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US dollar falls to three-year low and gold hits $3,500 after Trump intensifies attack on Fed chair Powell – business live
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as dollar weakens and gold soars after latest Trump salvo at Jerome Powell
With a week to go, April is turning into the worst month for the US stock market since the Great Depression.
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the Dow Jones Industrial Average is headed for its worst April performance since 1932, according to Dow Jones Market Data.
Trump tariff pause brings relief for global stock markets
Markets across Asia rise, with signs that trade war may not be as damaging to global economy as feared
Donald Trump’s surprise decision to pause the hefty tariffs he had just imposed on dozens of countries brought relief for battered global stock markets, even as he ratcheted up a trade war with China.
Markets across Asia rose sharply on Thursday on signs that the US president’s trade war may not prove as damaging to the global economy as feared.
Trump says he will impose secondary sanctions on buyers of Iran’s oil
Crude prices rise after US president intensifies pressure on Tehran as nuclear talks falter
Chocolate makers slash price hedges in bet that bull market is over
Soaring cost of protection using futures contracts prompts some groups to gamble on market stabilising
