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Not much love lost: US President Donald Trump (left) and Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell.

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

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Earlier this month Constantinou, 41, was ordered to pay back £64 million or spend 14 more years in prison for his large-scale fraud, but police have no idea where he is.

The hunt for Britain’s ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ who owes $134 million

He was described as a “Svengali-like” investing genius who could make clients a lot of money quickly. It sounded too good to be true - that’s because it was.

  • Lucy Burton
Donald Trump wants to make the US the crypto capital of the world.

The Genius move that could blow up in America’s face

Donald Trump’s bid to make the US the crypto capital of the world is gaining steam after the passing of a bill in the Senate. But critics say it would introduce a threat to the financial system.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
US President Donald Trump on Air Force One on Friday. He says he has no plans to speak with Elon Musk and isn’t thinking about the Tesla boss.

Has Trump created an opportunity for the euro to displace the US dollar?

Donald Trump’s trade wars may have opened a window of opportunity for the European Union to realise a long-held ambition: establishing the euro as the world’s reserve currency.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
“Our country’s fiscal situation is undoubtedly extremely poor, worse than Greece’s”: Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba..

‘Worse than Greece’: Japan’s bond vortex sends a global warning

Donald Trump’s tariff blitz hasn’t just started a rollercoaster for shares. Weak demand at Japanese bond auctions is similar to what’s been occurring in other sovereign debt markets.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
“Credit today is a bad risk,” says JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon.

Investors are chilled now, but Trump’s tariffs and debt will test them

Wall Street shook off the shock of Moody’s downgrade of US government debt, but JPMorgan boss Jamie Dimon warns investors are missing the point.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
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Global financial markets are losing faith in America under Donald Trump’s leadership.

Home of global capital? Investors run from Trump’s America

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says Donald Trump’s policies will secure America’s position as the home of global capital. The rest of the world doesn’t buy it.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Investors fear Trump’s tariffs could bring a recession if left unaltered because they could freeze global trade.

Tech stocks, banks bolster ASX despite higher-than-expected inflation

The Australian sharemarket has trimmed some of its early gains after the inflation data, but is still up for a fifth consecutive day.

  • Gemma Grant
Donald Trump is in command - to the detriment of global financial markets.

100 days of destruction: Trump’s first three months are a sea of red ink

Donald Trump’s second time in the White House has produced the worst 100 days for financial markets in half a century.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
US President Donald Trump has sent sharemarkets into a spin.

‘Trump is doing permanent damage’: What’s got global market leaders spooked?

The meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank this past week have been dominated by the future of a key building block of globalisation.

  • Colby Smith

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