A key US Federal Reserve official said Friday that central bank policymakers should be ready to lower interest rates further, citing “fragility” in the jobs market.

Mining bosses like BHP’s Mike Henry should, in theory, be digging right now. Copper prices have surged 50 percent over the past year,

Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed on a raft of measures from trade to tourism on Friday at the first meeting between the countries’ leaders in Beijing in eight years.

Oil prices settled higher on Friday as some investors covered short positions ahead of the three-day Martin Luther King holiday weekend in the US and lingering worries about a possible US military strike against Iran.

OpenAI announced Friday it will begin testing advertisements on ChatGPT in the coming weeks, as the wildly popular artificial intelligence chatbot seeks to increase revenue to cover its soaring costs.

The dollar gained on Friday after US President Donald Trump praised economic adviser Kevin Hassett at ​a White House event and said he may want to keep him in his current role, prompting speculation he is less likely ‌to be named as chair of the Federal Reserve.

Gold fell more than 1 percent on Friday as investors booked profits after recent record highs, while signs of easing geopolitical tensions further dampened the metal’s safe-haven appeal.

A trade deal between India and the European Union will be the “mother of all deals”, Delhi’s Commerce Minister said on Friday, as both sides seek to overcome the final sticking points.

There is also no exchange planned currently, the spokesperson said

Under the deal, China is expected to reduce tariffs on canola products by March 1 to around 15 percent

Gold slipped on Thursday as investors booked ‌profits after the yellow metal hit a record in the previous session, while an apparent softer tone from US President Donald Trump on the Federal Reserve chair and Iran also dampened safe-haven demand.

Oil prices slid more than 3 percent on Thursday after US President Donald Trump said killings in Iran’s crackdown on nationwide protests were stopping, tempering concern over military action against Iran and supply disruption.

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he believes it would be better for Venezuela to remain in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, or OPEC, but added he was unsure if that would be a better situation for the United States.

US consumers in lower income groups are becoming more sensitive to prices when making spending decisions, showing reluctance to fork out for non-essentials, the Federal Reserve said in a report on Wednesday.

India’s basmati rice exports ​to Iran have slowed to a near standstill amid the protests gripping the Gulf ‌country, with suppliers wary of new deals due to the risk of non-payment and potential additional US tariffs, trade officials said.

China’s market watchdogs have a new target: online travel agent Trip.com. Following investigations into Alibaba and Meituan five years ago that shook investor faith in the country’s tech sector, the State Administration for Market Regulation on Wednesday announcedit is probing the New York- and Hong Kong-listed firm led by Jane Sun for monopolistic behaviour, erasing some $8 billion, or 17 percent, from its market capitalisation.

Some parts of the country reported that "spending was stronger among higher-income consumers,"

Oil prices dropped three percent after Trump said Wednesday he would "watch it and see" on possible intervention in the Islamic republic"

US control of the Venezuelan oil industry and future investment to boost capacity could put Caracas at odds with other OPEC members

The move defers a decision on duties that could further roil the US economy