Mar 18, 2025 | Markets
President Donald Trump’s tariff campaign is likely to worsen inflation and raise the bar for Japanese companies to invest in the US, defying the president’s aim to lure investment and revive American manufacturing, according to the chair of the Japan External Trade...
Mar 17, 2025 | Markets
BYD Co. shares jumped to a record after the Chinese automaker unveiled a lineup of electric vehicles that it says can charge almost as fast as it takes to refuel a regular car. The automaker’s stock climbed as much as 6% at the open of trading in Hong Kong Tuesday,...
Mar 17, 2025 | Markets
Confidence among US homebuilders slid this month to the lowest level since August, dragged down by worry over tariffs, higher construction costs and economic uncertainty heading into the spring selling season. An index of housing market conditions from the National...
Mar 17, 2025 | Markets
Canadian home sales in February dropped to the lowest level since November 2023 as the uncertainty of a trade war with the US kept buyers on the sidelines. Transactions fell 9.8% from a month earlier, according to data released Monday by the Canadian Real Estate...
Mar 17, 2025 | Markets
The UK government will abolish more business regulators and scale back welfare spending in a bid to kick-start its stagnant economy. Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves is summoning eight of the UK’s main regulators, including the Financial Conduct Authority, to...
