Bonds
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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- Opinion
- IMF
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
- Opinion
- Wall Street
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
- Opinion
- Federal Reserve
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
- Opinion
- Wall Street
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
- Updated
- Investing
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
- Opinion
- Trade wars
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
- Analysis
- World markets
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
- Opinion
- Trade wars
‘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
- Opinion
- Federal Reserve
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
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