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President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Wednesday that sets criteria for the government to evaluate the risk of apps connected to foreign adversaries, a move with implications for Chinese-owned sites like TikTok and WeChat. Biden revoked and replaced.

Producer prices in China are developing an acceleration, prompting a reaction from the authorities. Annual producer price inflation accelerated to 9% in May. This is the fastest rate since September 2009. Both then and now, it is more of a.

The stock and currency markets have been weak since the beginning of the week, with little major reason to move in any direction. Active players on stock and FX markets pause to assess the situation, but Oil continues climbing. Over.

British finance minister Rishi Sunak is pushing for the City of London to be exempt from a new global minimum corporation tax system championed by the Group of Seven (G7) economies, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday. An official close.

World stock prices held near record highs on Wednesday, while U.S. bond yields flirted with their lowest levels in a month, as investors bet the Federal Reserve is some way off from tapering its economic stimulus. MSCI’s all-country world index.

As the world continues to grapple with the coronavirus pandemic, the metropolitan city of Auckland in New Zealand has been named the most livable city globally by The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). That’s largely due to the country’s successful handling.

The Senate on Tuesday passed one of the largest industrial bills in U.S. history in a bipartisan effort to ensure the U.S. remains competitive with China as one of the globe’s technological powerhouses. The bill, which passed the chamber 68-32,.

China’s producer price index rose 9% in May from a year ago as commodity prices surged, the National Bureau of Statistics said Wednesday. That marked the fastest increase in production costs since September 2008, when the index rose 9.13%, according.

Business sentiment indices in Germany and the USA both retreated from recent highs. Amongst the data released today, Germany’s industrial production fell by 1% in April (0.3% growth was expected). Separately, the ZEW economic sentiment index fell to 79.8 from.

The dollar’s retreat in the currency market cannot gain traction, making us question whether we will see a breakout of key support levels for the dollar. The hesitations of bears and a seasonal slowdown in trading activity may lead to.

Global policy makers are crafting their international tax plan to make sure Amazon.com Inc. is included, even though the U.S. company’s profit margin is below the 10% proposed threshold that would give other countries rights to collect revenue. Group of.

Most Asian stocks slipped Tuesday as investors await more clues on whether the recovery from the pandemic will stoke price pressures and imperil loose monetary policy. The dollar climbed. Shares from Japan to Australia pared or reversed gains. U.S. futures.