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The ECB followed Trumps advice, and cut rates by 25 basis points, unlike the Fed. The Fed decided to resist Trumps monetary advice and hold rates steady, citing inflationary pressures and uncertainty. The ECB was more proactive and cut rates a further 25 basis points, despite resurgent inflation.
Read more →Markets remained nervous ahead of the Fed rate decision. The Fed are expected to leave rates unchanged, despite pressure from Trump, for all Central Banks to cut rates.
Read more →US equity markets staged a ‘dead cat bounce’ recovery, following the huge sell-off in the previous session, predominantly in the tech-heavy NASDAQ. The darling of last year's rally in US share prices, Nvidia, stabilised after losing US$600 Billion in the previous session.
Read more →US markets tumbled under the challenge of a new open-source AI release from China, ‘DeepSeek’. This new AI was tested and came up Trumps against their American competitors, while initially costing a miniscule $6million, to set up.
Read more →The surge in equities this past week fizzled out, with markets gasping for breath, following a huge week of fundamental change following Trump’s inauguration. Trump appeared by ‘Videolink’ at Davos and set another fox into the henhouse.
Read more →Trump did not fly Airforce One into Davos and the WEF Conference, but he did make a dramatic entrance, via Video-link. Trump outlined a strategy of forcing interest rates lower in the US, and around the world, plus the cutting oil prices.
Read more →US equity markets continue to celebrate the new Trump administration, posting new record highs on the S&P, and looking for positives in the opportunities. The surge in confidence has allowed the US Dollar to weaken, as capital takes flight from safety and risk appetite surges.
Read more →The Trump inauguration went well, allowing markets to breathe a sigh of relief and this was reflected in equities, bonds and the currencies. US equities rallied strongly, as Trump’s priorities were obviously not ‘Tariffs Day One’ on one and all.
Read more →US celebrated the inauguration of Trump on MLK holiday and markets were quiet. The US Dollar continued to lose ground as fears over the Trump policies subsided. Rumours of 100 Executive Orders may well play out, but they are said not to include tariffs.
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