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China’s growing clout in the artificial intelligence space has sparked a wave of optimism toward the nation’s tech shares, with a gauge entering a bull market and brokers issuing upbeat calls.

The European Central Bank is set to enter a new phase of unpredictability as the terms of seven of its 26 interest rate-setters end by December, marking its biggest personnel shakeup since 2019.

An upcoming revision to US job growth will be substantial but probably not as bad as initially estimated, underscoring a labor market that’s gradually cooling.

The early days of Donald Trump’s trade war have been marked by a flurry of advances and retreats, forcing traders to adapt by increasingly making bets that are more conservative than usual or easily reversed.

Bank of England officials decided to cut interest rates to a 19-month low, with two supporting a bumper 50-basis-point cut, prompting markets to boost bets on further easing.

The more President Donald Trump threatens tariffs on the US’s trading partners, the more the worry of another inflation wave troubles global economists.

Citigroup Inc. expects gold prices to hit a record $3,000 an ounce within three months, with geopolitical tensions and trade wars stoked by US President Donald Trump boosting demand for safe-haven assets.

The European Central Bank is about to throw a crucial piece of information into the debate over where euro-zone interest rates are headed.

The Bank of England is expected to cut interest rates for a third time on Thursday while downgrading its UK growth forecasts and predicting higher inflation this year in a report that will make uncomfortable reading for Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves.

The Czech central bank governor’s bid to invest a portion of the country’s reserves into Bitcoin managed to draw more attention to the central European nation’s monetary policy than any of his predecessors.

On this episode of In the City, we look at how the Republican’s unpredictability is a problem for Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

The European Central Bank may need to cut interest rates below neutral levels to stimulate economic growth, Governing Council member Mario Centeno told Reuters in an interview.

Aides to President Donald Trump sought to tone down his idea of depopulating and taking over Gaza after his suggestion that the US would “own” the war-ravaged territory was welcomed in Israel but widely condemned elsewhere.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the Trump administration’s focus with regard to bringing down borrowing costs is 10-year Treasury yields, rather than the Federal Reserve’s benchmark short-term interest rate.

The European Central Bank should remain agile in setting monetary policy since inflation risks remain in both directions, according to Chief Economist Philip Lane.

Almost every day since the expansion of Canada’s Trans Mountain pipeline was completed in May, a tanker laden with oil sands crude shipped through the line has passed under Vancouver’s Lions Gate Bridge en route to refineries around the Pacific.

Gold climbed to a fresh record high, as trade-war worries bolstered haven demand and there were continued signs of short-term tightness in the market.

US job openings fell in December by more than forecast to a three-month low, consistent with a gradual slowdown in the labor market.

The European Union is preparing for a transatlantic trade fight, but US President Donald Trump’s decision to delay broad tariffs on Mexico and Canada this week has bolstered confidence in the bloc that it will be able to negotiate an acceptable outcome.

Just days after Spain’s economy was revealed to be far outpacing its peers, Pedro Sanchez’s government has a new message for voters: stop working so much.

Bitcoin and other digital assets faced renewed selling pressure as trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies intensified, with the US and China imposing fresh tariffs on each other.

The first volleys in the latest US-China trade war made clear that Xi Jinping is taking a more cautious approach than during Donald Trump’s first term.

President Donald Trump agreed to delay 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico for a month after both US neighbors agreed to take tougher measures to combat migration and drug trafficking at the border, warding off a continental trade war for now.

China hat als Reaktion auf neue US-Zölle angekündigt, Importzölle auf bestimmte Güter aus den USA zu erheben, insbesondere auf fossile Energieträger. Sie sollen ab 10. Februar gelten, wie das Handelsministerium in Peking am Dienstag mitteilte. Zuvor waren die von US-Präsident Donald Trump angekündigten zehnprozentigen Strafzölle in Kraft getreten. Die auch gegen Mexiko und Kanada angedrohten Strafzölle wurden hingegen zunächst ausgesetzt.

After promising during his election campaign to put import taxes back at the center of US economic policy during his second term as president, President Donald Trump has taken steps in that direction. Across-the-board tariffs of 10% on imports from China went into effect on Feb. 4. Trump had also ordered 25% tariffs on all goods from Canada and Mexico but paused them for 30 days after leaders of the two countries committed to addressing demands he’d made on them.

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After weeks of threats, a North American trade war has erupted. Businesses and investors are bracing for the fallout.