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Wall Street edged higher on Wednesday, with benchmark indices approaching record levels after a strong two-week rally driven by optimism that the global economy may avoid a worst-case fallout from the US-Iran conflict.The S&P 500 rose 0.2% in early trade and was on track to surpass its January record, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average…
Asian stocks opened sharply lower on Monday, weighed down by surging oil prices and concerns over economies reliant on energy imports from the Middle East. South Korea’s Kospi emerged as the hardest hit, tumbling over 7.8% or 437 points to 5,147. Nikkei plunged 6.6% or 3,683 points to 51, 937. Around 11 am IST, HSI…
“I can do anything I want,” Donald Trump declared in his address as his first reaction to the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on Friday, a major setback to his second stint in the presidency.“There are methods that are even stronger available to me,” he said in his White House address.Trump also said he was “absolutely…
NEW DELHI: In a rapidly reshaping global economy, strategic sovereignty has emerged as a guiding imperative, as nations navigate global supply chains while safeguarding critical capabilities in an increasingly fragmented world, global business leaders said. During a panel discussion, KPMG India CEO Yezdi Nagporewalla, global leaders across new age economy, technology and defence, financial inclusion,…
Prime minister Narendra Modi on Friday said India now accounts for about 16% of global economic growth and is positioned to become a key driver of world expansion in the coming years.Speaking at the ET Now Global Business Summit, Modi said the current decade has marked a phase of unprecedented development for India despite multiple…
Why Rich Dad Poor Dad author thinks silver is superior to gold (Picture credit: X/@theRealKiyosaki, Google Gemini) Financial author Robert Kiyosaki on Thursday took to X to highlight silver’s rising importance in the global economy, describing it as “superior” to gold in the Technology Age. In his post, Kiyosaki wrote, “Gold and silver have been…
Paul Gruenwald, global chief economist at S&P Global Ratings, was in India last week. In an interaction with TOI, he spoke on a range of issues from the state of the US economy, the impact of tariffs on the global economy to India’s strong economic growth. Excerpts: How do you look at global economy, given…
File photo: US President Donald Trump with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, in 2019. (Picture credit: AP) US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping are set to discuss a proposed trade framework on Thursday that could see Washington reduce tariffs on…
Global economy (AI image) The global economy is going through a period of enhanced turmoil with the trade war unleashed by US President Donald Trump. Amidst this uncertainty, International Monetary Fund (IMF) MD Kristalina Georgieva has said that world leaders and central bank governors need to ‘buckle up’.Deepak Ajwani, Editor, Economic Times Online asked IMF…
The US-China trade war took a sharper turn this week, with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent accusing Chinese President Xi Jinping’s regime of making “provocative,” economic moves after Beijing tightened export controls on rare earth minerals.Speaking to Fox Business on Monday, Bessent said the move was a direct challenge to the global economy, “This is…
