US stocks and dollar sink as Trump renews attacks on Fed chair Powell
Currency sell-off intensifies after president steps up criticism of central bank head for not cutting rates
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US stocks and dollar plunge as Trump attacks Fed chair Powell
The president amps up attack against US central bank boss calling him “a major loser” for not lowering interest rates.
Illinois farmers focus on planting rather than Trump tariffs
Veterans of the trade wars, they know a great deal could change before the harvest
Is Trump’s drive to kill the paper cheque a ‘no brainer’?
Americans are still attached to physical payments while other countries move online
Peter Navarro: the economist who has outsmarted Elon Musk and has the ear of Donald Trump
US president’s chief trade adviser is intellectual driving force behind global tariffs and trade war with China
Elon Musk called him “dumber than a sack of bricks” but, in the raw contest for political power, Peter Navarro has outsmarted the billionaire.
The tumult in global trade shows that for now it is the 75-year-old economist, not Musk, who has Donald Trump’s ear in the Oval Office.
Dollar weakens as Trump attack on Fed chair Powell rattles markets
Gold rises to fresh record while Swiss franc reaches 10-year high