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A national Newspoll, conducted March 3–7 from a sample of 1,255, gave the Coalition a 51–49 lead, unchanged since the previous Newspoll, three weeks ago. Primary votes were 39% Coalition (up one), 32% Labor (up one), 12% Greens (steady), 7% One Nation (steady) and 10% for all Others (down two).

Mark Carney hit out at Donald Trump for trying to ‘destroy the Canadian way of life’ as he vowed to fight and win the US trade war

President downplays recent stock market volatility that followed his ducking and weaving over tariff policy

Banamex predicts that the Mexican economy will not grow this year if 25% tariffs on all Mexican products are imposed.

Consumer prices in China fell last month for the first time in a year, with authorities in the world's second-largest economy struggling to kickstart spending and trade headwinds intensifying as US tariffs kick in under Donald Trump.

Consumer prices fell in China in February for the first time in 13 months, as persistent weak demand was compounded by the early timing of the Lunar New Year holiday

“This is a bigger issue than people realize. Not just jobs lost. But their families losing benefits. Landlords losing tenants. Cities and towns losing revenue.”

The Fed chair reassured an audience at the University of Chicago the economy was in a “good place” despite “elevated uncertainty.”

"We are still betting on the resilience of consumers and the economy. However, Trump Turmoil 2.0 is significantly testing the resilience of both."

President Donald Trump's flurry of tariffs, government layoffs and spending freezes may be doing more to harm the U.S. economy than to fix it

Donald Trump’s new Treasury secretary blew off the apparent slowdown in the nation’s economy as nothing more than “detox” as government spending switches to the private sector.