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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.

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.

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

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

American investors are extremely exposed to a sell-off—and so is the economy

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.

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.

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

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.

Österreich befindet sich in einer anhaltenden Rezession. Doch das von der Regierung geplante Volumen von 6,3 Mrd. Euro 2025 zur Budgetkonsolidierung überzeugt Fiskalratspräsident Christoph Badelt nicht zur Gänze. In der ORF-„Pressestunde“ am Sonntag warnte er vor der „demografischen Bombe“ hinsichtlich der alternden Gesellschaft, wenn in den nächsten Jahren nicht längerfristig geplant und gehandelt würde. Die größten Herausforderungen sieht Badelt in den Bereichen Pensionen, Pflege und Gesundheit.

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.

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

US President Donald Trump’s aggressive trade policies have abruptly set the world onto a path of slower growth and higher inflation that could worsen notably if tensions escalate, the OECD said.

European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos sees services inflation moderating, according to a radio interview with Onda Cero.

The European Central Bank will lower borrowing costs two more times, according to analysts surveyed by Bloomberg who no longer expect interest rates to go below 2%.

China will take steps to revive consumption by boosting people’s incomes, according to the official Xinhua News Agency, as part of a plan that adds to recent pledges by the government to support demand in an economy threatened by Donald Trump’s tariffs.