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Stocks tumble, yen rallies as US and China escalate trade war
NEW YORK: Stocks, the dollar and oil prices fell on Friday while safe havens rose after President Donald Trump demanded U.S. companies look at alternatives to China for manufacturing, following Beijing's retaliatory tariffs on American goods.
China's Commerce Ministry said in a statement early on Friday it would impose tariffs on about $75 billion in imports from the United States including some agricultural products, crude oil and small aircraft.
Trump responded mid-morning in a series of tweets, writing that "American companies are hereby ordered to immediately start looking for an alternative to China."
Trump cannot force U.S. companies to abandon China and he gave no detail on how he might proceed with any such order. But his series of tweets was seen as a harbinger for yet another escalation of the trade war.
After markets closed in New York, Trump tweeted the United States would raise tariffs on $250 billion worth of Chinese imports to 30% from 25% beginning Oct. 1.
"Additionally, the remaining 300 BILLION DOLLARS of goods and products from China, that was being taxed from September 1st at 10%, will now be taxed at 15%," he wrote.
The morning's tweets "certainly heightened concerns about trade and its drag on global growth," said Craig Bishop, lead strategist of the fixed income group at RBC Wealth Management at Minneapolis.
"It has heightened chances of a recession. The President is his own worst enemy when he tries to manage both fiscal and monetary policies."
Stocks that benefit during economic expansions fell the most on Wall Street, also hinting at recession concerns.
"There is a lot of worry here. I would say what (Trump) is tweeting is disconcerting. It's a fair reaction from the markets. I don't think anyone thought we'd get to this level," Michael O'Rourke, chief market strategist at JonesTrading, said during market hours.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 623.34 points, or 2.37%, to 25,628.9, the S&P 500 lost 75.84 points, or 2.59%, to 2,847.11 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 239.62 points, or 3%, to 7,751.77.
The pan-European STOXX 600 index turned sharply lower after Trump's tweets, dropping 1% in the last half hour of trading to close down 0.78%, while MSCI's gauge of stocksacross the globe dropped 1.57%.
Emerging market stocks lost 0.20%, an index of Latin American shares dropped more than 3% to close at its 2019 low and U.S. dollar-denominated Nikkei futures fell 2.0%.
OIL, YIELDS FALL
Oil prices fell after China's retaliatory tariffs announcement highlighted concern that the trade dispute between the world's two largest economies could slow global growth or even trigger a recession.
Trump's tweets made matters worse.
"We still view the U.S.-Chinese trade standoff as a major bearish consideration that will likely be requiring additional downward oil demand adjustments as this year proceeds," said Jim Ritterbusch, president of Ritterbusch and Associates.
U.S. crude fell 2.67% to $53.87 per barrel and Brent was last at $59.11, down 1.35% on the day.
Trump’s comments came after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the U.S. central bank will "act as appropriate" to keep the economic expansion on track, but noted rising risks.
Powell's remarks had given markets some relief after the overnight announcement from Beijing. Trump's tweeted response to the speech asked who is "our bigger enemy" between Powell and China's President Xi Jinping.
The two-year/10-year yield curve inverted last week for the first time since 2007, a signal that a U.S. recession is likely in one to two years. The curve has traded in and out of inversion over the past three days.
U.S. Treasury yields fell, with 10-year notes last up 22/32 in price to yield 1.5351%, from 1.61% late on Thursday.
The U.S. dollar fell after Powell's comments and dropped further after Trump's tweets.
The dollar index <.DXY> fell 0.47%, with the euro up 0.53% to $1.1137.
The Japanese yen strengthened 0.95% versus the greenback at 105.45 per dollar, while sterling was last trading at $1.228, up 0.24% on the day.
Spot gold added 1.8% to $1,525.37 an ounce.
- Reuters
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its time to leave the market or reduce position, i am now 95% cash after selling last week
2019-08-24 10:00
Stocks, the dollar and oil prices fell on Friday while safe havens rose ...............................for the first time, the dollar is no longer viewed as safe haven
2019-08-24 11:09
two steps back one step forward...wall street will find a way to give it a good spin...."its just negotiating ".....but the direction is clear from 2 years ago............its boiling a frog......
2019-08-24 11:19
Maddump prevent n camouflage devaluation of USD to make citizens live n feel great. Even after the addictions of QE meant for local expansion caused more incompetitiveness, with more havoc outflows.
Now imposing more tariffs indirectly to punish own citizens causing inflations as excuse to blame on China n developing countries from further flourishing by distorting free economy.
Maddump is mad but not too stupid on personal interest,just love to ride unfinished donkies on bed as great businessman deal for the rich.
What are played still back fired. Xi has too many ready weapons, can devalue yuan further.Any coughs can cause many fevers. Maddump hoping to see n put blame on.
The shows goes on as before.
2019-08-24 11:28
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After markets closed in New York, Trump tweeted the United States would raise tariffs on $250 billion worth of Chinese imports to 30% from 25% beginning Oct. 1.
"Additionally, the remaining 300 BILLION DOLLARS of goods and products from China, that was being taxed from September 1st at 10%, will now be taxed at 15%," he wrote.
Trade war upgraded .. share markets bloodbath ahead .....
2019-08-24 09:56