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China boost consumption / Bessent pretty clear message / Iran again / Merz 'whatever it takes' / FOMC & lot more

Writer: StéphanStéphan


  • Markets : #SPX implied move for the week has dropped to 140 points. Key market-moving events include the U.S Retail Sales today, Jensen Huang’s keynote presentation, FOMC meeting with Powell’s speech (pretty sure they will mark down growth expectations and up their year-end '25 inflation projections), and of course Trump’s daily rants. Consumer sentiment weakening across board in the U.S >>> USD should remain under pressure overall, GOLD, XAG, XPT all doing the job (#GDX #SILJ long way to catch up), BTC struggling to get any traction, Equity markets had a decent short-covering rally on Friday (from oversold levels), let's see what retails sales, FOMC and German budget vote bring over next few days, in addition with geopolitics

  • Merz : „Whatever it takes.“

  • Japan’s 30y government bond yield rises to 2.62%, highest since July 2006

  • What's Trump's endgame with global tariffs? 2. April tariffs for everyone..

  • China maps out plan to raise incomes and boost consumption, At a time when the US is slashing federal research funding, China is boosting its public spending on science & technology by 10% this year

  • How the U.S. is losing ground to China in nuclear fusion, as AI power needs surge

  • Comments over the weekend haven’t helped bring much support with Bessent once again challenged to reaffirm a put for growth only to be met with more indifference. “… saying the country needs to be weaned off what he called massive government spending.” - nothing more true

  • Green energy stocks fall back to levels last seen 5 years ago

  • Warren Buffett's Berkshire may sell its real estate brokerage business. What it means


 

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