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The Nikkei index fell 0.64% to close at 36,793.11, after falling to as low as 35,987.13, its lowest since September 17.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. For the past year, U.S. economic policymakers have been singularly focused on achieving a so-called soft landing that brings inflation down without a recession.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. There may be a silver lining in the official weather agency’s warning of a more intense summer this year. Products such as air conditioners, coolers, and beverages could see particularly strong sales because of above-normal temperatures, providing relief for consumer-focused companies amid the ongoing slowdown in India’s urban consumption.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. At the first cabinet meeting of his second term in office, US President Donald Trump declared his intention to impose a sweeping 25% tariff on all imports from the European Union.

Citi downgraded their U.S. stocks recommendation to neutral and upgraded China, figuring the U.S. economy may no longer outpace the rest of the world in the coming months. «We had not fully implemented our view that U.S. exceptionalism is at least pausing, but this has become clearer,» Citi's global head of macro, asset allocation and emerging market strategy, Dirk Willer, said in a note dated March 10.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Even though policymakers in Beijing may be putting up a sanguine show, not all is well with China’s economy. Its latest official data reveals that prices in China fell 0.7% from a year earlier in February, marking the first time in more than a year that the economy is in the grip of deflation.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. THE SELL-OFF shows no sign of stopping. America’s S&P 500 index dropped by another 3% on March 10th, leaving the world’s most watched stockmarket down by almost 9% since its peak last month.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The 1 February 2025 Budget’s tax relief measures intended to revive consumption and disposable income, have failed to reverse the tide of foreign portfolio investor (FPI) outflows from key consumption-led sectors like fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) and consumer durables. Despite initial optimism, the FMCG sector has witnessed a significant FPI outflows of ₹6,904 crore in February 2025 alone, continuing a trend that began in October 2024 after the markets hit an all-time high in September, showed the latest data from the National Securities Depository (NSDL).

Bank of Canada interest rate cuts might not be able to fix the damage of a trade war — but they can’t hurt either, say economists.

The Bank of Canada is expected to cut its interest rate by 25 basis points on Wednesday, amid trade uncertainty with the United States.

President Donald Trump has spoken of tariffs as a job-creating behemoth.

Indian equities have become one of the worst performers as the world resets its trading rules. For the first time since 2009, Sensex's P/E is trading below that of the Dow. Despite once-rich valuations among emerging markets (EM), foreign investors keep selling even after a sharp correction from last year's peak.

Shares of Strategy (MSTR) and other companies tied to cryptocurrencies sank along with the price of digital coins on concerns about President Donald Trump's federal bitcoin strategic reserve plan and worries about the U.S. economy. 

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Thousands of U.S. companies opened for business on Friday with no idea whether they had to pay tariffs.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Companies are increasingly asking their potential technology hires: Do you know how to work with AI? Nearly 1 in 4 U.S. tech jobs posted so far this year are seeking employees with artificial-intelligence skills, job-listings data show, as firms in nearly every corner of the economy adjust their recruiting pipelines to embrace the technology.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Twenty-five years ago this week, the Nasdaq Composite Index hit its dot-com-era peak after soaring more than 500% in five years. Its subsequent collapse was swift and brutal.

bilateral trade agreements rather than multilateral deals and protect its national interest, especially that of the farmers and small entreprenuers, while negotiating with the US, the Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) said on Monday. The SJM's national council passed a resolution in this regard at its meeting in Chhattisgarh, the RSS affiliate said in a statement. The two-day meeting held in Raipur, which deliberated on a host of issues, including strengthening India's economy amid a changing geopolitical scenario and the Donald Trump administration's policy of reciprocal tariffs, concluded on Monday. «After taking over as US president, Donald Trump has launched a frontal attack on the global free trade system by announcing his intent to impose higher tariffs (on reciprocal basis) on imports from many countries around the world,» the resolution said.

coal-fired power generation grew at a muted pace on the back of a slowdown in manufacturing activity. This is the longest such streak since February 2022, when imports declined for eight consecutive months. Manufacturing activity in the world's fastest growing major economy slowed to its weakest pace in over a year, stifling appetite for seaborne coal in the country and adding to pressure on declining on global thermal coal prices.

valuation reset, not a collapse of the real economy. «This time, it is not accompanied by excess and wasteful investments in any sector, job losses, property price crashes, leverage unwinding necessity by anyone, or an increase in NPAs,» the founder and chief investment officer of Helios Capital said on X, formerly Twitter. «This is a valuation correction of a group of companies without any underlying overall real economy harm, so it will not take time like before to stabilize and then recover.»

Pawar, speaking in the state assembly, said that Mumbai's new airport will be proposed near Vadhvan port and Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train station will be near this port. Currently, India's financial hub has two airports, Chhatrapati Sivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIAL) located in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), and the other airport in Navi Mumbai, which is likely to be operational in this year. He said that 85 per cent work of Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIAL) has been completed and trials are completed, too.