Several news outlets, including Reuters, reported on Monday that Kevin Hassett, Director of the National Economic Council (NEC), told CNBC that US President Donald Trump is considering a 90-day pause in tariffs for all countries except China.
The USD/CAD pair rises to near 1.4260 during North American trading hours on Monday. The Loonie pair gains as the Canadian Dollar (CAD) faces selling pressure amid growing expectations that the Bank of Canada (BoC) could continue reducing interest rates this year.
European Union trade commissioner Maros Sefcovic said on Monday that a range of tariffs is hitting 380 billion Euros worth of EU exports of the US. "Some 70% of our total exports are facing tariffs," he added.
Euro (EUR) is quietly consolidating within a relatively tight range around the mid-1.09s and strengthening modestly vs. the USD, outpacing all the G10 currencies apart from the havens JPY and CHF.
Japanese Prime Minister (PM) Shigeru Ishiba said on Monday that the told United States (US) President Donald Trump in a video meeting that Japan has made the biggest investment in the US for five straight years, per Reuters.
The Canadian Dollar (CAD) is remarkably stable considering the carnage playing out in stocks. Spot has held a tight range close to Friday’s closing level throughout Asian and European trade.
Stocks screens are a sea of red as investors register deepening concerns over the impact of US tariffs on the global economy. Are countries rushing to offer the US concessions on trade? So far, it seems only Vietnam and Cambodia have started talks to lift levies.
It's making the rounds on X that the Fed is holding an emergency meeting to potentially discuss a rate cut. Unfortunately, it's just a regular meeting.
In an interview with Fox News on Monday, Kevin Hassett, Director of the US National Economic Council (NEC), said that US President Donald Trump is doubling down on something he knows works and added that Trump will listen to trading partners if they offer "really great deals," per Reuters.
West Texas Intermediate (WTI) recovers some intraday losses in European trading hours on Monday after sliding extensively to near $58.80 earlier in the day, the lowest level seen in four years. The Oil price is still 3% down near $60.40, at the time of writing.
The US Dollar Index (DXY), which tracks the performance of the US Dollar (USD) against six major currencies, tries to cling onto Friday's recovery towards 103.00 at the time of writing on Monday while markets are on fire.
A reasonably normal tariff policy would cause the dollar to appreciate. Why? Because US consumers would prefer to consume US goods instead of imported goods, and US companies would prefer to install US machinery. After all, no tariffs would have to be paid on that.
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) announced on Monday that they nominated Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey as the next chair of the organization.
"Oil prices are down, interest rates are down (the slow moving Fed should cut rates!), food prices are down, there is no inflation, and the long time abused USA is bringing in billions of dollars a week from the abusing countries on tariffs that are already in place," US President Donald Trump poste
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