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Catch up: Harris’s strong showing in debate; Blinken in Ukraine

The yen led currencies higher versus the dollar, erasing its losses this year as investors reacted to comments from a Bank of Japan board member and to the US presidential debate.

Der US-Wahlkampf hat Dienstagabend (Ortszeit) in Philadelphia einen ersten Höhepunkt erreicht. Die US-Präsidentschaftskandidatin Kamala Harris und ihr Kontrahent Donald Trump überzogen einander in ihrem ersten TV-Duell mit scharfen Angriffen. „Donald Trump hat uns die schlimmste Arbeitslosigkeit seit der Großen Depression hinterlassen“, sagte Harris in der vom Sender ABC übertragenen Debatte. Trump warf der demokratischen Vizepräsidentin einmal mehr vor, eine „radikale Linke“ zu sein.

Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump sparred through their first debate, with the former president often on the defensive over abortion rights, the January 6 insurrection and on foreign policy.

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Traders in the US interest-rate options market are still betting on at least one super-sized Federal Reserve interest-rate cut this year — just probably not before the Nov. 5 US election.

German carmakers are sinking deeper into a crisis undermining the future of the country’s most important industry, with BMW AG warning that profits will get hit by a costly brake problem and Volkswagen AG scrapping job protections that workers have enjoyed for three decades.

Russland hat ballistische Raketen aus Iran erhalten. US-Außenminister Blinken spricht von einer »dramatischen Eskalation« und kündigt Sanktionen an. Drei weitere westliche Länder ziehen nach, darunter Deutschland.

US households’ inflation-adjusted incomes rose last year for the first time since 2019, yet they still have not fully recovered to pre-pandemic levels.

Am Dienstag bestreiten Kamala Harris und Donald Trump ihr erstes – und wohl einziges – TV-Duell im Rennen um die US-Präsidentschaft. Fast alle Expertinnen und Experten gehen davon aus, dass die Fernsehkonfrontation eine Vorentscheidung im Wahlkampf bringt. In Umfragen liegen die beiden nach einer Aufholjagd von Harris nun fast gleichauf. Entscheidend könnte sein, ob sich Trump an die Vorgaben seiner Berater hält.

A deepening selloff in Chinese stocks is exacerbating a crisis of confidence in the world’s second-largest economy, heaping pressure on policymakers to halt the downward spiral.

Nach den Grünen fordert nun auch die Mietervereinigung Maßnahmen gegen die gestiegenen Mieten. Konkret schwebt der Vereinigung eine Begrenzung der Wohnkostenbelastung auf 25 Prozent des verfügbaren Einkommens bis 2030 vor.

China’s exports unexpectedly accelerated in August, reaching their highest value in nearly two years and providing a rare boost to an economy weighed down by deflationary pressures.

Catch up: Apple unveils AI-powered iPhone; Israeli strikes kill 40 in Gaza

China hawks in the US House overcame a last-ditch lobbying effort and passed legislation Monday night that would blacklist Chinese biotech companies and their US subsidiaries.

As valuations and competitiveness are hit, companies are crying foul and saying the US is addressing the climate issue better.

Das schwedische Start-up gilt als Hoffnung in der Batteriezellproduktion. Doch die Skalierung der Herstellung funktioniert noch nicht. Jetzt baut das Management Personal ab und stellt Standorte zum Verkauf.

China's exports have been a bright spot in an economy otherwise struggling to boost domestic demand.

Deflation stalking China since last year is now showing signs of spiraling, threatening to worsen the outlook for the world’s second-largest economy and raising calls for immediate policy action.

The biggest US banks would face a 9% increase in capital requirements — a dramatic retreat from the original plan — after regulators agreed to sweeping changes to a proposed package of rules, according to people familiar with the matter.

Euro-zone consumers aren’t rushing to open their wallets — prompting some to ask whether the economic recovery they were supposed to spearhead will ever arrive.

China’s core inflation cooled to the weakest in more than three years, fueling calls for greater efforts to boost household spending as weak demand puts the annual growth target under pressure.

Former European Central Bank President Mario Draghi called on the EU to invest as much as €800 billion ($884 billion) extra a year to make the bloc more competitive and to commit to the regular issuance of common bonds to compete with China and the US.

Catch up: Venezuela’s opposition leader flees; Russia takes control of Novohrodivka

The seemingly unstoppable stock market rally is wobbling as it confronts a horde of challenges to the momentum that’s taken it from record high to record high.