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China is evaluating the potential impact of a gradual yuan depreciation, people familiar with the matter said, as the country’s leaders weigh their options in a trade spat with U.S. […]

US President Donald Trump has experience with bankruptcy and finding financing to make a recovery. This will stand him in good stead as the financial situation of the federal government worsens. As the US dollar is the major global reserve currency, it is imperative for the US to avoid defaulting.

Apple said on Wednesday it would make a one-time payment of $38bn to repatriate some of its vast overseas cash holdings, one of the largest corporate spending plans announced since the passage of a tax cut signed by U.S. President Donald Trump.

The company, which has faced international criticism for its tax evasion policies, also said it would spend $30bn in the US over the next five years, creating 20,000 new jobs.

US dollar weakness at the end of 2017 and the start of 2018 has made it clear that traders are going to have to be careful with dollar futures. On Friday, 12thJanuary 2018, the euro was trading at 1.2202 against the US dollar with an increase of 1.41% for the day (+0.0170). That the dollar is weakening seems odd as the Fed has clearly given forward guidance for three more interest rate increases in 2018. Given that, one would expect a stronger dollar especially as QT (Quantitative Tightening) has only begun.

Walmart, the world’s largest private employer, is boosting its starting salary for U.S. workers to $11 an hour, handing out one-time cash bonuses to those who don’t benefit from the pay hike and expanding its maternity and parental leave benefits. The retailer said Thursday that changes to its compensation and benefits policy will impact more than a million hourly workers in the U.S. The company employs 1.5 million people in the U.S.

People are becoming more and more frustrated. Donald Trump is not the end result, he’s the harbinger, the beginning of where we are going.

U.S. companies, from chip giant Qualcomm to aircraft maker Boeing, announced a slew of deals on Thursday during U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing. The deals could be valued as much as $250 billion, though some have been long in the pipeline and many are non-binding.

The signing ceremony was carried out in the presence of US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. Being the world’s biggest developing economy and developed economy, China and the United States are highly complementary rather than competitive, Xi said when meeting with business delegates from both countries.

Trump announces nomination of Fed board member Jerome Powell to be next chair of US central bank. A Fed governor since 2012 and former Treasury official under the George H.W. Bush administration, Powell will replace current Fed Chair Janet Yellen. Yellen was nominated in 2013 by President Obama. Her term as the central bank’s first female leader expires in February.