Friday, June 7, 2019 - 11:44
ECONOMIC & INVESTMENT REPORT - JUNE 2019
The abrupt increase in US tariffs on imports from China threatens the nascent recovery in global industrial production that appeared to be underway. Tariffs and tariff fears have a large impact on high frequency data such as trade, industrial production, business investment, PMIs, and many highly correlated financial asset prices. Roughly half of China’s exports to the United States face 25% tariffs.