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The Federal Reserve lifted US interest rates to 3.75%-4% in its first increase in more than three years, citing persistent inflation.

Canada’s new tariffs on nearly C$28bn of US products have taken effect, while efforts to restart trade talks remain at an impasse.

Canada will impose tariffs of up to 50% on nearly C$28bn in US goods after bilateral trade talks collapsed.

Canada suspended trade talks with the US and said it would answer new 50% tariffs on nearly $20bn of imports dollar for dollar.

Central banks were designed to operate independently from day-to-day politics, focusing on inflation, employment and financial stability. In recent years,…

Financial markets were once dominated by human traders reacting to news and intuition. Increasingly, algorithms are taking a central role…

Investing is shifting from active stock picking toward passive strategies that track entire markets. Index funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs)…

Debt has long been part of economic systems, but its scale is reaching new levels across governments, businesses and households.…

In what may be Jerome Powell’s final meeting as chair of the Federal Reserve, policymakers are widely expected to leave…

Donald Trump has issued a fresh warning to Iran, declaring the country had “better get smart soon” as tensions over…