In the last week, the Trump administration has managed to calm the trade war by agreeing provisional deals with the UK and China. Starting with China first because it's…
First, a timeline of when the tariffs came into force: On April 2nd, "Liberation Day", a range of tariffs were announced, from 10% on the UK and Australia, 20% on the EU to 50%…
In an interview with Yahoo media on April 15th, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said, "No one thinks steep China tariffs are sustainable over the long run". He was referring to…
One of the theories some pundits put forward for the huge tariffs, is that the Trump administration was trying to push bond yields lower. The reasoning went as follows: Scare…
So Trump announced new tariffs today, which are applicable to pretty much every country in the world. The minimum baseline tariff is 10%, but a lot of countries were hit with…
For the last sixteen years, the US stock market has outperformed the rest of the world. This was helped by steady governance which resulted in a strong economy, while the…
When Canadians started talking in February about how they were going to boycott flights to the US, some people, including economists, scoffed. After all people often say things…
Tariffs are paid by the importer. So when Trump put tariffs of 25% on imports from Mexico and Canada, that results in the American business that is importing produce from Mexico…
This is despite the European Central Bank cutting rates at the start of March for the sixth time in nine months to 2.5%. So why are European government bond yields…
Canada started boycotting American goods in a low-key manner in February as Donald Trump started threatening to invade and annexe them. This metastasized to a full national…