U.S.-China trade tensions ease, Trump reassures markets, and Treasury sell-off halts. Stocks recover, but business and consumer sentiment drops.

Meanwhile, Drewry expects global container shipping volume to fall 1 percent in 2025, only the third time the advisory has ...

The IMF chief warns of a ‘new and major test’ as it cuts growth projections on the back of the Trump administration’s tariffs ...

The current situation is reminiscent of the mid-1980s, when the U.S. ran a record current account deficit of 5 percent of GDP ...

California’s economy has grown to overtake yet another foreign country, putting the state at the fourth-largest in the world ...

Paul Hannon is economics editor for Dow Jones Newswires in London.

South Korea’s three main growth engines—consumer spending, investment and exports—have all stumbled. According to the Bank of Korea, the country’s gross domestic product shrank by 0.2% in the first ...

The White House has hinted that its first trade deal could be with South Korea, saying that the talks are progressing faster ...

The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence itself, but to act with yesterday’s logic.” With these words, Peter Drucker, the ...

In a puzzling move that undermines its stated economic goals, President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) ...

In 2025, the European Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) sector faces major technological, economic, and geopolitical ...