Trump hasn’t even stepped back into the White House yet, but his usual chaos is already here. The IMF says his now-infamous tariff threats are pushing long-term interest rates higher worldwide.

US President-elect Donald Trump’s tariff threats are already driving up longer-term borrowing costs around the world, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said.

The IMF has warned that jitters surrounding Donald Trump’s threat to impose trade tariffs were driving up longer-term borrowing costs and would add to pressures facing the global economy in 2025. Speaking to reporters in Washington on Friday,

US president-elect Donald Trump's threat of tariffs brings a new degree of uncertainty to the global economic outlook, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Friday.