Many nations are set to renegotiate their tariffs against the USA. IE, the USA can expect big time changes in the USA's favor compared to 2-2025! Many nations are seeking swift action.
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Many nations are set to renegotiate their tariffs against the USA. IE, the USA can expect big time changes in the USA's favor compared to 2-2025! Many nations are seeking swift action.
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And their biggest trading partner Canada just slapped a 24% tariff on autos and 29 billion worth of goods, while China hit them with an additional 50% making it 84% in total. Stock market going to take another dump, and you’re trying to find a silver lining. From politicians to business leaders to media commentators, there's a growing contingent of voices calling for Trump to take an "off ramp" to the sweeping tariffs.Originally posted by Dr Z View Post
Dramatic sell-off of US government bonds as tariff war panic deepens
Falling demand suggests loss of financial confidence in US as Donald Trump escalates trade standoff with China
US government bonds, traditionally seen as one of the world’s safest financial assets, are undergoing a dramatic sell-off as Donald Trump’s escalation of his tariff war with China sends panic through all sectors of the financial markets.
The falls suggest that as Trump’s fresh wave of tariffs on dozens of economies came into force, including 104% levies against Chinese goods, investors are beginning to lose confidence in the US as a cornerstone of the global economy.
The yield – or interest rate – on the benchmark 10-year US Treasury bond rose by 0.16 percentage points on Wednesday to 4.42%, its highest since late February – and this week has undergone the three biggest intraday moves since Trump was elected in November. Yields move inversely to prices, so surging yields mean falling prices as demand drops.
The move in the 30-year bond was more dramatic. The 30-year yield briefly jumped above 5% to its highest since late 2023 and was last trading at 4.9157%, or 0.2 percentage points higher than Tuesday.
“This is a fire sale of Treasuries,” said Calvin Yeoh, portfolio manager at the hedge fund Blue Edge Advisors. “I haven’t seen moves or volatility of this size since the chaos of the pandemic in 2020,” he told Bloomberg.
Analysts believe the US Federal Reserve may need to step in. Jim Reid, at Deutsche Bank, said: “Markets are pricing a growing probability of an emergency [interest rate] cut, just as we saw during the Covid turmoil and the height of the GFC [global financial crisis] in 2008.”
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It is definitely the right thing to do despite the short term pain many are feeling, particularily me.
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Doesn't seem like it, EU have slapped tariffs on America and America have announced a 90 day pause on countries other than china cause they realised its been an absolute disasterComment
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China probably feels they have enough influence in the US that they can continue with business as usual. I hope they are wrong.Comment
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Get ready to pay more for pharmaceuticals...Gotta protect big pharma.
Trump says pharmaceutical tariffs are coming ‘very shortly.’ How will this impact the price of drugs?
‘We're going to be announcing very shortly a major tariff on pharmaceuticals. And when they hear that, they will leave China,’ president says at Re public an fundraiser
US farmers are going to take a hit and food prices will go up, 60% of US food exports were going to China before T rump hit China with tariffs during his first term, and China simply started buying food from Brazil and Argentina. Us framers still haven't recovered from it.Last edited by jaded; 04-09-2025, 01:46 PM.Comment
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