US Treasury Secretary Bessent: Trump told Xi that he wants to open up China

The post US government confirms comprehensive actions on rare earths appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. The US government is moving aggressively to build out domestic rare earth production, with Interior Secretary Doug Burgum confirming that actions are being taken “across the board” on these strategically vital materials. The push comes as Washington confronts an uncomfortable reality: China controls roughly 95% of global heavy rare earth output, and the US imports nearly all of its critical mineral needs. What’s actually happening The federal response is multi-pronged and, by government standards, moving fast. The Trump administration signed executive orders in 2025 specifically aimed at accelerating rare earth production and established the National Energy Dominance Council, or NEDC, chaired by Burgum himself. The NEDC has set ambitious internal timelines. Project identification is targeted within 10 days, and site leasing within 30 days. On the financial side, the Department of E

The post Bessent sees ‘substantial disinflation’ ahead as Warsh takes over the Fed appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Even with recent inflation news universally bad, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent expects price pressures to ease soon, just in time for the new Federal Reserve chair to take over. Speaking Thursday to CNBC, Bessent said the energy-fed inflation surge recently is likely to reverse as the U.S. is “going to keep pumping” oil, easing the supply shock from the Iran war. “I firmly believe that nothing is more transient than a supply shock, and we can, we can look through that, because before the Iranian conflict began, core inflation was coming down,” Bessent told CNBC’s Joe Kernen from the sidelines of President Donald Trump’s summit with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping. “So I think core inflation will continue coming down.” That hasn’t been the recent trend, however. Separate readings this week showed that consumer prices jumped 0.6% in April — and still rose 0.4% ev

The post Trump Approval Rating Drops Below 36%—A New Low appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. May 13Trump’s net approval rating dipped to -18.9, a record low for his second term, in Nate Silver’s Silver Bulletin polling average, following a string of surveys that show Americans have never been more negative about Trump’s job performance. Trump has a 58.1% disapproval rating and 38.5% approval rating. May 11Trump’s approval rating improved two points, to 36%, from the 34% record low it reached at the end of April in Reuters/Ipsos polling, while 63% said they disapprove of Trump’s job performance (the poll of 1,254 U.S. adults was conducted May 8-11 and has a margin of error of 3). Trump’s weekly approval rating hasn’t risen above 36% since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28, after previously hovering at around 40% since last summer. The war with Iran negatively impacts views of both Trump and Republicans: 66% of respondents, including 30% of Republicans and 73% of independents

The post Japanese Yen: Valuation risks and policy coordination – BNY appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. BNY’s Geoff Yu highlights that the Japanese Yen (JPY) remains significantly undervalued on a Real Effective Exchange Rate (REER) basis even as Euro (EUR) and US Dollar (USD) valuations have converged. He notes United States (US) –Japan coordination on exchange rates is already underway and argues Europe should be more proactive, as sustained JPY weakness poses greater competitive risks for Eurozone exporters than for the United States. JPY undervaluation and European risks “Based on the Bank for International Settlements’ (BIS) Real Effective Exchange Rate (REER) indices, measured by their change over the last five years, the dollar and euro have fully converged in valuation over the past six months. A range breakout would require a significant structural catalyst – the technology drivers behind “U.S. exceptionalism” or the “European strategic autonomy” theme on defense.” “Japan ha

The post Nvidia rally continues on Thursday as Trump approves H200 buyers in China appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Nvidia (NVDA) stock is the early winner of the United States (US) President Donald Trump’s summit with China on Thursday. Shares of the AI chipmaker rose more than 2% in Thursday’s premarket. If the gains remain through the close, this will become NVDA’s seventh consecutive day of gains. President Trump’s Commerce Department approved ten Chinese firms to import Nvidia’s H200 AI chip, as well as a few other distributors in the Asian region. US Retail Sales for April fell from 1.6% MoM in March to 0.5% MoM, but that was in line with the consensus. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) futures rose 0.9% in the premarket on Thursday, while the NASDAQ Composite futures declined 0.2%, and S&P 500 futures gained 0.3% on the news. Nvidia could boost China sales on Commerce Department clearance Nvidia has been looking to regain market share in China after several rounds of t

The post Fed: Extended pause before cautious easing – UOB appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. UOB’s Senior Economist Alvin Liew revises its Federal Reserve (Fed) outlook following hotter United States (US) inflation data. Liew now expects the Fed to keep policy rates unchanged through 2026, before delivering two rate cuts in 2027, and sees the federal funds target rate ending 2026 at 3.75% and 2027 at 3.25%. Policy on hold as inflation stays high “We now expect an extended period of pause to cover the remainder of 2026 before the Fed resumes easing in 2027 (with two rate cuts in late-2Q27 and late-4Q27). This represents a materially long pause even as we maintain our view of an easing stance for Fed policy, reflecting our expectation that inflation pressures will only begin to taper meaningfully in 1H27.” “Under this revised path, the terminal federal funds target rate is now expected to be 3.75% by end 2026, and then lower to 3.25% by end 2027, which will also be the terminal Fed rat

The sharp move highlights ongoing instability in global currency markets as traders adjust positions amid shifting expectations around monetary policy divergence between the United States and Japan. The U.S. dollar briefly weakened against the Japanese yen on Wednesday, with USD/JPY…

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