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US President Donald Trump speaks with reporters outside the White House in Washington, DC, on April 23, 2025. Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty Images Americans’ confidence in President Donald Trump’s ability to manage the U.S. economy has plummeted since he regained the White House, new polls reveal. Just 37% of Americans approve . . […]
A teller counts U.S. dollar bank notes at a money changer in Jakarta, Indonesia, on April 9, 2025. Willy Kurniawan | Reuters The U.S. dollar continued its slide on Monday, falling to its lowest level since 2022, as global investors retreat from U.S. assets in the face of tension between President Donald Trump and the […]
NEW YORK (AP) — The upheaval in stocks has been grabbing all the headlines, but there is a bigger problem looming in another corner of the financial markets that rarely gets headlines: Investors are dumping U.S. government bonds. Normally, investors rush into Treasurys at a whiff of economic chaos but now they are selling them […]
U.S. oil prices bounced back to around $62 a barrel on Wednesday afternoon, more than erasing earlier losses after President Trump said he would pause his reciprocal tariffs for most countries for 90 days. The commodity price, an indicator of economic confidence, has swung wildly over the past week, trading as high as $72 a […]
China’s top leaders sought to project confidence in the country’s economy on Wednesday despite sluggish growth, an escalating trade war with the United States and growing geopolitical uncertainty caused by the Trump administration. The government will aim to expand China’s economy by “around 5 percent” this year, said Premier Li Qiang, China’s highest-ranking official after […]
US stocks closed mixed on Tuesday as President Donald Trump’s revived tariff threats and potential toughening of China curbs weighed on market optimism while new data signaled fears over future economic growth.
US consumer confidence plummeted in February, the biggest monthly decline in more than four years, a business research group said on Tuesday, with inflation seemingly stuck and a trade war under Donald Trump seen by a growing number of Americans as inevitable. The Conference Board reported that its consumer confidence index sank this month to […]
Pessimism about the future returned NEW YORK, Feb. 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index® declined by 7.0 points in February to 98.3 (1985=100). The Present Situation Index—based on consumers’ assessment of current business and labor market conditions—fell 3.4 points to 136.5 . . .
Consumers’ optimism about both present and future conditions pulled back NEW YORK, Jan. 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index® declined by 5.4 points in January to 104.1 (1985=100). December’s reading was revised up by 4.8 points to 109.5 but was still down . . .
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) -New orders for key U.S.-manufactured capital goods surged in November amid strong demand for machinery, while new home sales rebounded after being weighed down by hurricanes, offering more signs that the economy is on solid footing as the year ends. But concerns over plans by President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration […]