The U.S. trade deficit with China is at its lowest level in nearly 15 years. But it’s not necessarily because Americans are buying fewer Chinese goods. WSJ’s Dion Rabouin explains why, and what it means for Mexico’s economy. Illustration: Noah Friedman/Storyblocks
Some commentators have spent decades predicting the imminent demise of the US dollar’s special status as the world’s international reserve currency.
Berkshire Hathaway has sold its entire stake in Paramount Global losing “quite a bit of money,” Berkshire CEO Warren Buffett said at the company’s annual meeting on Saturday. Buffett also shot down speculation that Ted Weschler or Todd Combs, who together run about 10% of Berkshire Hathaway’s equity portfolio, had purchased the Paramount stake, taking responsibility for the investment himself. “It was 100% my decision and we’ve sold it all and we lost quite a bit of money,” said Buffett.
"The next stage of the policy cycle is a weakening of the labor market. Once it starts gradually weakening, it then weakens more sharply. I think that's exactly what's playing out now."
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Berkshire Hathaway's first quarter profits plummeted along with the paper value of its investments, but the company said Saturday that most of the businesses it owns outright performed well. The figures were heavily influenced by a large drop in the paper value of Berkshire’s investments. Buffett encourages investors to pay more attention to the conglomerate’s operating earnings that exclude the investment figures.
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Gold prices gained on Monday, deriving support from a soft U.S. dollar after a weaker-than-expected jobs report revived expectations that Federal Reserve will cut interest rates this year. Spot gold was up 0.8% at $2,320.33 per ounce by 09:52 GMT. "On Friday, we saw a drop in the new job creation in the U.S., a slowdown more than predicted, and wage growth also slowed down, which creates some space for the Fed to start cutting rates in 2024," said Ricardo Evangelista, senior analyst at ActivTrades.
UBS took over Credit Suisse in a government-backed rescue last year in what was the biggest merger of banks of systemic importance since the 2007-2009 financial crisis. Korner, who was appointed CEO of Credit Suisse during turbulent times in 2022, joined the board of UBS after the takeover. UBS is working to complete the merger of its legal entities with those of Credit Suisse by late May, the Financial Times said, citing people familiar with the plans.
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LONDON/SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Global stocks ticked higher on renewed bets that the Federal Reserve would likely ease interest rates this year, while the yen weakened after a strong surge last week from Tokyo's suspected currency intervention. With the UK and Japan on public holidays, markets in mainland China and Europe got off to an upbeat start, with Friday's softer-than-anticipated U.S. jobs report underpinning sentiment by renewing market rate-cut bets. Europe's broadest stock index rose 0.4% while S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures added 0.2% each in a positive sign for the Wall Street open later on.
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