Tech including routers and selected computers get reprieve after a week of turbulence in US markets

Even US Treasuries take a hit as Donald Trump’s tariff blitz shakes confidence in American assets

After years of robust spending there are signs that Americans’ wellspring of financial firepower is fading

MPs vote in favour of bill giving the government powers to seize control of British Steel

Erratic policymaking and rising trade barriers are jeopardising confidence in the currency

Living parallel lives, they counselled presidents and changed the course of the cold war. How would they steer America today?

Why the middle years are better than youth and old age

A big question hanging over Britain’s prospects is whether the prime minister can grow on the job

Donald Trump’s tariff war adds pressure to Russian economy

Stoic defiance in ‘trinket town’ echoes Beijing’s insistence that nation can prevail against Donald Trump’s tariff blitz

Senior Fed official helps ease market jitters by signalling readiness to act if market strains grow

But only now are asset managers beginning to reconsider the story of America as an inexhaustible well of safe bets

International visitors stay away as political and economic tension and fears of a hostile border rise

Officials around the world are dashing to diversify their economies. But the fight between the US and China casts a long shadow

US central bank prepared to act with ‘various tools’, Susan Collins says

The former hedge fund manager is being asked to lead negotiations with foreign governments amid America’s self-inflicted hit

Chancellor welcomes striking official data as allies set out ‘four-pronged response’ to Trump tariffs

Public ownership could be the saviour of the UK’s remaining steel industry

10-year US government bond yield rose most this week since 2001

President’s trade war likely to raise unemployment and slow economic growth ‘considerably’, says John Williams

Prime minister announces recall of parliament as government races to prevent closure of UK’s last two blast furnaces

Parking money in America is no longer the routine, fuss-free, neutral option

Investors rush away from junk bonds and leveraged loans on rising recession fears

Trump tariffs ‘beyond anything I could have imagined in my 49 years in finance’, says chief of world’s largest asset manager

US lender reports 26 per cent rise in first-quarter profits, powered by its equities trading business

Biggest US bank posts 9% rise in quarterly profits as market tumult boosts trading business

Beijing accuses Trump of violating ‘basic economic laws and common sense’ as it announces tit-for-tat rise in duties

Col Susannah Meyers accused of ‘subverting’ Donald Trump’s agenda

FCA’s preliminary approval comes as the fast-fashion company faces challenges from Trump’s tariffs

Pharma group builds out American supply chains as part of preparations for potential US tariffs

Figure comes as Rachel Reeves contends with impact of Trump tariffs

Insulated from industry tumult, smaller French group seeks to move on from turnaround by boosting EV and hybrid sales

Analysts estimate Donald Trump’s levies could cost the average household $4,700 a year

It’s not just bread and circuses any more

Trump’s tariffs were erratic and flawed but imbalances in the world economy are real

Testers have raised concerns that its technology is being rushed out without sufficient safeguards

Chief executive says soaring coffee prices driven in part by speculation in the market

Defence department’s move is part of Trump administration’s ongoing purge of consultancy spending

Scale of US levies on Chinese goods deepens recession fears