Nothing like a good old trade war that will just affect consumers at home if they don’t find a resolution soon enough.

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Your iPhone just got a lot more expensive.

My favorite one… “I voted for Trump because I thought it would be funny to see liberals growl like dogs. I wanted affordable groceries, but the tariffs are going to make everything worse and my life savings will be gone. I can't afford to spend $100 on groceries. I didn't vote for this.”

So you were good with the idea of other people suffering? Now that you’re hurting, you change your mind?

I lost over $23k last week and this idiot spends our tax dollars on golf.

Had these eggs every year as a kid, you can’t convince me these aren’t less than a dollar too produce. Actual highway robbery.

I understand that this is the imax auditorium, but genuinely wtf is $30 a ticket for two adults....? $26 for kids is absolutely ridiculous. Even in the standard non-IMAX theatre it's $20 a ticket these movie companies genuinely suck. They're not even keeping up with inflation they're just price gouging. 💀💀💀

People on other economic related threads are asking why Treasury and bond yields are rising even though the stock market keeps selling off.

So here's my hypothesis. Tariffs along with all of Trump's policies including immigration are inherently inflationary.

Not to mention that once the global recession sets in the central bankers the world over will be forced to cut rates to juice their economies weakening their domestic currencies and strengthening the dollar.

Even though Trump's tariffs to manufacturing renaissance agenda relies on a weak dollar his policies basically cement the exact opposite coming into fruition. If everything stays the same the strong dollar is going to wreak havoc on consumer sentiment dragging the world and the U.S. into a prolonged recession with a very slow recovery.

That being said the Fed is in a really difficult position of accomplishing their dual mandate. Maximum employment and inflation held steady at a natural rate of 2%.

Now with this new tariff regime if they cut rates inflation will soar to new highs eroding consumer confidence and depressing real wages leading to slower growth. Or if they raise rates they risk creating a liquidity crisis that breaks the economy leading to mass layoffs.

Way too many institutional investors are over exposed to U.S. equities and the AI/COVID bubble has officially popped and it's going to get nasty.

Also China's been dumping treasuries since their real estate sector is basically on life support so they're strapped for cash too and have been trying to prop the sector up without much success.

China's been dumping our treasuries for months now and stock piling more gold and that's probably because they were forecasting that Trump's tariffs would send the global economy into a tailspin.

You'd think the strong dollar is your friend but with inflation resurgent again it's not. Investopedia has an explainer on the pros and cons of the strong dollar. Simply put.

"It's also important to remember that a strengthening dollar may not always increase purchasing power for U.S. dollar users. During periods of an increasing rate of inflation, purchasing power goes down. So if U.S. inflation increases and dollar strength matches it with a similar rise, the two might cancel each other out." Investopedia

China May Have No Choice But to Weaken the Yuan

Dr. Doom Says Trade War Will Escalate Could Be Another 2008

China's Consumption Problem

China's Property Debacle

Looking good buddy keep it going. 😔

Trump is an idiot. Congress should step in but they're scared of him.

China & the EU could hit the US very hard by going after the tech industry here. I bet they're considering putting tariffs on the tech services the US exports. It'd hurt all Tech companies very hard.

Since Drumpf took office (for the 2nd time), the world stock markets have lost approx. $15.5 trillion in value. Having started with approx $109 trillion. Why are oligarchs and billionaires still supporting him?
This is an honest question.