-
European and Chinese exports kept growing despite the 2025 Trump trade shock
One of the main ways in which the economic policies of the second Donald Trump administration have been felt worldwide has been the steep hike in tariffs (Gensler et al, 2025). The average legislated levy on goods imported to the United States rose from 2.5 percent in 2024 to 16.8 percent in mid-November 2025 (The Budget Lab, 2025). Effective tariff rates (revenue raised by duties on goods as a proportion of import value) are lower than the legislated rates and vary widely depending on the source of goods: 37.7 percent for China at the end of October 2025 and 8.6 percent for the European Union (below the overall ... (full story)
- Comments / Top
- Subscribe
-
- Older Stories
From substack.com|Feb 1, 2026We are emerging from an eventful week characterized by high-impact news and significant market volatility. The narrative was dominated by the Federal Reserve, escalating ...
From morningstar.com|Feb 1, 2026For assets that many investors treat as protection, the speed and scale of the wipeout in gold and silver on Friday was unnerving. The immediate instinct is to ask what went wrong ...
From thehill.com|Feb 1, 2026|3 commentsPresident Trump said Saturday that he expects his pick for Federal Reserve chair, Kevin Warsh, to easily make it through the Senate confirmation process. “He’s very high-quality ...
-
- Newer Stories
From @MarketNews_Feed|Feb 1, 2026gold drops over 5% to $4,609.20 per ounce ...
From pmi.spglobal.com|Feb 1, 2026Business conditions in China’s manufacturing sector continued to improve at the start of 2026, according to the latest PMI® data. The rate of output growth accelerated slightly ...
From finance.yahoo.com|Feb 1, 2026Gold fell, following its biggest plunge in more than a decade, and silver whipsawed in choppy trading after a dramatic pullback from record highs. Spot gold fell as much as 6.3% ...
- Story Stats
- Feb 1, 2026 6:52pm Posted byFundamental Analysis1,370
