EU to accept Trump’s universal tariff but seeks key exemptions

Jerome “Too Late” Powell, and his entire Board, should be ashamed of themselves for allowing this to happen to the United States. They have one of the easiest, yet most prestigious, jobs in America, and they have FAILED — And continue to do so. If they were doing ... President Trump just sent a handwritten note to Fed Chair Jerome Powell, marking exactly where he believes U.S. interest rates should be — and where they are. In the message, Trump tells Powell he’s “too late” and has cost the country a fortune. pic.twitter.com/LMsoEt3afc

As Nietzsche once observed, “it is our future that lays down the law of our today.” When we last reviewed our strategy four years ago, our thinking was shaped – quite naturally – by the recent past: a decade of too-low inflation, compounded by the pandemic. But as Nietzsche warned, there is a danger in letting the past dominate our thinking. Sometimes, it is the future – still dimly understood – that is already shaping our present. And soon after that review, the world changed in ways we had not foreseen. The reopening of our economies after the pandemic brought about major sectoral shifts. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine triggered a fundamental shift in energy markets. The geopolitical landscape was upended, reshaping global trade. And structural changes in labour markets became increasingly apparent – driven by demographics, technological transformation, and evolving worker preferences. Given all these developments, the fundamentals of our strategy have held up well – as they should, because a sound strategy must be robust to a changing environment. Our symmetric 2% inflation target has proven effective in anchoring expectations – even throug ECB'S LAGARDE: THE WORLD AHEAD IS MORE UNCERTAIN AND THAT IS LIKELY TO MAKE INFLATION MORE VOLATILE