Donald Trump will shortly be sworn in as the 47th President of the U.S., and financial markets are pivoting their focus to the anticipated

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Consumers are becoming increasingly confident in the economy, the December results rising for the fifth month in a row. This is according to preliminary results from the University of Michigan’s national December Survey of Consumers.

The S&P 500 was 0.9% higher in early trading and on track for its first winning week in the last three. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 308 points, or 0.7%, as of 9:35 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 1.5% higher.

The German economy shrank for the second straight year in 2024 as worried consumers held back on spending and Chinese competition ate into the country’s traditional exports of cars and industrial machinery.

High prices were a top concern among voters in the 2024 presidential election – and they were a driving force as to why Donald Trump won.

Europe's biggest economy shrank for a second year in a row in 2024, according to data released on Wednesday by the Federal Statistics Office. View on euronews

To maintain his electoral mandate, incoming President Trump will have to deliver the economic goods — but he will not be able to achieve any of these political objectives without continued

I will lead Democrats on the Banking Committee to lower costs, advance security and cut red tape.

Trump’s choice of topics is always instructive, and last week’s press conference was a far cry from the one he held last August, when he used a collection of groceries as props to hammer Democrats on inflation. Suddenly, it seems Trump doesn’t want to talk so much about the economy anymore.

The weakness underlines the challenge that will face a new government in Berlin following elections in February, including the possibility of fresh Trump tariffs.

BERLIN — The German economy, Europe's biggest, shrank for the second consecutive year in 2024, according to preliminary official figures released Wednesday weeks before an election in which the ...