In the US, investors will watch for any additional deterioration in consumer sentiment and inflation expectations when the University of Michigan issues revised data April data on Friday. Tariffs, and the risk they pose to both the economy and inflation, have been on the mind of survey respondents in recent months.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said his country has already agreed “unconditionally” to the US proposal for a “full interim ceasefire for 30 days.” Russia has, instead, “imposed various conditions and increased terror against Ukraine, civilians, and civilian infrastructure throughout the country,” he said on X.
The largest spending promises include an income tax cut, defense spending, housing investments and a trade diversification fund to increase Canada’s ability to export to markets other than the US. The plan estimates C$20 billion in revenues from Canada’s retaliatory tariffs this fiscal year, which the Liberals say they would redistribute entirely to workers and […]
Pre-owned panels are an attractive option for the frugal, as well as DIY enthusiasts, tinkerers and homesteaders. Their cost varies with age and output. Older panels, which usually have lower wattage, can be found online for under $50. Newer ones tend to have higher wattage and can cost several times as much. But any secondhand panel from the […]
Brice Oligui Nguema, who campaigned on a pledge to end youth unemployment by diversifying the oil-dependent OPEC nation, garnered 90.4% of ballots in the April 12 vote, according to preliminary results announced by the Minister of Interior and Security Hermann Immongault on Sunday. Alain Claude Bilie-By-Nze, a former prime minister and Nguema’s main challenger, got […]
At least one of the missiles was equipped with cluster munitions in order to maximize casualties, Andriy Yermak, top aide to Zelenskiy, said on Telegram. The missiles involved in Russia’s deadliest strike of 2025 so far were fired from Russia’s Kursk and Voronezh regions, Kyrylo Budanov, the head of Ukraine’s military intelligence agency, said on […]
This is the second time in just over two years that she and colleagues find themselves puzzling over a rate decision in the wake of turmoil emanating from the US, but before Fed policymakers met. After the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank prompted market ructions in 2023, the ECB opted not to blink, and delivered […]
BlackRock’s Chief Executive Officer Larry Fink warned on Monday that most CEOs he talks to thinks the US is already in a recession while consumer sentiment plunged to the second-weakest reading on record. Airlines, food and drug stores and supermarkets have all seen falling sales in recent weeks, according to alternative data compiled by Bloomberg, […]
Robinson did not leave her home following the fires, staying put with her husband, daughter and birds, including two cockatoos. Since then, she’s been plagued by anxiety and headaches, and her husband’s asthma has worsened. She worries their property has been contaminated by chemicals falling out of the smoke. Volunteers took surface swipe samples from places beneath the fire’s […]
Momentum has been building in the Vaca Muerta, Argentina’s shale patch in Patagonia that has the potential to export 1 million barrels a day of crude by the end of the decade if pipeline expansions go ahead as planned. But an escalating trade war between the US and its biggest trading partners has pressured global […]