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Frustrated Americans await the economic changes they voted for with Trump

Fed up with high prices and unimpressed with an economy that by just about any measure is a healthy one, Americans demanded change when they voted for president. President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to topple many of the Biden administration's economic policies. Trump campaigned on promises to impose huge tariffs on foreign goods, slash taxes on individuals and businesses and deport millions of undocumented immigrants working in the United States.

Charting the Global Economy: Trump Win Reverberates Around the World

(Bloomberg) -- Donald Trump’s decisive win of the US presidential election has world leaders already preparing for how his next administration will shape the global economy.Most Read from BloombergThe Leaf Blowers Will Not Go QuietlyArizona Elections Signal Robust Immigration Enforcement Under TrumpScoring an Architectural Breakthrough in Denver’s RiNo DistrictKey Ballot Initiatives and Local Races Highlight Views on Abortion, ImmigrationIn China, factories ramped up shipments ahead of Christmas

Russia Weighs Plan to Merge Biggest Oil Companies, WSJ Reports

(Bloomberg) -- Russian officials and business executives have held talks about merging the country’s biggest oil companies into a single producer, the Wall Street Journal reported.Most Read from BloombergThe Leaf Blowers Will Not Go QuietlyArizona Elections Signal Robust Immigration Enforcement Under TrumpScoring an Architectural Breakthrough in Denver’s RiNo DistrictKey Ballot Initiatives and Local Races Highlight Views on Abortion, ImmigrationUnder one potential plan, state-backed Rosneft PJSC

Railroads ask federal courts to order FRA to take action on waylaid safety waivers

BNSF Railway, CSX, and Union Pacific filed lawsuits against the Federal Railroad Administration today for its failure to act on a half dozen safety waiver requests that in some cases would allow railroads to scale back visual inspections in areas where they have deployed new high-tech train and track inspection systems. The post Railroads ask federal courts to order FRA to take action on waylaid safety waivers appeared first on FreightWaves.

Gold Heads for Weekly Drop as Traders Weigh Trump, Fed Outlook

(Bloomberg) -- Gold fell at the end of a volatile week’s trading, as investors assessed the path ahead for US rates and the implications of Donald Trump’s election victory.Most Read from BloombergThe Leaf Blowers Will Not Go QuietlyArizona Elections Signal Robust Immigration Enforcement Under TrumpScoring an Architectural Breakthrough in Denver’s RiNo DistrictKey Ballot Initiatives and Local Races Highlight Views on Abortion, ImmigrationBullion fell by as much as 1% Friday, on track for its bigg