• US existing home sales drop by more than forecast in March

  Thursday 24 Apr 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Second hand home sales fell by more than anticipated last month.

• Euro area factory activity holds up in April, but services softens

  Wednesday 23 Apr 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Economic activity in the single currency bloc continued to cool in April, as new orders fell more rapidly and weaker confidence in the outlook, preliminary survey results revealed.

• Trump says that he will be 'very nice' with China

  Wednesday 23 Apr 2025

  (Sharecast News) - The US President sounded a conciliatory tone regarding the country's trade disputes with Beijing.

• US Treasury Secretary expects trade war with China to de-escalate

  Tuesday 22 Apr 2025

  (Sharecast News) - The head of America's Treasury believes that the trade war with China will de-escalate.

• Russia offers to halt invasion at current frontline

  Tuesday 22 Apr 2025

  (Sharecast News) - The Russian president has offered to stop the invasion of Ukraine at the point where the frontline currently stands.

• Putin announces 30-hour Easter truce

  Sunday 20 Apr 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a 30-hour halt to attacks on Ukraine at the weekend.

• US mid-Atlantic factory activity plummets in April, Philly Fed says

  Thursday 17 Apr 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Factory sector activity in the US mid-Atlantic region shrank sharply in April, as trade tariffs began to bite, according to the results of a closely followed survey.

• US industrial production rises as expected in March

  Wednesday 16 Apr 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Industrial production in the US dipped last month, but only due to a drop in output from utilities.

• US retail sales spike as consumers try to get ahead of tariffs

  Wednesday 16 Apr 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Spending by Americans spiked last month, in part due to an attempt to front run the imminent imposition of import tariffs.

• China open to talks with US under certain conditions - Bloomberg

  Wednesday 16 Apr 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Beijing was open to talks with the US if Washington first committed to a number of conditions.

• US consumer confidence slips in April, inflation expectations highest since 1981

  Friday 11 Apr 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Consumer confidence in the US worsened again as short-term inflation expectations hit their highest level in nearly half a century, the results of a closely followed survey revealed.

• US producer prices decline unexpectedly in March

  Friday 11 Apr 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Wholesale prices in the States undershot market forecasts last month, partly as a result of a decline in energy costs.

• China hikes tariffs on US goods to 125%

  Friday 11 Apr 2025

  (Sharecast News) - China raised its tariffs on American goods again, but said that it would ignore any further increases on the part of Washington.

• US CPI undershoots by a wide margin in March

  Thursday 10 Apr 2025

  (Sharecast News) - The cost of living in the US came in under economists' forecasts for the month of March, with inflation dragged down by a slump in energy quotes.

• US 90-day tariff pause sets off furious rally

  Thursday 10 Apr 2025

  (Sharecast News) - The White House hit pause on its 'reciprocal tariffs' for all countries - save China - setting off a furious rally on Wall Street.

• Investors sell off US Treasuries

  Wednesday 09 Apr 2025

  (Sharecast News) - The sell-off in safe-haven US Treasuries extended on Wednesday, as global markets reacted to Donald Trump's tariff regime coming into effect.

• Fed's Powell says impact of tariffs on inflation could be 'more persistent'

  Friday 04 Apr 2025

  (Sharecast News) - The head of the US central bank sounded a slightly less 'dovish' note at the end of the week, but did not believe that there was any need to hurry and act.

• US non-farm payrolls rise by 228,000 in March

  Friday 04 Apr 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Hiring in the US accelerated unexpectedly last month as hiring in Education and Leisure picked up.

• US job openings dip in February

  Tuesday 01 Apr 2025

  (Sharecast News) - The number of job openings in the US dipped in February, as did the number of so-called 'quits'.

• US pending home sales grow a tad more quickly than expected in February

  Thursday 27 Mar 2025

  (Sharecast News) - The growth in the number of home sales signed in the US continued to be subdued last month.

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