Leading central banks play for time on interest rate rises
Convulsions in energy markets, often driven by Donald Trump’s posts on Truth Social, are complicating inflation forecasts
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Bullish markets treat Trump’s high-volume rhetoric as background noise
Investors are pricing the US president less as a structural disrupter than as a volatile showman
Stocks regain ground after Trump postpones strikes on Iran’s energy plants
Precious metals edge up while oil prices fall
US Federal Reserve leaves interest rates unchanged and notes uncertainty from Middle East war
Central Bank acknowledges increased uncertainty due to Middle East war but continues to expect one reduction this year
Global markets rattled as Middle East crisis deepens
Euronext Dublin bucks the trend as it finished up 1% with a number of the index’s biggest companies climbing
ECB and peers to adopt wait-and-see approach to Iran war inflation impact
Bank of International Settlements urges interest rate-setters globally not to rush to respond to a spike in energy prices
US economy sheds 92,000 jobs in February in sharp slide
Figure far below expectations comes as doubts persist over labour market strength
Oil prices spike again and shares fall as Middle East crisis deepens
Energy group Greencoat Renewables was the standout performer in Dublin as it climbed 6.7% despite revenue fall
Trump’s economic moves seem contradictory and dangerous but there is a game plan
US president’s only goal is to get Republicans through the midterms in decent shape
After tariff study, Trump loyalist wants Fed authors ‘disciplined’
Economics of New York Fed’s study uncontroversial, but the politics is another matter
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Will Trump’s nominee to be the next Fed chairman reduce rates more quickly than Powell
Reading the runes on Kevin Warsh taking over the Federal Reserve
Presumptive next chair might be better than others on list, but he is confusing, perhaps confused, figure
Gold extends free fall after sharpest one-day drop since 1983
Spot gold fell 6.1% after shedding more than 9% on Friday in its sharpest one-day drop since 1983
The world has put too many financial eggs in a country run by a basket case
Concentration of global risk in one country – the US – is a source of enormous jeopardy
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