Oil price tumbles to 3-year low on fears trade war will hit demand

• Oil prices hold at 2025 lows on tariff fears, prospects for end to war in Ukraine

  Oil futures settled lower Wednesday, with concerns over the global economic outlook and potential for an end to Russia’s war against Ukraine that could lift sanctions on Moscow prompting prices to ...
  
  MarketWatch - Feb. 26

• Oil prices settle at lowest level of the year as tariff threat hurts demand outlook

  Oil futures settled Tuesday at their lowest level of the year, with the economy and energy demand expected to take a hit from proposed U.S. tariffs on Canada and Mexico that may come into effect ...
  
  MarketWatch - Feb. 25

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  Stock markets fall after US tariffs spark trade war fears

  Stock markets in the US, Asia and the UK dip after Trump tariffs kicked in and spark retaliation.
  
  BBC News - 1d
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  Canada and China Retaliate Against Trump’s Tariffs, Amid Fears of Trade War

  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada warned that the Trump administration’s tariffs were leading to a trade war. Mexico’s leader vowed to impose countermeasures on Sunday.
  
  The New York Times - 1d

• Trump’s trade war will hit hardest at home. This is the biggest casualty.

  U.S. trading partners will find that American consumers can be replaced.
  
  MarketWatch - 9h

• 2-, 10-year yields end at 2025 lows as investors navigate fears about growth

  U.S. government debt rallied on Monday, pushing 2- and 10-year yields to lows for the year, amid worries about the outlook for economic growth against a backdrop of sticky inflation.
  
  MarketWatch - Feb. 24

• Trump says a 'little disturbance' from tariffs is OK, as markets reel from trade war fears

  President Donald Trump conceded before a joint session of Congress that his steep new tariffs will cause "a little disturbance."
  
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  Japan's birth rate fell for a ninth consecutive year in 2024 to hit a record low

  The number of babies born in Japan last year fell for a ninth consecutive year to hit a record low, according to health ministry data
  
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