Tag: trade war

December 11, 2019

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve is expected to leave interest rates unchanged at its final meeting of the year on Wednesday as officials wait to see how the economy fares after they cut rate three times in 2019. The Fed […]

December 4, 2019

Investor Peter Boockvar expects President Donald Trump won’t spoil Wall Street’s Christmas by launching tariffs. But it may only be a temporary reprieve. “I do not believe that they will follow through with the December tariffs,” Bleakley Advisory Group’s chief […]

October 8, 2019

The trade war between the U.S. and China could mean the loss of around $700 billion for the global economy by 2020, the new head of the International Monetary Fund said Tuesday. “Everyone loses in a trade war,” said Kristalina […]

October 7, 2019

The risk of a recession is rising, and the main threat to the economy is the Trump administration’s trade war, according to a survey released Monday by the National Association for Business Economics. “The rise in protectionism, pervasive trade policy […]

September 26, 2019

The numbers: The U.S. economy grew more slowly in the second quarter, updated figures confirm, and is slow growth is expected to persist through the end of the year largely because of the festering trade fight with China. Gross domestic […]

September 23, 2019

For incoming European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde, the U.S.-China trade war is the biggest threat to the global economy. Lagarde, who has run the International Monetary Fund since 2011 and was selected in July to replace Mario Draghi from […]

September 20, 2019

The Federal Reserve’s chairman Jerome Powell announced the second rate cut of 2019, by 25 basis points (bps), at the end of the two-day Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting this Wednesday. Global economic growth and trade-war related uncertainties leading […]

September 6, 2019

BEIJING—China’s central bank will unleash roughly 900 billion yuan ($126 billion) into the financial system, in an effort to boost lending as the world’s second-largest economy faces increasing pressure from a trade war with the U.S. The People’s Bank of […]

August 6, 2019

President Donald Trump’s trade war is slamming the stock market and risks damaging the global economy, as well as his own reelection chances, according to Strategas head of policy research Daniel Clifton. “Trump is trading away his reelection,” said Clifton. […]

July 29, 2019

BEIJING — American companies remain keen on tapping business opportunities in China, despite the trade tensions between the two countries. More U.S. companies than last year plan to participate in this November’s China International Import Expo, Ren Hongbin, assistant minister […]

July 9, 2019

US President Donald Trump’s trade war with China could result in a “Bible tax” and a shortage of Bibles, the US’ biggest Christian publisher and Bible charities are warning, according to report from The Associated Press. They say that most […]

June 20, 2019

European markets continued to rally after the U.S. Federal Reserve indicated it was considering future rate cuts at its policy meeting Wednesday. How did markets perform? The Stoxx 600 SXXP, +0.68% was 0.7% higher at 387.6, following Wednesday’s rally of […]

May 31, 2019

China continued to ramp up the rhetoric against the U.S. on Friday, with a former Chinese central bank chief saying that further escalation in trade tensions between Washington and Beijing could greatly hurt the global economy. “The consequence of the […]

May 10, 2019

President Donald Trump on Friday more than doubled the tariff rate on roughly $200 billion worth of Chinese imports, a move that sets the stage for retaliation from Beijing and that significantly raises the stakes in a yearlong trade war […]

January 3, 2019

Apple CEO Tim Cook partially blamed a slowdown in China when he cut guidance for the smartphone-maker — but the company’s troubles in the world’s second-largest economy began even before trade tensions escalated. China has been Apple’s “headache” for the […]

October 11, 2018

Barry Sternlicht, CEO of global investment group Starwood Capital, told CNBC there are a number of negative factors that are contributing to his unease about the state of U.S. economy. “The economy’s not quite as strong as the number indicated,” […]

September 26, 2018

President Donald Trump’s administration is failing to recognize the negative effect America’s trade dispute with China and other countries will have on his voters, an investment chief told CNBC. Mark Phelps, chief investment officer of concentrated global growth at AllianceBernstein, […]

September 4, 2018

President Donald Trump’s trade policies pose the greatest threat to global economic growth, according to the vice chairman of the world’s largest money manager. In an interview Tuesday, BlackRock’s Philipp Hildebrand also described the Federal Reserve’s current pace of credit […]

July 19, 2018

It has been more than three years since the “Up and Down Wall Street” section in Barron’s featured a column titled “German Bunds: The Short of the Century.” While I would characterize the headline as bombastic, it was not the […]

July 6, 2018

Trade tensions sound like a great opportunity to underwriters of a little-known insurance product. U.S. President Donald Trump set off fears of a global trade war with tariffs on metals and an array of imports from China. As countries ratchet […]