Yesterday
US inflation unexpectedly cools ahead of tariffs impact
New data showed the consumer price index unexpectedly dipped 0.1% in March.
Who’s who at the Chief Executive Women dinner
Labor MP Peter Khalil is fighting to save his seat against an ex-Greens leader; PM touches down in the Top End; Dutton back at a petrol bowser. Follow live updates.
Buckle up for next 90-days as tariff talks play out
Sentiment turned on a dime on Thursday as investors piled back into equities. We spoke to one of the country’s top wealth investor shops to find out why.
Trump’s economic cold war forces trade pragmatism from Australia
Deepening South-East Asian trade ties would prevent an assertive China exploiting the vacuum left by Trump’s unpredictability.
Beijing seeks to build alliances against US
Europe and South-East Asian countries are the best hope for China as it looks to build on commercial and strategic relationships in the region and beyond.
Trump’s markets rollercoaster hits Main Street business
Turbulence in global markets has come alongside fresh evidence that Americans are growing disenchanted with their economy, with sentiment dropping steeply.
The alarming next step in Trump’s trade war that has CEOs rattled
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Thursday foreshadowed striking new trade deals with allies and then taking a collective approach to containing Beijing.
Australia caught in crossfire as China, US seek allies for trade war
Canberra is backing in a potential free trade deal with Europe but rebuffs China’s overtures to resist Donald Trump’s tariff wave.
ASX board, management needs a clean-out
Readers’ letters on the Reserve Bank losing confidence in the ASX, Donald Trump’s backdown on tariffs, foreign students and Peter Dutton’s election campaign
No, Ambassador Xiao, China is not a champion of free trade
It is not Trump’s tariffs but Chinese economic policies and practices over many decades that are the greater challenge to economic globalisation as we know it.
ASX gains $112b; Why Trump backed down; Did he manipulate market?
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
Bond markets smacked Trump’s tariff plan. He had to back down
Markets are recovering, but the scars from Trump’s tariff saga will run deep.
Trump and Xi are locked in a stand-off. Neither wants to blink first
The US hiked tariffs on China, just hours after Beijing did the same. The move endangers both economies and interests around the world.
Trump backs down in global trade war but hits China
The president stunned global investors by announcing a 90-day pause in additional tariffs on most countries, but ramping up levies on China.
Five circuit breaks that can stop the market turmoil
Trade negotiations, central bank action and government stimulus are among the options being discussed by economists and strategists that would restore calm to financial markets.
MinRes and Chris Ellison careening down its Fury Road
The Perth miner faces a labor shortage on its marquee iron ore project.
EU adopts tariffs on $45b of US goods in metals fight
The European Commission said the countermeasures can be suspended at any time “should the US agree to a fair and balanced negotiated outcome”.
This Month
Defiant China escalates trade war, raises tariffs on US goods to 84pc
Beijing slapped another 50 per cent tariff on all American imports in direct response to Donald Trump ramping up levies on Chinese goods.
Bond rout shakes investors as world’s safe haven loses its appeal
The turmoil in US government bonds overshadowed deep losses on the sharemarket, as traders were left wondering if this was “the end of exorbitant privilege”.
‘Buffers are gone’: Taylor laments living standards slump
Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers is taking on his opposite number in Angus Taylor. Follow live updates.