Sentences with phrase «about trade tensions»

Federal Reserve is worried about trade tensions with China, but newly released details on policymakers» views suggest those concerns have not translated into concerns about the overall economy.

Trade talks between officials from the U.S. and China were in focus as some investors worried about trade tensions.

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Further escalation of trade tensions could raise worries about the global economic recovery, a top Federal Reserve official said Friday.

According to responses in the latest Institute of Supply Management purchasing manager's index, factory leaders and manufacturers are beginning to get nervous about the ever - increasing trade tensions and what the new tariffs could do to prices.

NEW YORK, April 10 - U.S. stocks climbed on Tuesday as investor concerns about rising trade tensions between the United States and China eased after Chinese President Xi Jinping promised to cut import tariffs.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says he is not worried about China reducing its U.S. debt holdings as trade tensions between the two countries linger.

This after Asian shares extended gains on Monday as tensions in the Korean Peninsula eased and first - quarter earnings shone, although some investors were cautious about the outlook amid the backdrop of a simmering U.S. - China trade dispute.

We are already barely making ends meet,» says Daren Niemeyer, a 49 - year - old farmer in Nebraska who voted for Trump in 2016, when asked about his thoughts of the trade war tensions between China and the U.S..

(We've written about the escalating trade war tensions between the U.S. and China before, here, here and here.)

Treasury yields on Friday are little changed in Friday trade, but were mostly lower for the week, as a swoon for global stocks appeared to intensify on worries about escalating trade tensions between China and the U.S.

China's central bank gave a green light to banks to dig into reserves to lend more, signaling government worries about slowing momentum for economic growth amid rising trade tensions with the U.S.

Concerns about global trade tensions between China and the U.S. and the fear that the stellar earnings could be as good as it gets for stocks are all combining to undermine the sort of confidence that was in abundance during last year's run of repeated records for equity benchmarks, as the U.S. economy enters it ninth year of expansion and as the Federal Reserve moves to normalize monetary policy from crisis - era levels.

Krishna Guha, vice chairman of Evercore ISI and a former top Fed staffer, took the view that dropping of the two words was a move by the Fed to sidestep questions about how trade tensions and other Trump White House actions might impact the economy.

Xi Jinping effectively is president for life and needn't worry about a backlash from trade tensions.

On the negative side were concerns about deteriorating trade relations between the United States and China, the world's two largest economies, worries about inflation and rising bond yields, and tensions in the Middle East.

Trump's tariffs on metals have also stoked fears about the potential for escalating trade tensions, and investors have focused on industrial companies because of their dependence on China and other international markets.

There's a bit of tension as Bercow and Cameron trade chilly jokes about how long PMQs lasts.

Stocks struggled for traction as investors grappled with geopolitical tensions spurred by new government proposals in Italy, doubts about a coming meeting between the U.S. and North Korea and continuing trade talks with China.

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After months of tension over what, if anything, the Securities and Exchange Commission was planning to do about cryptocurrencies and the billions of dollars people have sunk into initial coin offerings — a form of barely regulated investment vehicle in which investors trade real cash for tokens in crypto - backed startups — the agency's chairman Jay Clayton has finally weighed in.

After months of tension over what, if anything, the Securities and Exchange Commission was planning to do about cryptocurrencies and the billions of dollars people have sunk into initial coin offerings — a form of barely regulated investment vehicle in which investors trade real cash for tokens in crypto - backed...

Asian stocks have fallen for a second day amid jitters about U.S. - Chinese trade tensions and mounting scrutiny of technology companies.