Why are stock markets wary of tariffs?

 

In two of the last three weeks, tariff announcements led to late week stock market sell-offs. Stocks quickly recovered lost value, but uncertainty about the administration’s trade policy and the potential impact of that policy on U.S. companies remained.

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Optimism headed south on Friday.

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After rising for most of the week, stock markets lost momentum last Friday as economic data raised doubts about further Federal Reserve rate cuts, reported Rita Nazareth of Bloomberg

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Wait! What just happened?

 

Last week, investors were inundated with market-moving data and news. Stock markets gyrated as investors tried to process everything that was occurring.

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