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US president Donald Trump signed his so-called ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ into law on 4 July, after the tax and spending package passed a final vote in the House of Representatives. The act extends tax cuts ...

President Trump's multitrillion-dollar tax bill becomes law despite economist warnings about rising federal debt and deficit ...

In the wake of President Donald Trump‘s budget bill approval, billionaire and financial advisor Ray Dalio anticipates serious ...

The UK faces a £10bn blow to the public finances each year from Donald Trump’s tariff regime, according to the official ...

The Office for Budget Responsibility said the state finances were facing ‘mounting risks’ in the face of growing debts.

Winston Churchill, perhaps apocryphally, quipped, “Americans will always do the right thing, when they’ve exhausted all other options.” ...

Will Elon Musk's America Party follows historical third-party attempts like Ross Perot's Reform Party, as tensions with Trump ...

The result of the U-turns and spending cuts has been public debt soaring to its highest level since the 1960s, with the OBR forecasting further increases in the medium term. With economic growth ...

When he was France’s finance minister in the 1960s, former French president Valéry Giscard d’Estaing famously complained about the “exorbitant privilege” that the dollar’s position as the world’s ...

With Q1 2025 registering -0.3% real GDP growth, and the US Federal Reserve estimating the Q2 2025 growth at 3.8%, such a scenario remains unrealistic. US GDP growth rate.

Explore 2025's market trends: policy shifts, trade volatility, Fed rate cuts, and S&P 500 insights. See my forecast of what ...