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- 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
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- Opinion
- Global economy
When the gold price is soaring, we should all be afraid
In less than 100 days, US President Donald Trump has planted questions in investors’ minds no one expected. Is America too risky?
- Kamal Ahmed
- Updated
- World markets
ASX closes in the red after Wall Street tumbles on US-China tensions
The Australian sharemarket finished a turbulent week in the red, with miners falling after Wall Street slumped overnight.
- Gemma Grant
- Updated
- World markets
ASX posts $100b rally as it goes from fear to frenzy
The Australian sharemarket posted its biggest jump in five years on Thursday after Wall Street had its third-best day since World War II following Donald Trump’s stunning tariffs reversal.
- Miriam Steffens and Nick Newling
- 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
- Updated
- World markets
$41 billion wiped from ASX as Trump’s tariffs kick in
Shares fell sharply in another turbulent day on Wednesday, as the Trump administration ramped up the pressure on China and imposed its sweeping global tariffs.
- Clancy Yeates
- 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
- Opinion
- Trade wars
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
- Opinion
- Trade wars
Trump’s trade war is bad, but how bad is up to the rest of us
What matters most is the indirect effect on Australia from Trump’s attempts to start a trade war with the other big economies.
- Ross Gittins
Trump family’s cash registers ring as financial meltdown plays out
The party was on at a Saudi-backed LIV Golf tournament at the president’s Doral resort in Florida and a fundraiser at Mar-a-Lago, even as markets tumbled.
- Eric Lipton, Theodore Schleifer and Zolan Kanno-Youngs
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