UncategorizedTrump to appoint Fed governor and labour statistics chief this week fwadmin / August 4, 2025 US president set to tighten grip on economic information and policymaking after controversial sacking of BLS official
UncategorizedPoorest US workers hit hardest by slowing wage growth fwadmin / August 4, 2025 Trend adds to pressure on Donald Trump over inequality as he threatens to undermine reliability of economic data
UncategorizedUS trade advisor says Trump tariff rates are ‘pretty much set’ after deadline was pushed back fwadmin / August 4, 2025 The tariffs will kick in on August 7 instead of August 1, which had previously been touted as a hard deadline.
UncategorizedWall Street’s view of a ‘Kevlar economy’ has just been shattered, but red flags were lurking under the radar fwadmin / August 4, 2025 “Something always goes wrong eventually — whether it’s a risk hiding in plain sight or something you couldn’t see coming.”
UncategorizedIran’s currency has plunged so much in value that Tehran plans to chop off four zeros from the rial fwadmin / August 4, 2025 As of Sunday, the rial was trading at around 920,000 to the US dollar on the street market.
UncategorizedTrump’s former jobs data chief decries firing of successor fwadmin / August 4, 2025 “I don’t know that there’s any grounds at all for this firing,” said Beach. “And it really hurts the statistical system. It undermines credibility in BLS.”
UncategorizedDow futures drop as recession alarm bells jolt Wall Street awake from dreams of a gravity-defying economy fwadmin / August 4, 2025 With Wall Street now more attuned to economic risks like Trump’s trade war, the tariffs that will go into effect on Thursday may get more scrutiny.
UncategorizedThe brave new world of trade has arrived fwadmin / August 4, 2025 Donald Trump has reset the global trading order. What happens next?
Uncategorized‘Knives out’: Switzerland descends into blame game after US tariff shock fwadmin / August 4, 2025 President Karin Keller-Sutter under fire for failed trade talks with Trump administration
UncategorizedHousing is where the buck stops fwadmin / August 4, 2025 Over the next few years, it will be the most politicised business sector in America