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Stocks Settle Higher as Trump Eases Rhetoric on Tariffs and Fed Independence

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) Wednesday closed up +1.67%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +1.07%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) close up +2.28%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM25 ) are up +1.70%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...

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Dollar Rallies as Trade Tensions Ease and Trump Says He Won't Fire Powell

The dollar index (DXY00 ) Wednesday rose by +0.87%. The dollar rallied Wednesday due to an easing of the harsh trade rhetoric against China after President Trump said he plans to be "very nice" to China in any talks and that tariffs will drop if the two countries can reach...

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Eurozone economy stalls in April as tariffs rattle services activity

Eurozone economy stagnates in April as trade tensions drag services sector into contraction. PMI data show Germany's resilience in manufacturing, while France's downturn deepens. Easing inflation pressures may support ECB rate cuts

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Dollar Rebounds on US Trade Deal Optimism

The dollar index (DXY00 ) Tuesday rose by +0.65%. The dollar rallied moderately Tuesday and rebounded from Monday's 3-year low. Short covering emerged in the dollar Tuesday on trade deal optimism after US trade negotiators said they have made "significant progress" toward a bilateral trade deal with India following talks...

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Dollar Recovers on US Trade Deal Optimism

The dollar index (DXY00 ) today is up by +0.32%. The dollar today is rebounding higher from Monday's 3-year low. Short covering emerged in the dollar today on trade deal optimism after US trade negotiators said they have made "significant progress" toward a bilateral trade deal with India following talks...

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Dollar Tumbles and Gold Soars to a Record High on Concern Over Fed Independence

The dollar index (DXY00 ) today is down -0.94% and fell to a new 3-year low. The dollar is selling off today on a renewed crisis of confidence in the dollar after National Economic Council Director Hassett said President Trump was contemplating the possibility of firing Fed Chair Powell. The...

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Why economists believe the ECB will keep on cutting interest rates

Economists predict that the ECB will continue its rate-cutting cycle as global trade tensions rise and eurozone growth slows. Markets expect up to 75 basis points of easing by September, pushing the deposit rate down to 1.5%.

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Stocks Settle Mixed as Energy Producers Rally and Health Insurers Fall

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) Thursday closed up +0.13%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed down -1.33%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed unchanged. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM25 ) are up +0.19%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures (NQM25...

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Dollar Slightly Higher on US Trade Deal Hopes

The dollar index (DXY00 ) Thursday finished little changed, up +0.01%. The dollar found support Thursday due to some optimism about US trade talks after President Trump said US negotiators made “big progress” with Japanese officials on a trade deal and expressed confidence that the US would reach a trade...

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Trump says Fed Chair Powell’s exit ‘can’t come soon enough’

Trump does not have the authority to force Powell to resign. The Fed chair’s term is up in May 2026.

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Stocks Mixed, UnitedHealth Pulls Dow Lower

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) is up +0.87%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down -0.07%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +0.44%. Stock indexes are mixed today on weakness in health insurance companies and semiconductor makers. Health...

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Dollar Gains on US Trade Deal Hopes

The dollar index (DXY00 ) today is up by +0.09%. The dollar is modestly higher today due to some optimism about US trade talks after President Trump said US negotiators made “big progress” with Japanese officials on a trade deal. The dollar also rose after US weekly jobless claims unexpectedly...

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ECB's Lagarde: Trade tariffs are a negative shock for the eurozone

Lagarde said the ECB’s rate cut reflected confidence in disinflation and rising growth risks from tariffs, which are set to weigh on demand. The bank dropped its “restrictive” stance and stressed a data-driven, flexible approach.

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Stocks Mixed as UnitedHealth Drags Dow Into the Red

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) is up +0.02%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down -1.62%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -0.32%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM25 ) are up +0.35%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures (NQM25...

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Trump suggests firing of Fed chair is coming – but he doesn’t have the power to remove him

Powell heads the Federal Reserve, the central banking system that operates as an independent entity free from political influence

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Trump says Fed chair would resign if asked and condemns him over interest rates

President, whose tariffs has caused turmoil, said Jerome Powell is ‘always too late and wrong’ with rate policy

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ECB cuts rates again as Trump tariffs weigh on economic outlook

The European Central Bank cut its benchmark interest rate by a quarter point to 2.25% on Thursday as threats to growth outweigh inflationary concerns.

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Global economic growth will slow amid Trump tariffs, IMF warns – as it happened

Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as ECB reduces main interest rate from 2.5% to 2.25%, the seventh cut in a year

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Fed’s Powell warns tariffs may upset inflation-growth balance

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell expressed concern over achieving the central bank’s dual mandate as tariffs are likely to drive inflation higher while weakening economic growth. His comments added further pressure on US stock markets and the US dollar on Wednesday.

International Business Times

ECB Ready To Cut Rates Again As Trump Tariffs Shake Eurozone

European Central Bank policymakers look increasingly likely to cut interest rates again on Thursday, with US President Donald Trump's stop-start tariff announcements sowing concern in the eurozone.

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Tariff Angst Hammers the Dollar and Boosts Gold to a Record High

The dollar index (DXY00 ) Wednesday fell by -0.92%. The dollar was under pressure Wednesday as the tit-for-tat trade war with China erodes confidence in the dollar after the US government barred Nvidia from selling its H20 chips to China. The US tariff turmoil diminishes the dollar’s reserve-currency status and...

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Dollar Falls and Gold Soars to a Record as US-China Trade War Escalates

The dollar index (DXY00 ) today is down by -0.70%. The dollar is under pressure today as the tit-for-tat trade war with China erodes confidence in the dollar after the US government barred Nvidia from selling its H20 chips to China. The US tariff turmoil diminishes the dollar's reserve-currency status...

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ECB set to cut interest rates as insurance against trade tariffs

ECB expected to cut rates by 25bp to 2.25%—its sixth straight reduction—as inflation cools and tariff risks rise. Economists see the move as insurance amid growth shocks and US-EU tensions weighing on sentiment and policy outlook.

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Scottish company expands south with first English acquisition

A SCOTISH air conditioning company has made its first acquisition outside Scotland with bosses keen to expand further

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Is the EU banning American credit cards?

Social media users allege that ECB President Christine Lagarde has announced plans to get rid of the likes of Visa, Mastercard and PayPal.

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