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WASHINGTON — The risks for higher inflation are on the rise, St. Louis Federal Reserve President Alberto Musalem said Monday.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Being ‘not China’ may have been the easy part. A big manufacturing pitch in several Asian economies was that they enjoyed cordial relations with Beijing and solid historical ties to the US.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. President Trump’s tariffs on top U.S. trading partners are set to take effect in coming days.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. “The golden age of America begins right now." So declared Donald Trump on January 20th in his inaugural address. In the six weeks since that chilly day, investors and economists have started to grapple with a less upbeat possibility: that his arrival in the White House is both causing and coinciding with a period of weakness for America’s economy.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Nifty 50, India's benchmark index, declined by 420 points after US President Donald Trump announced an additional 10% tariff on China and a 25% duty on Canada and Mexico, triggering global trade war concerns among investors. After trading within a narrow range of 22,500–22,800 during a holiday-shortened week, the index fell sharply on Friday, closing around 22,125.

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Nifty 50 extending its longest monthly losing streak since 1996 amid growing concerns over domestic market conditions. The benchmark BSE Sensex lost 1414.33 points or 1.90% to close at 73,198.10, while the broader Nifty 50 index closed at 22,124.70, lower by 420.35 points or 1.86%.

NORTHCOM) said Saturday. Border security is a key priority for President Donald Trump, who declared a national emergency at the US frontier with Mexico on his first day in office. «Approximately 2,400 soldiers from elements of the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT), 4th Infantry Division» will be sent to the border, along with «approximately 500 soldiers from the 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade,» NORTHCOM said in a statement.

Alastair Newton, CEO, Alavan Business Advisory Ltd, we can park Asia largely because Donald Trump has not really turned his attention to Asia, other than he had quite a warm meeting with the Japanese Prime Minister and as I mentioned a moment ago, had a very warm meeting with Narendra Modi. But for the moment, Donald Trump's attention seems to be largely, largely on Western Hemisphere, Panama, Mexico, Canada. He had that spat with Columbia right at the beginning of his current term of office, and in particular on Europe. ET Now: What really happens now, what do you anticipate will be the next set of steps because Donald Trump has stated that this was something that we had a very fruitful meeting in the White House. Much was learned that could have never been understood without conversation under such fire and pressure. Do you think that there will be a resumption of peace talks anytime soon between Ukraine and the United States?

Cryptocurrency-linked stocks are paring some of their losses but still broadly declining in Friday intraday trade, with bitcoin (BTCUSD) trading around $81,000—more than a quarter off its January peak.

The United States sends tremendous support to its allies around the world, but the payback has typically been a more stable world — it doesn’t always work, mind you, as we have seen these past three years. But no country benefits more from a tranquil world than the U.S.

If the tariffs are confirmed, «Europeans will respond and therefore there will be reciprocal tariffs. Because we must protect ourselves, defend ourselves,» Macron said in Porto during a state visit to Portugal. «We must not be weak in the face of these measures,» he said alongside Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro.

gold prices to soften, have started purchasing gold jewellery in the last two days as prices have fallen from a high of Rs 86,647 per 10 gm on last Tuesday to Rs 84,056 per 10 gm on Friday. Prices have dropped by Rs 2,509 per 10 gm over the last two days. The gold market was closed on Wednesday on account of Shivratri. Rajesh Rokde. chairman of All India Gem & Jewellery Domestic Council (GJC) said «The footfalls at the stores have increased. Those, who had been waiting to buy gold, have started their purchase. Consumers do not want to miss the chance of lower gold prices.» He added that the correction in gold prices seems to be a temporary one. «It may go up any moment if the trade war intensifies and the geopolitical risk heightens. This a good opportunity to buy gold, Rokde said.

trade war, moving ahead to implement tariffs that could unsettle Wall Street, as per a report. Trump posted on Truth Social, that tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico would come into effect from March 4, reported Yahoo Finance. The president also declared an extra 10% tariff on China.

Cryptocurrency-linked stocks are dropping Friday with bitcoin (BTCUSD) trading around $80,000, more than a quarter off its January peak.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Wouldn’t it be ironic if the 2025 Trump trade was an anti-Trump trade, buying stocks in the places President Trump targets? This year Canadian, Colombian, Mexican, European and Chinese technology stocks are all outpacing the S&P 500, the dollar is down and the Magnificent Seven big tech companies—five of whose CEOs stood behind the president at his inauguration—have stopped leading the U.S. market up and turned into laggards.

In a post on his Truth Social platform today (27 February), Trump said the proposed tariffs will go into effect as scheduled, as he continued accusing the two countries of allowing drugs to flow across their borders and into the US. «A large percentage of these drugs, much of them in the form of fentanyl, are made in, and supplied by, China,» the president said. Trump signals 25% tariffs on EU coming 'very soon' As a result, he added that China will also be handed an additional 10% tariff taking effect on the same day. This comes on top of the 10% levy imposed on Beijing this mo...

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), State Bank of India (SBI), and Tata Motors among the ten Nifty 50 stocks hitting fresh 52-week lows as a broad-based sell-off rattled investors. A sharp decline in IT and financial stocks, coupled with renewed global trade war concerns and sustained foreign investor outflows, dragged the benchmark indices down by over 1%. The Nifty 50 tumbled 1.2% to 22,271.40, while the BSE Sensex sank over 1,000 points, or 1.34%, to 73,602 in early trade.

World Bank report released on Friday.