• Apr 27, 2025

S&P Warns Australia AAA Rating at Risk From Election Pledges

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  • Apr 27, 2025

Morning Bid: Markets long for more signal, less noise on trade

It's been a blessedly quiet start to the week, with President Trump more engrossed on his disappointment with Russia, than his trade war. In this case, silence is golden, as the White House's communication on trade has been a lot more noise than signal. Thus, Agriculture Secretary Rollins tells TV they are speaking with China every day, likely news to Beijing.

  • Apr 27, 2025

U.S. tariffs will cause demand shock to Singapore economy: MAS

SINGAPORE (Reuters) -U.S. tariffs will have multiplier effects that will "generate a broader negative income and demand shock to the Singapore economy", the Monetary Authority of Singapore said in its macroeconomic review released on Monday. As well as the direct impact of a 10% baseline tariff on Singapore's exports to the U.S., its second-largest export market, there will also be indirect effects from the tariffs levied on other countries, the central bank said.

  • Apr 27, 2025

Wall Street takes a breath ahead of another week full of potential swings

U.S. stocks drifted to a mixed finish on Monday, ahead of potential flashpoints this week that could bring more sharp swings for financial markets. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 114 points, or 0.3%, and the Nasdaq composite slipped 0.1%. The relative lull in trading offered a respite from the sharp, historic swings that have rocked markets for weeks, as hopes rose and fell that President Donald Trump may back down on his trade war.

  • Apr 27, 2025

Asia stocks inch up, dollar wary amid US trade confusion

The week is also book ended with national elections in Canada and Australia, and U.S. President Donald Trump looms large in both. While Trump has claimed progress is being made on trade with China, and many other countries, actual evidence is lacking. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent failed on Sunday to back Trump's assertion that tariff talks with China were under way.

  • Apr 27, 2025

Crude oil prices drop on demand fears

HOUSTON (Reuters) -Crude oil prices fell more than $1 a barrel on Monday morning as demand fears arising from the trade war between the United States and China were pressing down demand at the pump. Brent crude futures were down $1.09, or 1.63%, at $65.78 a barrel, as of 1522 GMT. The U.S.-China trade war is dominating investor sentiment in moving oil prices, said analyst John Evans of brokerage PVM, superseding nuclear talks between the U.S. and Iran and discord within the OPEC+ coalition.