United States Kansas Fed Manufacturing Activity remains at -5 in February

Feb 27, 2025

US President Donald Trump: Canada, Mexico tariffs coming March 4

United States (US) President Donald Trump hit social media on Thursday, taking to the streets of X (nee Twitter) to inform global markets that his planned 25% tariff package aimed at Mexico and Canada will now be coming into effect on March 4, rather than the April 2 date he reaffirmed just hours earlier.

BoJ's Ueda: Will make policy decisions after looking at US policy impacts

Bank of Japan (BoJ) Governor Kazuo Ueda noted on Thursday that US policy uncertainty is impacting how central banks are doing their jobs, and highlighted that the BoJ will be watching data closely in the runup to possible widespread tariffs.