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US stocks rebounded overnight on hopes the trade war could de-escalate.

ASX set to gain after bets on trade deals boost Wall Street

The Australian sharemarket is expected to jump this morning after US stocks had their biggest gains in two weeks overnight amid hopes that tariff-related hostilities are easing.

  • Rheaa Rao

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Trump cannot simply announce a partial freeze on tariffs and expect investors in the bond market to forget that he ever declared a global trade war.

Trump’s trade war could blow up the IMF and World Bank

Meetings of two of the world’s key multilateral organisations this week will be overshadowed by the prospect that the US will withdraw from the institutions it helped create.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Jerome Powell and his officials hold rates steady as they resist Donald Trump’s calls to cut borrowing costs.

Regulators warned the US bond market was vulnerable. Trump is proving them right

The world’s traditional havens in times of stress have themselves become sources of stress.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell speaks during an event hosted by the Economic Club of Chicago.

Jerome Powell says Trump’s tariffs are a threat to inflation and jobs

The US Federal Reserve Board’s usually cautious chairman says Trump’s tariffs will lead to higher inflation and lower US economic growth. That won’t go down well in the White House.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Wall Street is sharply lower on Monday in New York.

Trump has successfully blown up the global trading system

The volatility so far this month might be just a reaction to Trump’s tariffs. It might also reflect a structural threat.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Markets have had a jumpy week, enough to make even the most confident planner rethink.

ASX lifts as miners and banks rally

The Australian sharemarket has started the week in positive territory, as technology giant Apple celebrates a victory overseas.

  • Gemma Grant
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Apple has spent decades building a finely calibrated supply chain in China.

The contradictions in Trump’s trade policies are on display

Donald Trump’s exemption of electronic goods from his tariffs highlights the inconsistency, lack of logic and the risks for the US in the way he is pursuing his trade war on everyone.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
While a wash of green on market screens may tempt investors to jump in, analysts are warning against irrational exuberance.

Trump says now is a ‘great time to buy’. Is he right?

While a wash of green on market screens may tempt investors to jump in, analysts are warning against irrational exuberance.

  • William Bennett

‘Mad king’ Trump was facing a financial crisis, so he capitulated

There were desperate efforts from White House staff to spin Trump’s backdown as the latest example of his deal-making genius. But surprisingly, the man himself told the truth.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz

Trump is making life very difficult for an old enemy

Fed chair Jerome Powell has, not for the first time, found himself between a rock and a hard place. It didn’t have to be like this.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz

Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/topic/bond-market-5v3