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The surprisingly high jobs numbers comes as Trump’s announcement of tariffs sent stock markets reeling

Amid claims that a chatbot helped shape the key calculations, the president is now off playing golf. He’ll find the world economy in a bunker, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

Buy-now-pay-later is a juggernaut that’s long been absent from consumers’ credit reports. A recent deal with Affirm means that’s no longer the case.

ANALYSIS: When tariffs were used in Ancient Rome, they often led to higher prices, black markets and other economic problems, Peter Edwell writes

Council says it only refuses licences if there are concerns over crime or anti-social behaviour

London’s stock market opened at its lowest level since January, while France suggests pause on investing in the US. Plus, what now for TikTok?

It came as the commercial construction sector declined at its sharpest rate since the start of 2021, according to new data.

US President Donald Trump’s announcement of broad “reciprocal tariffs” on imports to the United States has sent shockwaves through global markets and prompted stern responses from world leaders. With a baseline 10 percent tariff on all imports and significantly higher rates for countries Trump described as having “unfair” trade relationships…

New hiring data from the US, set to be released on Friday, will likely be positive. Even so, economists warn of risks ahead from tariffs, DOGE, and restrictions on migration.

Fund boss Kristalina Georgieva says it is important that US and trading partners avoid escalating trade war

In unveiling tariffs this week challenging the decades-old international trade order, President Donald Trump lambasted globalization as a raw deal for the United States that has devastated US manufacturing towns.