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Donald Trump has been a topic of debate between Jim Chalmers and Angus Taylor.

Australia faces hit from Trump’s trade war

The IMF has cut its growth forecast for Australian by half a percentage point, in a sign the country won’t be immune from a global slowdown triggered by Trump’s trade war.

Yesterday

The Australian dollar fell more than one US cent on Thursday after the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) showed growing confidence in the American economy and looked towards increasing its interest rate some time in 2015.

Australian dollar soars amid Trump-Fed tug of war

The Aussie climbed to the highest level since December after a brutal flight from US assets hit Wall Street and the greenback.

US President Donald Trump has been calling for the Fed to lower interest rates immediately, accusing Jerome Powell of “playing politics” by leaving them unchanged.

The Trump trade has well and truly become the ‘sell America’ trade

The US president wants to force the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates. His jawboning suggests they will have to go higher to stop a greenback in freefall.

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ASX drops; Macquarie sells arm for $2.8b; Who will be the next pope?

Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.

The battle between Donald Trump and Jerome Powell is only beginning.

Trump’s war on Powell only adds to the ‘sell America’ trade

The president’s attacks on the US Federal Reserve chairman are adding to the fraying of US exceptionalism. They might even keep rates higher for longer.

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The US has brought several high-profile agricultural trade disputes to the WTO.

Global confidence slumps as trade turmoil looms over IMF meetings

The tariff shock and market slide are among rising threats to growth. The outlook deterioration is a marked contrast to the relatively firm start to the year.

 Jerome Powell and Donald Trump.

Risk of financial panic tempers Trump on firing Jerome Powell

People close to Donald Trump say the president is aware that trying to oust the Fed chair could inject more volatility into financial markets.

Donald Trump’s recent moves on trade policy have spooked Wall Street.

Trump seeks to bring financial regulators under his sway

The effort would reflect a fundamental restructuring of how formerly independent agencies implement and enforce federal laws.

US President Donald Trump slammed Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell in a social media post.

Trump studying if removing Powell is an option

Donald Trump’s top economist signals the president is investigating how he can remove Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell before his tenure ends.

Changing times: President Donald Trump shakes hands in 2017 with Jerome Powell after announcing him as his nominee for the next Federal Reserve chair.

Can Trump fire Powell before his term ends?

Any prospect that the Fed chair could be sacked over a policy like lower interest rates would likely tank financial markets.

Stocks surged on Wall Street after president Donald Trump said he’d pause some tariffs on dozens of countries for 90 days.

S&P 500 edges up as investors weigh trade negotiations

Traders leaned toward optimism following Donald Trump’s encouraging signals that negotiations with other countries could lead to lower tariffs.

The Australian dollar is poised to fall below US59¢, says CBA.

Rebound or mirage? Aussie dollar faces global storm

The escalating US-China trade war and concerns about a global recession will weigh on the Australian dollar and could push it back below US59¢.

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Employment jumps; No Fed bailouts coming; ASX pressured on James Hardie

Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.

The Powell put isn’t in sight yet. And the Trump one may be a way off too.

Investors are waking up to the fact no bailouts are coming

As Wall Street sank again and investors swam in a sea of red, Fed chairman Jerome Powell delivered the kicker the market really didn’t want to hear.

United Airlines has cautioned that the macro environment was “impossible to predict this year with any degree of confidence”.

Trump’s trade war uncertainty ripples through the business world

US airlines have said they are bracing for an uncertain summer travel season, and Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell noted slowing economic activity.

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US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell said the larger than expected tariffs increased the inflation risk, potentially for longer.

Hawkish Powell warns on stagflation, says Fed will wait on rates

The US Federal Reserve chairman warned that Donald Trump’s trade war left businesses and economists with no clear parallels to study.

President Donald Trump attends a mixed martial arts fight in Miami.

Trump floats possible exceptions to 10pc baseline tariff

The president’s comments capped a tumultuous week for equity and bond markets and threaten to inject more uncertainty for countries, investors and businesses.

In his relentless Make America Great Again drive, Donald Trump has little care for the economic pain inflicted on others and even relishes it when the targets are American allies.

Trump isn’t kowtowing to the market – he’s doubling down

Investors need to be bold during these dark days. You want to be buying when the crowd is throwing the baby out with the bathwater.

Donald Trump said he had been considering his tariff pause for some time.

US inflation unexpectedly cools ahead of tariffs impact

New data showed the consumer price index unexpectedly dipped 0.1 per cent in March.

Equities roared back to life on Thursday following Donald Trump’s tariff backdown.

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.

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