Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – That’s the early view from financial markets as the tariff dust-up between China and the U.S. shows increasing signs of impacting stock prices. While broad measures of American equities have held up better than their Chinese counterparts, striation within the U.S. market shows investors anticipate steep losses in some stalwart names.
Trade War
Donald Trump Misguided Trade War
Gold Silver Reports (NBR) – Donald Trump Misguided Trade War — U.S. President Donald Trump may sincerely think he’s battling to win Americans a better deal on trade with China. In fact, he’s making a better deal harder to achieve — and threatening to inflict grave economic damage on the U.S. economy in the process.
Xi to Counter Trump Blow for Blow in Unwanted Trade War
Xi to Counter Trump Blow for Blow in Unwanted Trade War
Trade Wars Need To Escalate To Support Gold
Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – Trade Wars Need To Escalate To Support Gold — While gold could get a boost from volatile currency markets next week, analysts are not expecting to see the market benefit from safe-haven flows.
Fed Says Tariff Concerns Cloud Otherwise Solid U.S. Outlook
Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – Fed Says Tariff Concerns Cloud Otherwise Solid U.S. Outlook — New tariffs and concerns “Outlooks remained positive, but contacts in various sectors including manufacturing, agriculture and transportation expressed concern about the newly imposed and/or proposed tariffs,” the Fed said in its Beige Book report released Wednesday in Washington. That concern was later echoed by New York Fed President William Dudley, who told an audience in the Bronx that a tariff war would be a “terrible outcome” which the U.S. couldn’t win.
Trump Praises China’s Xi’s Trade Speech, Easing Tariff Tensions
Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – Trump Praises China’s Xi’s Trade Speech, Easing Tariff Tensions – “Very thankful for President Xi of China’s kind words on tariffs and automobile barriers,” Trump said on Twitter. “Also, his enlightenment on intellectual property and technology transfers. We will make great progress together!”
U.S.-China Tensions May Put Up to $400 Billion in Investment at Risk
Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – Chinese investment into the U.S. slumped last year to $29 billion from $46 billion, as the Asian nation restricted outbound capital and the Trump administration took a tough stance on deals, according to the report Tuesday from New York-based research firm Rhodium Group and the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations. U.S. investment into China was little changed at $14 billion.