Fed officials are increasingly split on rate cuts, though UBS's Paul Donovan says their indecision currently amounts to little more than “masterful inactivity.”

President Donald Trump escalated his trade war, imposing new tariffs on Brazil and announcing fresh duties on copper imports.

President Donald Trump has sent letters to 14 countries outlining higher tariffs they’ll face if they don’t make trade deals with the U.S. by Aug. 1.

Global stocks advanced on Thursday, underpinned by optimism around artificial intelligence and the prospect of upcoming interest rate cuts, while investors kept a cautious eye on U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff actions and their impact on global trade.

The American public knows Donald Trump is lying about tariffs. And as MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell explains, they’ve figured it out without any help from the White House press corps who continue to accept his lies as answers.

In his new round of tariffs being announced this week, Trump is essentially tethering the entire world economy to his instinctual belief that import taxes will deliver factory jobs and stronger growth in the U.S., rather than the inflation and slowdown predicted by many economists.