Tag: trade war
Bonds signal growing global distress as key yield curve flips
NEW YORK – The United States government bond market sounded alarms Wednesday as investors fleeing riskier assets drove the 30-year bond’s yield to a...
U.S. delays China tariffs on some holiday-shopping favorites
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration will delay until mid-December the 10% tariff on some Chinese products on many holiday-shopping lists.
By granting a grace period...
Trump’s trade war challenges Fed’s independence
All four living former chairs of the Federal Reserve took to the op-ed page of the Wall Street Journal on Aug. 5 to defend...
World economy edges closer to a recession as trade dread deepens
WASHINGTON – The escalating trade war between the United States and China is nudging the world economy toward its first recession in a decade...
U.S. stocks plunge most in 2019 on trade tension
NEW YORK – Financial markets buckled after China escalated the trade war with the U.S., sending American stocks to the biggest drop this year...
U.S. goods trade deficit widens to 5-month high in June
WASHINGTON – America’s merchandise trade deficit with China widened slightly in June to a five-month high, government figures showed Friday, a day after President...
Trump ratchets up U.S.-China trade war with new tariffs
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump abruptly escalated his trade war with China, announcing that he would impose a 10% tariff on $300 billion in...
U.S. factory gauge tumbles by most since 2008 as orders cool
NEW YORK - A gauge of United States manufacturing plunged last month by the most since October 2008, a fresh sign of deceleration in the...
Stocks roar back, led by rebound in tech shares
NEW YORK - Gut-wrenching volatility extended into a 12th week Monday as United States equities plunged and recovered, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average...
U.S. trade gap widens to 10-year high amid China tensions
NEW YORK - The United States trade deficit widened more than forecast in October to the highest in a decade, underscoring continued fallout from the...
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