Economy
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U.S. payrolls rise by 228,000 in March, but unemployment rate increases to 4.2%
Job growth was stronger than expected in March, providing at least temporary reassurance that the labor market is stable, the…
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China to impose 34% retaliatory tariff on all goods imported from the U.S.
Chinese and U.S. flags flutter near The Bund, before U.S. trade delegation meet their Chinese counterparts for talks in Shanghai,…
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El-Erian says U.S. recession risks are now ‘uncomfortably high’
Mohamed Aly El-Erian, chief economic advisor for Allianz SE. Bloomberg | Getty Images President Donald Trump’s extensive raft of import…
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U.S. tariff rates under Trump will be higher than the Smoot-Hawley levels from Great Depression era
U.S. President Donald Trump holds a chart next to U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick as Trump delivers remarks on…
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The Federal Reserve is not likely to rescue markets and economy from tariff turmoil anytime soon
U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and U.S. President Donald Trump. Craig Hudson | Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters Now that…
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Layoff announcements surge to the most since the pandemic as Musk’s DOGE slices federal labor force
Employees of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) hug each other as they queue outside the Mary E.…
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Trump will ‘buckle under pressure’ if Europe bands together over tariffs, German economy minister says
BERLIN, GERMANY – FEBRUARY 24: Robert Habeck, chancellor candidate of the German Greens Party, speaks to the media the day…
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How did the U.S. arrive at its tariff figures?
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a “Make America Wealthy Again” trade announcement event in the Rose Garden at the…
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‘Absolutely nothing good’ coming out of Trump’s tariff announcement: Analysts react to latest U.S. levies
Charts that show the “reciprocal tariffs” the U.S. is charging other countries are on display at the James Brady Press…
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European Union vows countermeasures to Trump tariffs if talks fail, von der Leyen says
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen holds a joint press conference with Antonio Costa at the end of the…
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