"Risks to inflation are tilted to the upside, and risks to employment are to the downside — a challenging situation," Powell said in his speech.

Walmart’s CEO Doug McMillon didn’t hold back on the impact of tariffs on his company’s earnings call yesterday — costs were increasing by the week, he said.

Many foreign observers have urged Taiwan to embrace nuclear power, arguing that its dependency on imported gas, coal and oil for more than 95 per cent of its energy makes it highly vulnerable to a Ch...