Melissa Lawford

East Coast United States

U.S. Economics Correspondent at The Telegraph

Economics reporter @Telegraph, previously property correspondent. Please get in touch, [email protected]

Articles

Big pharma holds its breath as Trump plots his revenge

1 week ago | msn.com | Hannah Boland |Melissa Lawford

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Trump wants to punish 'rip-off' drug giants. The world will pay the price

1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | Hannah Boland |Melissa Lawford

The president's crackdown on big pharma threatens painful consequences for Britain and beyondA string of pharmaceutical bosses attended a three-hour dinner at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida in December. Multibillion-dollar investment pledges were not the only sign that they were willing to kiss the US president's ring. They also reportedly had to endure his iPad Spotify playlist. Jesus Christ Superstar and Sinéad O'Connor's Nothing Compares 2 U were said to be among his favourites.
Coffee drinkers brace for record prices as tariffs hit

1 week ago | msn.com | Melissa Lawford

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Coffee drinkers brace for record prices as tariffs hit

1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | Melissa Lawford

Americans must brace for record-high coffee prices as Donald Trump's tariffs combine with soaring costs to punish consumers, analysts have warned. Retail coffee prices in the US are expected to surge by nearly a third this year to an all-time high as businesses scramble to adjust to higher import charges and record high commodity prices, according to Carlos Mera, head of agricultural commodities at Rabobank.
US may already be in recession, warns BlackRock

1 week ago | msn.com | Chris Price |Melissa Lawford |Daniel Woolfson

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How Trump was forced to bow to reality of markets meltdown

2 weeks ago | msn.com | Melissa Lawford

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How fears of market Armageddon forced Trump into a Truss climbdown

2 weeks ago | ca.finance.yahoo.com | Melissa Lawford

Donald Trump shocked Wall Street with his surprisingly strong stomach for the stock market plunge that his tariffs precipitated. But although wiping $10 trillion (£7.8 trillion) off global share prices in a matter of days apparently failed to rattle the US President, he was no match for all out market Armageddon.
How Trump was forced to bow to reality of markets meltdown

2 weeks ago | msn.com | Melissa Lawford

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How fears of market Armageddon forced Trump into a Truss climbdown

2 weeks ago | telegraph.co.uk | Melissa Lawford

Speculation is mounting that hedge funds are unwinding so-called basis trades. This is a scenario that analysts - including officials at the Bank of England - have been warning could cause financial meltdown. Hedge funds buy US debt and then sell on futures contracts based on the Treasuries to investors, namely pension funds, meaning they exploit small gaps in pricing to make money. There are two problems with this strategy.
Putin has escaped Trump’s tariffs, but his war machine is in for a world of pain

2 weeks ago | msn.com | Melissa Lawford

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