Switzerland’s historic rate rise rattles mark...

The US has said it will hit Canada with tariffs of 50 per cent on a wide range of goods, Chinese regulators are considering tightening export controls on AI and semiconductor technologies, and UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham picked John Healey as Britain’s new chancellor. Plus, a ...  Show more

Andy Burnham enters No 10 today as prime minister, the US continued trading fire with Iran over the weekend, and Morgan Stanley has become Wall Street's top bank for AI debt deals. Plus, Germany’s chancellor Friedrich Merz is pitching his country to investors as “Europe’s bedrock ...  Show more

There are warnings inflation will continue to soar around the world, despite the US and UK increasing interest rates. Stock markets have reacted by falling - the Nasdaq has had its worst day for two years. The Philippines are gearing up for hotly contested elections this weeke ...

U.S. chipmakers’ stocks are hit especially hard by tariff threats. Plus: Venture Global stock drops after the gas exporter loses an arbitration case against BP. And Applied Digital posts strong quarterly results. Katherine Sullivan hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News ne ...  Show more

It's been a volatile few days across global markets.  As the equity sell-off has deepened, a growing number of market strategists have revised down their targets for where the S&P 500 will be at the end of the year, and economists at several big banks have updated their forecasts ...  Show more

* Covid crashes market again with new Omicron Strain. * Dow suffers its worst drop since Covid lockdowns started. * Investors choose Euro and Swiss Franc over US Dollar as safe haven. * Markets begin pricing out rate hikes that they previously priced in. * Smart money dumps crypt ...  Show more