Federal Reserve
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- World markets
ASX slips, miners fall on Trump’s copper call; Flight Centre tumbles
The Australian sharemarket has ended the day lower, with miners weighing on the index while the Federal Reserve kept rates on hold.
- Staff reporter
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- Opinion
- Opinion
The man who isn’t listening to Trump’s ‘Golden Age’ story
Donald Trump is at boiling point as Fed chief Jerome Powell again ignores the president’s ferocious campaign for lower interest rates. But there was dissension on the board.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
- Opinion
- Trump's America
The world is more scared of Trump than America is
The Trump circus is in full swing, but Wall Street is surprisingly brushing it off.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
- Explainer
- Gold
‘The magic thing about gold’: Why we still covet (and hoard) it
It came from the stars and still dazzles us today. But why is gold believed to be a “store of wealth” in troubled times – and where is it all kept?
- Angus Holland
‘Disgraceful’: The $3.8 billion renovation Trump wants to use to oust an old enemy
The US president has long been determined to oust politically independent Fed chair Jerome Powell – and now he’s found a way.
- Christopher Rugaber and Josh Boak
- Opinion
- Trump's White House
Trump’s misguided wars are starting to hurt the American people
Donald Trump and his Treasury Secretary were quick to declare victory in a key economic battle. They are wrong.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
- Opinion
- Opinion
Trump shows his impotence by attacking the Fed chair
The US president, stepping up his assault on Jerome Powell, threatens to replace him with someone who will do what they’re told. But his powers to control the US central bank are limited.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
- Opinion
- Regulation
Beware the doom loop: New bank rules raise debt fears
America is poised to soften capital requirements for banks so they can buy more government bonds and help finance Donald Trump’s mega budget. It’s a risky move.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
- Opinion
- Trump's White House
‘Afraid of his own shadow’: The split that could finally take down Trump’s old enemy
US Fed chair Jerome Powell has been fighting to hold on to his job since Donald Trump returned to the White House. It just got a lot harder.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
- Opinion
- Middle East at war
The alarm bells should be ringing louder in markets
From the Middle East crisis to Trump’s trade wars and everything in between, investors are seemingly ignoring the escalating risks growing for markets. They may live to regret it.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
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