Many consumers are rightfully concerned about escalating trade tensions. President Donald Trump on Saturday said he would impose 25% tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada, and 10% tariffs on goods imported from China. He also signaled that tariffs on the European Union could be next. While Trump has agreed to halt the implementation of tariffs against Canada for at least 30 days […]
As President Donald Trump makes plans to impose his first tranche of tariffs on the world Saturday, Chinese manufacturers are bracing for impact. Though Trump is set to take his biggest initial swing at Canada and Mexico with a proposed 25% tariff, the U.S. president still has China on his radar. The White House said […]
US President Donald Trump speaks to the media after signing executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on Jan. 23, 2025. Roberto Schmidt | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump’s newly announced tariffs on goods from Colombia could drive up the price of some items Americans buy every […]
D-Wave Systems Inc. logo of a Canadian quantum computing company is seen on a smartphone screen. Pavlo Gonchar | Lightrocket | Getty Images Quantum computing stocks rallied Wednesday, spurred by a directive from Microsoft urging businesses to get “quantum-ready” in 2025, and as investors returned to “risk on” trades after December core inflation came in […]
US stocks sold off on Tuesday, while government bond yields jumped, after strong jobs and services data prompted investors to bet the Federal Reserve will lower interest rates just once this year. Wall Street’s S&P 500 share gauge fell 1.1 per cent, while the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite closed 1.9 per cent lower. Electric-car maker Tesla […]
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Ireland’s top central banker has said rate-setters are facing more uncertainty now than during the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic. Gabriel Makhlouf told the Financial Times that the outlook for next year was probably […]
Colleges and universities are notoriously good at addition but bad at subtraction. In the face of … [+] declining enrollments at many institutions, the responses just don’t add up. Getty Images Let’s face it, colleges and universities are filled with very smart people. Why is it, then, that they seem so unable to respond to […]
There are at least three reasons why the level of approval today is sharply higher than eight years ago.
Shavkat Rakhmonov (left) and Ian Machado Garry react after a five-round welterweight fight, which the former won by decision.Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC Shavkat Rakhmonov is once again set for a crack at the UFC welterweight title, but he came far closer to losing that opportunity to Ian Machado Garry than most fight fans expected. Kazakhstan’s Rakhmonov, […]
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Most UK businesses expect reduced profit margins, higher prices and lower employment as a result of the rise in employer national insurance contributions, according to a Bank of England survey. Fifty-nine per cent of companies said […]
