The Federal Reserve (Fed) shared details from its latest meeting, showing that officials want to see inflation fall further before cutting interest rates and are wary of making changes too soon.
At the same time, President Donald Trump announced a major decision on trade, planning to impose a 25% tax on some imported goods, such as cars, semiconductors and medicines.
The US stock market was seen to start falling slightly on Thursday in response to the news.
In contrast to yesterday, which is Wednesday, stock indexes managed to record gains with the Dow Jones and Nasdaq by 0.16% and 0.07% respectively while the S&P500 reached a new high of 0.24%.
Businesses and investors are now worried about the impact of the new taxes, which are expected to start on April 2.
The US unemployment claims report, which measures the performance of the labor market, will be the "spotlight" for investors on Thursday.
Additionally, large companies such as Walmart, Alibaba and Booking are preparing to release their earnings reports.
