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ELECTION 2025 Week 2

We follow the politicians on the campaign trail.

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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
Trump’s tariffs are not having the effects he was after.

Is Trump sending America into a financial crisis? We’re about to find out

The ways markets are reacting to Trump’s tariffs paint a very threatening picture of the outlook for the US and the world.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Jerome Powell will speak at 5.30am AEDT.

Fed keeps interest rates on hold, warns of Trump ‘uncertainty’

The Fed said it still anticipates two rate cuts by the end of the year but chair Jerome Powell said uncertainty about the economy is “unusually elevated” as it waits to see the impact of Trump’s policies.

  • Howard Schneider and Ann Saphir
Things haven’t quite turned out for Wall Street as investors hoped they would when Donald Trump returned to the White House.

Trump didn’t use the ‘R-word’, but that’s what markets fear

The sell-off on Wall Street is accelerating as fears of stagflation and recession rise. It’s not helping that no one, including Donald Trump, seems to know what his tariff regime will ultimately look like.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
The President said the Fed chair is sending markets lower with his rates stance.

The Trump shadow hangs over interest rates

The US Federal Reserve Board has left rates on hold as it waits to see Trump’s trade, immigration, tax and deregulation policies and their effects on the US economy.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
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Jerome Powell will speak at 6.30am AEDT.

Fed keeps rates on hold, in no ‘hurry’ to cut rates

The Federal Reserve stayed on hold amid uncertainty over the impact of President Trump’s policies.

  • Howard Schneider and Michael S. Derby
Trump has wasted no time setting his sights on Jerome Powell.

Trump is set to put the blowtorch to an old enemy

Donald Trump is demanding lower interest rates as soon as possible. He is likely to be disappointed – and an old foe will feel the brunt of his displeasure.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Donald Trump has pumped the brakes on starting a new trade war.

Trump’s ‘day one’ promise has been broken

Donald Trump had threatened to launch an economic war on the world on the first day of his new presidency. He has backed down - for now.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
The Australian dollar’s exchange rate is affected by things like commodity prices, relative interest rates and relative inflation.

The Aussie dollar has hit a five-year low. Here’s what it means for you

Why is the Australian dollar weakening, what does it mean for inflation, and how does it affect the government as it heads towards an election?

  • Millie Muroi

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