I’m Chris Anstey, an economics editor in Boston. Today we’re looking at Europe-China ties. Send us feedback and tips to ecodaily@bloomberg.net. And if you aren’t yet signed up to receive this newsletter, you can do so here. Fifty years after the European Economic Community (now the European Union) established diplomatic ties with mainland China, relations…
President Donald Trump has threatened major US trading partners with jacked-up tariffs from August 1 if they do not cut trade deals (Andrew Harnik) Stock markets largely rose on Monday, as traders focused on upbeat US corporate news, but President Donald Trump’s August 1 deadline for ramped-up tariffs still weighed on European indices. New York…
Things are getting awkward for the Federal Reserve. With their eye on inflation, officials are inclined to hold rates steady when they meet in Washington on Tuesday and Wednesday. But fears of a slowdown are mounting, and President Donald Trump and some of his deputies keep hammering the central bank for an interest-rate cut. Caught…
Good morning. European futures gain on optimism over a US pause to consumer tech tariffs. Euro-area inflation expectations dip slightly. And central London has lost 11,000 workers. Listen to the day’s top stories. European stock futures rose after Donald Trump paused additional import duties on consumer electronics, though he later said the US will place…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Marc Rosenberg, founder and CEO of The Edge Desk in Deerfield, Illinois is getting ready to introduce a fancy ergonomic chair designed to reduce customers’ back pain and boost their productivity. He figures the most expensive one will sell for more than $1,000. But he can’t settle on a price, and he…
By Yoruk Bahceli and Stefano Rebaudo LONDON (Reuters) – The European Central Bank is set to cut rates again on Thursday, but investors haven’t been this unsure in a while on what comes next. U.S. tariff risks are intensifying while the ECB may have to grapple with the impact of a new German government, a…
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan The S&P500 stock benchmark plunged into the red for the year this week as an Nvidia-led selloff, economic slowdown fears and re-ignited trade war fears jarred while the dollar surged anew. Following Big Tech megacaps and small cap indexes into negative…
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Stella Qiu It is a sea of red in Asia as investors grapple with risk posed by the U.S. intensifying its technology war with China in areas as varied as artificial intelligence, quantum computing and aerospace. The U.S. also is seeking to toughen…
(Bloomberg) — US inflation showed scant signs of downward momentum at the start of the year, while healthy job growth undergirded the economy, backing the Federal Reserve’s stance to hold the line on interest rates for now. Most Read from Bloomberg Fed Chair Jerome Powell, who offers his semiannual testimony to lawmakers on Tuesday and…
By Balazs Koranyi and Francesco Canepa FRANKFURT (Reuters) – European Central Bank interest rates have room to fall further as inflation moderates, ECB board member Piero Cipollone said, warning that the U.S. administration’s trade war with China could have a detrimental impact on the 20-member euro zone. The ECB has lowered borrowing costs five times…