauptstadt Kopenhagen hat den Thron erobert. Auch sonst wandern viele begehrliche Blicke nach Dänemark, das mit 1. Juli die EU-Ratspräsidentschaft übernimmt: hohes Wachstum, schlanke Strukturen, kaum Asylsuchende. Zu mehr Strenge bei der Asyl- und Migrationspolitik dürfte Kopenhagen im kommenden halben Jahr auch die EU-Partner drängen wollen.

Euro-area inflation settled at the European Central Bank’s target in June, strengthening arguments to press pause on a year-long campaign of interest-rate cuts.

Tesla Inc.’s rally off the back of launching a limited driverless taxi service is about to be tested by what analysts expect will be another downbeat quarterly sales report.

Saudi Arabia is exporting crude at the fastest rate in over a year as the OPEC+ leader presses on with a strategy to recoup its share of global oil markets.

The euro’s relentless rally stalled on Tuesday as US data failed to support an imminent interest-rate cut by the Federal Reserve, prompting traders to buy the dollar.

Iran is keeping its nuclear ambitions more closely guarded than ever after last month’s attacks by Israel and the US, introducing additional ambiguity to the Islamic Republic’s diplomatic showdown with Washington.

European Central Bank officials are starting to fret that a rapid appreciation of the euro could derail efforts to anchor inflation at 2%.

Die Zahl der Arbeitslosen steigt weiter. Ende Juni waren 364.419 Personen beim Arbeitsmarktservice (AMS) arbeitslos gemeldet oder in Schulung, 7,8 Prozent mehr als im Juni vor einem Jahr. Die Arbeitslosenrate erhöhte sich um 0,5 Prozentpunkte auf 6,8 Prozent.

Die Teuerungsrate in Österreich ist tendenziell wieder im Steigen. Laut Schnellschätzung der Statistik Austria vom Dienstag lag sie im Juni bei 3,3 Prozent. Verantwortlich dafür sind – nicht zum ersten Mal – höhere Preise für Treibstoffe, aber auch Lebensmittel. Vor allem die Energiepreise bleiben ein potenzieller Unsicherheitsfaktor.

Donald Trump’s multitrillion-dollar tax bill is running into Republican resistance in the House as moderate and ultraconservative GOP lawmakers threaten to defy the president and sink his domestic agenda.

Der US-Senat hat am Dienstag dem von Präsident Donald Trump geforderten Steuer- und Ausgabengesetz zugestimmt. Obwohl die Republikaner eine Mehrheit in der zweiten Kongresskammer haben, gab es zunächst ein Patt von 50 Ja- gegen 50 Nein-Stimmen. Vizepräsident JD Vance gab als Präsident des Senats die entscheidende Stimme ab. Die Republikaner hatten zuvor in einer Marathonsitzung über eine Liste von Änderungsanträgen abgestimmt.

The European Central Bank has fulfilled its inflation goal but volatility in foreign-exchange and commodities markets means the outlook for prices is murky, according to Governing Council member Gediminas Simkus.

Gebühren werden erhöht, Begünstigungen gestrichen: Mit Juli werden wieder einige Dinge teurer. Grund ist das von der Bundesregierung geschnürte Sparpaket 2025/2026. Vor allem die Kosten für amtliche Dokumente steigen deutlich, auch das Klimaticket wird schrittweise teurer.

US President Donald Trump characterized trade in cars between the US and Japan as unfair on Sunday, little more than a week before higher tariffs are set to kick in if a deal isn’t reached between the two nations.

Canada withdrew its digital services tax on technology companies such as Meta Platforms Inc. and Alphabet Inc. in a move to restart trade talks with the US.

German inflation unexpectedly eased this month, matching the European Central Bank’s goal for the first time in almost a year.

European stocks outperformed their US peers by the biggest margin on record in dollar terms during the first half, the most dramatic sign of how the region’s markets are staging a comeback after more than a decade in the doldrums.

With just 10 days to go until President Donald Trump’s country-specific tariffs are set to resume, the White House appears poised to fall short of the sweeping global trade reforms it promised to achieve during the three months they were on hold.

The European Union is willing to accept a trade arrangement with the US that includes a 10% universal tariff on many of the bloc’s exports, but wants the US to commit to lower rates on key sectors such as pharmaceuticals, alcohol, semiconductors and commercial aircraft.