Economic Trends and Political Perspectives

A federal appeals court offered President Donald Trump a temporary reprieve from a ruling threatening to throw out the bulk of his sweeping tariff agenda, giving at least some hope to a White House now facing substantial new restrictions on its effort to rewrite the global trading order. Meantime, Asian shares and US stock futures declined as uncertainties around President Trump’s tariffs whipsawed the markets. For more, we spoke to Mary Nicola, Bloomberg MLIV Strategist. 

Plus - the US equity market advanced as it grappled with several forces such as solid guidance from Nvidia, legal uncertainty around President Trump's trade war and questions about monetary policy. That is after the fact President Trump pushed Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to lower interest rates. We speak to Scott Ladner, Chief Investment Officer at Horizon Investments.

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