BRICS leaders meeting in Rio de Janeiro from Sunday are expected to decry US President Donald Trump's "indiscriminate" trade tariffs, saying they are illegal and risk hurting the global economy. It warns that such measures "threaten to further reduce global trade" and are "affecting the prospects for global economic development."
US President Donald Trump blasted Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell on Thursday for not lowering interest rates, calling him "always TOO LATE AND WRONG." "Powell's termination cannot come fast enough," Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. "Too Late should have lowered Interest Rates, like the ECB, long ago, but he should certainly lower them now."
The electronic call-up system has faced challenges with racketeering, leading to congestion at Tin-Can and Apapa ports, with truckers now paying exorbitant fees.
The spectre of a transatlantic trade war is also fuelling hopes of a silver lining in Europe: that a commerce deal with four South American countries could get a final green light despite longstanding French opposition. In exchange, the South American nations would be able to export meat, sugar, rice and soybeans, which worries European farmers concerned about cheaper goods pricing them out.
The National Bureau of Statistics has disclosed that Nigeria's inflation rate spiked to 24.23%, caused by high food prices, which rose by almost 24%.
FG recently decided to change it revenue collection system, and now, the House of Representatives wants the company to refund N182.77 billion to FG.
Taiwanese chipmaking titan TSMC reported Thursday a surge in net profit for the first quarter and forecast robust demand for artificial intelligence technology, despite the spectre of US tariffs on the critical sector.
French luxury group Hermes said Thursday it would hike its prices in the United States to offset the impact of 10-percent import tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump. Trump imposed a 10 percent tariff on imports from around the world this month, but he delayed higher duties on dozens of other countries, including a 20 percent levy for goods from the European Union. kap/jbo/lth/ach
Uncertainty over Donald Trump's tariff blitz mounted Thursday after the Fed chief warned of rising prices and "volatility" while "progress" flagged by the US president in talks with Japan lifted markets slightly. He also noted the "volatility" in the markets at a "time of high uncertainty."
Tokyo led stocks higher Thursday as optimism over Japan-US trade talks offset Federal Reserve boss Jerome Powell's warning that Donald Trump's tariffs could force officials to choose between fighting inflation or unemployment.
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