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Two out of three consumers surveyed by the University of Michigan expect unemployment to worsen in the year ahead.
From CBS News
Donald Trump’s tariff offensive convulsed global markets on Thursday, with sectors from banking to tech left reeling from the US president’s bid to remake the global economic order.
From The Financial Times
As details of the new tariffs spread by text messages and tweets, executives and investors realized that Trump’s tariff threats were becoming a harsh reality.
From Wall Street Journal
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The S&P 500 was down 3.3% in early trading, worse than the drops for other major stock markets. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 1,160 points, or 2.7%, as of 9:32 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 4.5% lower.
Goldman Sachs cut its S&P 500 target and raised its recession forecast. The bank now sees a 35% chance of a recession in the next 12 months.
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You might see the price of land and buildings increase, and you might see the price of bonds go up. If interest rates go down because there is an inverse relationship between interest and the price of bonds. But also, you might see the actual inflation hitting some of your liquid assets.