The data showed private consumption weakened and construction investment remained in contraction in the fourth quarter. Exports edged up on demand for semiconductors and other information-technology goods.
A rising interest in high-innovation themes is driving the tech continuum, with a focus on AI and a transition into next-generation computing and communications in Asia, Bloomberg Intelligence analysis shows.
The proposal to enhance transparency and guardrails for new technologies within broker-dealers is likely to be scrapped. However, compliance costs for major brokers are expected to rise, according to Bloomberg Intelligence analysis.
President Trump is using the threat of stiff tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico to pressure the two nations to start renegotiating a continental trade deal.
