Before we head into Donald Trump’s first full day in office on Tuesday, here’s a look at what his first day back as president meant for technology, climate and markets

Currency traders and stock markets have been rocked by Trump's return to the White House, which has brought joy and disappointment. Investors are still trying to envision how things will play out

The likely disruption to Russian supply drove oil prices to their highest in months on Monday. Much will depend on whether Trump lifts the embargo and if China acknowledges it

Nearly $160 billion poured into money market funds in the week to January 8, according to LSEG Lipper data

A rise in the value of the dollar has hit the Southeast Asian currency and caused an 18% spike in the trade deficit over the first 11 months of 2024

China's central bank is expected to cut rates and deploy its biggest stimulus in years to bolster its economy and soften the blow from higher US tariffs

Declaring an emergency would allow Trump to build a new tariff programme via the IEEPA law, which authorizes a president to manage imports during a national crisis

At least four large mutual funds received calls from the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges last week, asking them to buy more stocks than they sold each day

Trump's tariff threats have rattled the yuan, driven mainland bond yields down and got stocks off to a bad start to 2025

Iran is facing a major energy crisis which has forced many businesses to shut down and schools to go online, a new report says

Experts say that even with an acting president in place, South Korea’s international partners face months of uncertainty

Letting the yuan depreciate could blunt the impact of US trade tariffs. And China's central bank has considered the possibility of the yuan dropping to 7.5-per-dollar to counteract trade shocks.