Weekly Espresso
Trump set out the full details of his ‘reciprocal’ tariffs after the markets shut on Wednesday evening. The response during trading on Thursday and Friday was unequivocal and markets across the globe suffered their steepest decline since the pandemic. On Friday the S&P fell 6%, the FTSE 100 dropped 4.95% and in Japan the Nikkei was down 7.8% when trading closed this morning.