World Markets
Asia-Pacific markets mostly fall as investors assess Japan’s trade data and Trump’s plans for Powell
Singapore stocks extend rally to hit fresh all-time highs Singapore’s 30-stock benchmark Straits Times Index extended its winning run for a ninth consecutive day, hitting a fresh all-time high of 4,154.13 earlier in the session. Stock Chart IconStock chart icon Straits Times Index Chinese and Hong Kong stocks rise in early trade Chinese and Hong […]
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CNBC Daily Open: U.S. producer prices are flat — but they don’t factor in imports
A worker arc welds a metal door at the Metal Manufacturing Co. facility in Sacramento, California, U.S., on Tuesday, May 27, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images No one likes being the person who goes “but actually…”. Sometimes, however, it is necessary. The U.S. producer price index in June was flat, meaning […]
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Market watchers warn Trump might not ‘chicken out’ of 30% tariffs on the EU
Global investors may be underestimating U.S. President Donald Trump’s commitment to follow through on his latest tariff threats, some market watchers have warned. In his latest trade policy update, Trump announced that he would be slapping 30% tariffs on goods imported to the U.S. from the European Union and Mexico from Aug. 1. European markets […]
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CNBC Daily Open: U.S. inflation meets expectations, but that’s not necessarily good
People shop for groceries at a store in New York City, U.S., July 15, 2025. Jeenah Moon | Reuters Expectations are a funny thing. When we say that something meets expectations, we tend to mean it in a positive way, suggesting that a hurdle has been cleared or the result is welcome. But what happens […]
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CNBC Daily Open: It’s refreshing to see tariffs used as a weapon for peace
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on the day of announcing a deal to get weapons to NATO, in the Oval Office at the White House on July 14, 2025. Nathan Howard | Reuters Here’s a tariff we can get behind. At a White House meeting on Monday with NATO’s […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Trump brandishes tariffs for peace, not a trade war
US President Donald Trump meets with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte (L) in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on July 14, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images Here’s a tariff we can get behind. At a White House meeting on Monday with NATO’s secretary general, Mark Rutte, U.S. […]
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Asia markets open mixed as investors await key China data
Asia-Pacific markets open mixed Asia-Pacific markets started the day mixed Tuesday. As of 8.10 a.m. Singapore time (8.10 p.m. Monday ET), Japan’s Nikkei 225 benchmark was flat while the broader Topix index added 0.32%. In South Korea, the Kospi index was down 0.31% while the small-cap Kosdaq moved up 0.26%. Over in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 benchmark advanced […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Surprise tariff salvo on Saturday
President Donald Trump participates in a round table event at the Hill Country Youth Event Center to discuss last week’s flash flooding on July 11, 2025 in Kerrville, Texas. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images No one likes working over the weekend. Unless you are the leader of the free world firing off social media posts […]
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Asia-Pacific markets set to open lower as investors assess Trump’s 30% tariffs on EU and Mexico
Asia-Pacific markets open mixed Asia-Pacific markets started the day mixed Monday. As of 8.10 a.m. Singapore time, Japan’s Nikkei 225 benchmark lost 0.33% while the broader Topix index ticked down 0.21%. In South Korea, the Kospi index was up 0.22% while the small-cap Kosdaq moved up 0.19%. Over in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 benchmark was down 0.1%. — […]
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CNBC Daily Open: The battleground for Fed chair might have shifted to renovations from rates
Construction work around the Federal Reserve building on Sept. 17, 2024 in Washington, DC, U.S. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images News | Getty Images Homo economicus, or the “economic man,” is an idea that depicts humans as rational beings. This assumption has been used to construct models of the economy and, more broadly, society. The […]
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