April 19, 2025
Still, currency markets were a lot calmer in early Asian hours after last week's turmoil that badly bruised the dollar despite a surge in Treasury yields
The carnage follows Trump's comments that he would not do a deal with China until the US trade deficit was sorted out
Trump indicated he was not concerned about losses that have already wiped out trillions of dollars in value from share markets around the world
Policymakers across the globe struck a cautious note in a week filled with central bank meetings as uncertainty in global economics and politics grew
Trump and his energy tsar Doug Burgum framed the venture as a way for Japan to replace Middle East energy shipments and address its trade imbalance with the US, according to two officials briefed on the closed-door talks
Arms purchase could be between $7 billion and $10 billion and could include coastal defense missiles, HIMARS rockets, source says
Q4 GDP rises annualised 2.8% vs f'cast 1.0% while consumption growth slows to 0.1%; capex up
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te pledges to defend sovereignty, but reaches out to Beijing, while it responds that Taiwan has 'no so-called sovereignty'
