Economy

BEIJING — French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot began a two-day visit to China on Thursday during which he is to hold talks with his Chinese counterpart on Ukraine and longstanding...

United States President Donald Trump has announced a 25 percent tariff on imported cars and car parts, his latest salvo in a widening trade war that has stoked tensions with...

Cato Comes for Kudlow on Inflation and Tariffs The notion that tariffs cause inflation has become a super-virus infecting the minds of President Trump’s critics, seemingly immune to the usual...

President Trump announced on Wednesday that he would impose 25 percent tariffs on all cars imported into the United States, a sweeping measure aimed at revitalizing domestic manufacturing and reducing...

LONDON — A full-blown trade war mounted by U.S. President Donald Trump would deliver a major hit to U.K. economic growth over the next two years, Britain’s fiscal watchdog has...

President Donald Trump has vowed to issue a fresh round of tariffs on April 2, presenting it as an inflection point for the economy weeks after a previous set of...

LONDON — The British economy will only grow by 1% this year, half the rate previously anticipated, Treasury chief Rachel Reeves conceded Wednesday in a statement to lawmakers about the...

Consumer confidence in the United States has continued its sharp 2025 decline as Americans’ views about their financial futures slumped to a 12-year low, driven by rising anxiety over tariffs and inflation....

LONDON — Rachel Reeves bangs the “growth, growth, growth” drum again Wednesday. But her Labour colleagues are starting to wonder what happens if the music dies. Reeves, Britain’s top finance...

A measure of consumers’ short-term expectations has fallen to its lowest level in 12 years, ticking a figure that has historically signaled recessions ahead.  The measure of the short-term outlook...