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4 Apr 2025

US credit-spreads are widening

Source: zerohedge

3 Apr 2025

CEO confidence one year out has fallen to the lowest since 2010:

Apollo's Torsten Slok

3 Apr 2025

The list is out...

34% RECIPROCAL TARIFFS ON CHINA 20% RECIPROCAL TARIFFS ON THE EUROPEAN UNION

3 Apr 2025

➡️ Liberation Day announcement brings US tariffs to levels not seen since the Smoot-Hawley.

➡️ Rough estimate of ~1.2% drag to US growth if they persist, before any retaliatory tariffs. ➡️ ~300bln/year revenue raise. ➡️ Canada & Mexico outcome is better than expected. ➡️ Europe & Japan is worse. Source: Bob Elliott

3 Apr 2025

Here’s what investors consider to be the biggest risk to markets right now 👇

Source: Cheddar Flow @CheddarFlow

3 Apr 2025

CHINA URGES US TO IMMEDIATELY CANCEL RECIPROCAL TARIFFS, VOWS COUNTER-MEASURES

Source: Geiger Capital @Geiger_Capital

3 Apr 2025

Bloomberg Economics estimates that the average tariff rate the US charges on around $3T of imported goods will now go up to 22%- the highest in a century

But remember, this is NOT a final number. Many things can happen. - China could negotiate a deal (or try to absorb the shock via more stimulus and weakening of the Yuan) - The EU could chose to retaliate - and the US escalates... - How will the rest of the world respond is very uncertain as well Expect a new high in the economic uncertainty index and lots of volatility ahead Source: chart: Bianco Research

3 Apr 2025

U.S. President Trump imposed a 10% tariff on Heard and McDonald Islands—uninhabited except for penguins.

Source: Clash Report @clashreport

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