US Secretary of State Marco Rubio urged China Sunday to help deter Iran from shutting down the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial trade route, following American strikes on Iranian nuclear sites.
While oil-importing countries won’t fully escape a hit in the event of another energy price shock on Middle East tensions, a period of rare dollar weakness will soften the blow considerably for countries outside America.
Waltz had been under pressure since the editor-in-chief of the Atlantic Magazine revealed in March that Waltz had mistakenly added him to a chat on the commercial messaging app Signal about attacks on Huthi rebels
The International Monetary Fund announced Friday it had reached agreement on a loan program review with Sri Lanka which will make around $344 million available to support the country’s economic reforms.
The uncertainty kicked up by Donald Trump’s stop-start tariff rollout will undoubtedly hit growth, the president of the World Bank said Wednesday, ahead of next week’s semi-annual meeting of global financial leaders in Washington.
The dollar held steady on Tuesday, trading near a three-year low against the euro and a six-month trough against the yen, as investors trying to make sense of the constant changes to President Donald Trump’stariffs remained wary of US assets.
Vietnam will buy more US goods including security and defence products, the government said, as it seeks a last-minute delay to enormous tariffs imposed by Washington.
More than 50 countries have sought talks with President Donald Trump in a scramble to ease punishing tariffs on exports to the United States, the White House said Sunday, as trade partners braced for fallout.
US President-elect Donald Trump said on Friday the European Union should step up US oil and gas imports or face tariffs on the bloc’s exports that include goods such as cars and machinery.
The US fraud case against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani appears to be backed by documents that will help prosecutors make a strong case, legal experts said, but the tycoon is unlikely to be extradited to stand trial anytime soon.
The World Bank announced Thursday that it had raised close to $24 billion to provide loans and grants for some of the world’s poorest nations, which it can leverage to generate a record $100 billion in total spending power.
The United States continues to face risks from underlying inflation despite recent progress in stabilizing prices, two senior Federal Reserve officials said Friday, with one indicating support for just one interest rate cut over the next two rate decisions.
President-elect Donald Trump on Monday threatened to impose a 100 percent tariff on the BRICS group nations if they undercut the US dollar.
US shoppers were out in force for “Black Friday,” with preliminary data showing strong online sales despite inflation nerves prompting retailers in the world’s biggest economy to come up with ever more deals.
Amid the inexorable shift toward more electric vehicles, oil and gas producers are looking increasingly to plastics to help keep them afloat, even if that sector faces challenges of its own.
The US will urge a judge to make Google-parent company Alphabet sell its widely used Chrome browser in a major antitrust crackdown on the internet giant, according to a media report Monday.
Donald Trump’s surprisingly comprehensive victory in the US Presidential election has electrified the US dollar - possibly to his own chagrin - and the US currency is eyeing its biggest one-day gain in two years.
Donald Trump’s victory in the race to become the next US president will have economic consequences for the rest of the world that are likely to be deep and quite immediate.
