Thursday, 21 August 2025 13:14 WIB | Economy
The S&P Global Flash Australia Services PMI Business Activity Index rose to 55.1 in August from 54.1 in July, marking the fastest growth in 40 months. The expansion was driven by stronger demand and renewed increases in new export business, particularly from the US, Europe, and Asia-Pacific...
Wednesday, 20 August 2025 12:21 WIB | Economy
The U.S. Commerce Department said on Tuesday it is hiking steel and aluminum tariffs on more than 400 products including wind turbines, mobile cranes, appliances, bulldozers and other heavy equipment, along with railcars, motorcycles, marine engines, furniture and hundreds of other products.
The...
Wednesday, 20 August 2025 02:52 WIB | Global economic
Donald Trump urged Russia's Vladimir Putin and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskiy to show "flexibility" as the US president seeks to expedite his efforts to end the war in Ukraine.
"I hope President Putin will behave, and if he doesn't, it's going to be a difficult situation," Trump said Tuesday in an...
Wednesday, 20 August 2025 01:49 WIB | Global economic
S&P Global Ratings stated that revenue from Donald Trump's tariffs will help mitigate the impact of the president's tax cuts on US fiscal health, allowing the country to maintain its current credit rating.
Although Trump's trade war has roiled markets, unsettled foreign governments, and drawn...
Saturday, 16 August 2025 02:50 WIB | Global economic
President Donald Trump said he would set levies on semiconductors in the coming two weeks, the latest indication he’s readying a substantial expansion of his tariff regime.
“I’ll be setting tariffs next week and the week after, on steel and on, I would, say chips — chips and...