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Friday, 18 July 2025 23:28 WIB

The case for a U.S. interest rate cut remains unresolved as Federal Reserve officials head into their policy meeting later this month, with data showing fresh signs of higher inflation and President Donald Trump intensifying his demands for lower borrowing costs. Trump appeared near the point of trying to fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell this week, but backed off with a nod to the market disruption that would likely follow, and the U.S. central bank's policy rate outlook remains virtually unchanged despite the drama. Fed officials haven't mentioned raising rates, but headlines about an...

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Fed Meeting Minutes Will Reveal Stance On Interest Rate Cuts As Trump Tariffs Complicate Economic Policy Direction
Wednesday, 9 July 2025 23:43 WIB | ECONOMIC

The minutes of the United States Federal Reserve's (Fed) monetary policy meeting on June 17-18 will be released on Wednesday at 6:00 PM GMT. Policymakers decided to keep the benchmark interest rate in the 4.25%-4.5% range, but the revised Summary of Projections (SEP) shows that policymakers project two 25 basis point (bps) rate cuts in 2025. Jerome Powell and co. decided to leave the policy setting unchanged after the June meeting. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) decided to keep the benchmark interest rate unchanged at its June meeting. In its policy statement, the US central bank...

Trump Publishes New 20% Tariffs On The Philippines (1)
Wednesday, 9 July 2025 23:20 WIB | ECONOMIC

US President Donald Trump announced a new round of tariff demand letters on Wednesday (July 9), with levies set to take effect in August on imports from partners that failed to reach agreements with the US. Trump said he would impose 30% tariffs on Algeria, Libya, and Iraq, with 25% duties on products from Brunei and Moldova, and 20% tariffs on goods from the Philippines. These levies are largely in line with the tariffs Trump initially announced in April, although the Iraqi tariff was reduced from 39%, while the Philippines' was increased from 17%. Trump began notifying trading partners...

Indonesia's Chief Trade Negotiator to Meet US Officials Over Tariffs
Wednesday, 9 July 2025 19:17 WIB | Asia

Indonesia will emphasize its strategic role in global trade—particularly in natural resources as it advances negotiations to reduce a 32% tariff set to be imposed by the US, a government official said on Wednesday. Haryo Limanseto, spokesperson for the Ministry of Economic Affairs, said Indonesia's Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Airlangga Hartarto who is leading the negotiation team is scheduled to meet with US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, and other officials. However, no specific timeframe for the meetings was provided. The 32% tariff...

Trump tariffs raise the specter of sharper economic downturn for South Korea and Japan
Wednesday, 9 July 2025 16:07 WIB | Asia

In the first batch of "tariff letters" sent to trading partners, U.S. President Donald Trump took aim at two of the closest U.S. allies in Asia: Japan and South Korea both are already bearing the brunt of the existing duties on auto and steel exports. Additional tariffs would further hurt these two exports-dependent economies that are grappling with a slowdown in growth, with Japan likely staring at a technical recession, or two straight quarters of economic contraction. Both Japan and South Korea saw first-quarter gross domestic product contract on a quarter-on-quarter basis. While South...

Germany accuses China of laser targeting aircraft in EU mission
Wednesday, 9 July 2025 15:51 WIB | Eropa

Germany summoned the Chinese ambassador to the foreign ministry on Tuesday after saying China's military had laser-targeted a German aircraft taking part in an EU operation in the Red Sea, an account Beijing denied. The flare-up in tensions comes as concerns mount in the EU about Chinese influence on critical technologies and security infrastructure in Europe. "Putting German personnel at risk and disrupting the operation is completely unacceptable," said Germany's foreign ministry on social media platform X. China's foreign ministry, when asked about the accusation on Wednesday, said...

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Monday, 30 June 2025 09:46 WIB

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Friday, 6 June 2025 14:47 WIB

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Trump Plans Uniform Tariff Letter for Over 150 Countries
Thursday, 17 July 2025 07:41 WIB

President Donald Trump said Wednesday he plans to send a single letter to over 150 countries outlining the tariff rate they will face, saying, "It's all going to be the same for everyone, for that...