High-end American livestock producers are facing a seismic shake-up as their once-lucrative trade in breeding pigs and bovine semen to China grinds to a halt. In the span of weeks, pedigree swine and elite cattle genetics—markets that had been blossoming in the wake of China’s own animal-health...

The euro has come under renewed pressure this week, dipping below $1.13 as a confluence of sluggish eurozone growth indicators, intensifying monetary policy divergence with the United States, and lingering geopolitical strains batter investor confidence. Traders and analysts point to recent...

Federal Reserve officials are increasingly concerned that recent U.S. import tariffs will translate into higher consumer prices, cautioning that the full effects of duties levied on foreign goods have yet to be reflected in inflation readings. Speaking at separate events this week, several Fed...

European corporate profits for the first quarter are now projected to increase modestly after a period of contraction, driven by easing energy costs, resilient domestic demand and stronger performance in key sectors. Earnings forecasts recently improved to a year-on-year rise of roughly 2.3...

Spain’s Consumer Rights Ministry has ordered Airbnb to remove over 65,000 holiday rental listings from its platform, intensifying a nationwide effort to rein in short‑term tourism accommodations blamed for stoking the country’s housing affordability woes. The sweeping directive, announced in...

In a jolting start to the trading week, Wall Street’s main indices tumbled while U.S. Treasury yields spiked after credit‐rating agency Moody’s lowered the United States’ sovereign rating from Aaa to Aa1. The downgrade, announced late Friday, instantly refocused investor anxiety on America’s...

April’s modest 0.1 percent uptick in U.S. retail sales punctuated a troubling trend: consumers are holding back even as stores and online merchants vie for every dollar. Once fueled by front‑loaded auto purchases ahead of tariff deadlines, spending momentum has dissipated, exposing deeper strains...

In a forceful move to tackle America’s soaring prescription costs, President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order demanding that pharmaceutical companies slash their U.S. prices to match the lower rates paid by other developed nations. Under the directive, drugmakers have 30 days to...

Foreign ministers from the BRICS nations gathered in Rio de Janeiro this week to craft a coordinated response to the sweeping tariffs and unilateral trade measures imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump. In their first high-level meeting under Brazil’s rotating presidency, the bloc—which now...

In a notable shift within President Trump’s hard-line trade agenda, the administration announced on Tuesday a set of measures designed to blunt the impact of its own automotive tariffs on U.S. carmakers and their suppliers. Officials said duties on foreign parts used in vehicles assembled...

US President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff campaign, marked by abrupt imposition of duties and selective pauses, is inflicting tangible pain on American households, pushing up costs for everyday items and threatening the steady flow of goods that U.S. consumers have come to expect.   Since...