Sentences with phrase «threats of trade wars»

Market - watchers have been on edge in recent weeks with lingering threats of trade wars and the possibility of the market turning negative.

The threat of a trade war would also freak out the overseas investors we count on to buy our government bonds, and keep our interest rates at super-low levels.

CNBC's Jackie DeAngelis reports on the ETFs market as energy leads today's rally despite the threat of a trade war.

President Donald Trump and his advisors were loud in their threats of a trade war with China but the Shanghai Index charts shows China is shrugging off this rhetoric.

The threat of a trade war between the U.S. and China grew more pronounced last week and there could be a winner from the fallout if tensions escalate, says one strategist.

The ministers frequently evoked their close relationship, but there was an undercurrent of tension as the threat of trade war and the prospect of NAFTA's collapse loomed over the panel.

But the dollar has also been buffeted by other headlines, including threats of a trade war with China and a tumultuous reshuffling of Cabinet members, with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson the latest to leave, and others rumored to be fired soon by President Donald Trump.

Other temporary headwinds being cited for the first quarter numbers include strikes, the threat of trade wars and an early Easter holiday.

«If you look at when confidence indicators such as PMIs (Purchasing Managers» Index) and the German IFO index peaked, it was well before the bad weather, the threat of trade wars, Easter holidays and the U.S. tax reform.»

«The current threat of trade wars or withdrawing from trade agreements may harm agriculture.»

On December 10, 2003, faced with the adverse decision and the growing threat of a trade war, President Bush rescinded the tariffs before the EU implemented its full list of sanctions.

Stocks have returned to autopilot despite the threat of trade wars and prospect of an inflationary outbreak in the U.S..

The tariffs he just signed are a more lenient version of the ones he proposed last week — a sign that forceful criticism by scores of Republican lawmakers and threats of a trade war from the US's trading partners persuaded the president to try to soften the blow on imports.

The leading suspect on that front at the moment: the rising threat of a trade war.

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The threat of a trade war loomed over Jerome H. Powell's inaugural speech as Federal Reserve chairman on Friday in Chicago, even as he tried to focus attention on the fundamental strength of the American economy.

Deep in Montana's ag country, ranchers» and farmers» support of Trump is being put to the test as the president's bellicose threats of a trade war risk their livelihoods.

Global stock markets fell back on Thursday amid the threat of a trade war between the US and China, the world's two biggest economies.

The stock has been punished for its inability to execute on profit margins, slowing sales growth, the threat of a trade war between the U.S. and China, a general environment of China slowing in early 2018, and general weakness in financials globally.

The IIF said the investment value is impressive, considering it occurred «during one of the most volatile months in global financial markets since China's mini-devaluation,» and noted that growth in emerging markets is increasing at its fastest pace since 2011 — an encouraging sign of resilience despite the threat of a trade war.

WASHINGTON, D.C. As threats of a trade war loom on the horizon, Rep. Elise Stefanik (R - Willsboro) has sharply criticized the president's proposed tariffs on imported steel and aluminum.

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If you have been looking for a reason to buy a cryptocurrency, look around at what is happening with the threat of trade wars and the inflated price of stocks and bonds.

The threat of a trade war between China and the U.S may have a real impact on the cryptocurrency markets.

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The threat of a looming trade war has brought uncertainty into the Thai stock market, an executive at the Stock Exchange of Thailand said.

* No signs of cargo downturn due to U.S. - China trade war threat.

Ethanol demand has been vital to farmers who are buffeted by low commodities prices and the threat of a global trade war.

The threat of a global trade war, which has caught the attention of investors in a big way, is also a concern for the Federal Reserve.

NEW YORK, March 5 - Treasuries yields rose on Monday afternoon as the U.S. stock market recovered and fears of a trade war eased after senior Republicans urged President Donald Trump to reconsider his threat to impose tariffs on imported steel and aluminum.

Earlier comments from Trump had stoked talk of a global trade war as he described them as easy to win and issued a threat to German carmakers.

Treasury yields resume a steady climb higher on Wednesday as fretting about the threat of an economically disruptive trade war between the U.S. and China subsided, and takes a back seat to the concerns about rising interest rates and coming labor - market data, which could inform the Federal Reserve's policy agenda.

According to Du Lan, an assistant research fellow at the China Institute of International Studies in Beijing, while Xi's speech was generally well received in the US, until there was further evidence of China's opening up, the threat of an all - out trade war would not go away.

I would not exclude another LTCM style episode of systemic risk given the risk of unraveling of highly leveraged carry trades and the end of easy liquidity: triggers could be a disorderly move of the US dollar, perhaps following trade war threats to China, leading to a 1987 - style stock market crash; or MBSs interacting with a housing slump and the hedging activities of GSEs; or greater corporate distress or a Ford / GM entering into Chapter 11 triggering a massive sell - off in the murky, non-transparent and untested credit derivatives.

China's threats to retaliate against US tariffs fueled fears of a trade war, unnerving manufacturers and even Tyson Foods.

The fears that President Donald Trump's threats of tariffs would plunge the globe into a devastating trade war is easing quite a bit.

But Snaith warns that Trump's threats of punitive tariffs on countries engaging in unfair trade practices or currency manipulation could spark a trade war that would raise the risk of a national recession.

Since then, the threat of an international trade war has roiled the markets over a series of tariffs proposed by the U.S. and China.

-- Choppy trading conditions reflect geopolitical tensions, including conflict in the Middle East, and the threat of a global trade war, as well as the risk of accelerated monetary tightening.

However, Hansen explained that the economic data and the growing threat of a global trade war don't support aggressive action from the Federal Reserve, which should be positive for gold prices.

WASHINGTON — White House officials moved quickly on Wednesday to calm fears of a potential trade war with China, saying the administration's proposed tariffs were a «threat» that would ultimately help, not hurt, the United States economy, hours after China said it would punish American products with similar levies.

During a dizzying week in which the world's two largest economies exchanged threats of heavy tariffs, Beijing has insisted that it's ready to wage a trade war «to the end.»

Global trade wars (or even the threat of such) are not good for business and are, in fact, INFLATIONARY because of supply dislocations which cause price distortions.

The lack of a supervising agent, coupled with the inability to fulfil necessary preconditions regarding successful regional cooperation: whether these being Khosla's (2007)(a rejection of war, a mutual dispute system, a shared culture and common threats) Ayoob's (1985)(ideological and political affinity) and Bandara and Yu's (2003)(geographical advantages, trade complementarity, lack of political tension, and differentiated economic structures) means that member states are acclimatized to defect, making the regional entity captive to on - going disputes.

White House officials moved quickly to calm fears of a potential trade war with China, saying the administration's proposed tariffs were a «threat» that would ultimately help, not hurt, the United States economy, hours after China said it would punish American products with similar levies.

With threats of additional tariffs raising the prospects of a trade war, the major U.S. indexes moved lower over the past week.

It is a battle progressive forces can not duck away from, but it is also of grave concern that a time when international co-operation is desperately required to tackle the escalating climate threat, the necessary geopolitical priority has become containing the spread of nationalist autocracy and avoiding the very real risk of a volatile and cornered U.S. president turning trade wars into shooting wars.