US-China relations are shaping up to be as adversarial as expected, with President-elect Donald Trump poised to appoint two well-known China hawks for key roles as he starts to form for his “America First” cabinet. Senator Marco Rubio, who has taken a particularly aggressive approach to China’s economic rise and is one of several US…
Scott Olson | Getty Images News | Getty Images President-elect Donald Trump wants to address housing affordability in the U.S. by fomenting the construction of new homes. “We’re going to open up tracks of federal land for housing construction,” Trump said during an Aug. 15 news conference. “We desperately need housing for people who can’t…
President-Elect Donald J. Trump won the White House based partly on his promises to rein in immigration, with targeted policies that range from sending criminals to their home countries to more sweeping ones like mass deportations. During the campaign, Trump pledged to end the Temporary Protected Status that allows workers from select countries to come to…
Gen Z is missing the equivalent of one work day every week due to their mental health, according to a new study. The health and life insurance company Vitality found that Gen Z employees in the UK reportedly lose an average of 54 productive days per year, clocking into work every day but not operating at…
JPMorgan’s trading desk has some ideas on how much the stock market might move following Friday’s all-important jobs report. Friday’s data on nonfarm payrolls, the unemployment rate and wages are the last major economic release before next week’s presidential election and Federal Reserve policy meeting. Economists polled by Dow Jones expect jobs to have grown…
Asian equities fell after US stocks dropped on lackluster tech results. A rally in Treasuries favored the long end of the curve ahead of US jobs data due later Friday. Shares in Japan, South Korea and Australia declined, while a gauge of US-listed Chinese companies dropped for a third straight day on Thursday. The S&P…