
This week in charts: Trump tariff chaos
It’s been an incredible week for markets. Monday was dubbed ‘Manic Monday’ in a few corners of the financial world. The S&P 500 opened sharply lower, down 4.5%, before a…
11 April 2025

It’s been an incredible week for markets. Monday was dubbed ‘Manic Monday’ in a few corners of the financial world. The S&P 500 opened sharply lower, down 4.5%, before a…
11 April 2025

Summary of the tariffs The US has introduced a sweeping 10% blanket tariff on all imports, with additional ‘reciprocal’ tariffs aimed at countries with large bilateral trade surpluses or perceived…
4 April 2025

Despite Trump rattling markets with news of 25% tariffs on carmakers on Wednesday, the biggest event of the week for us in the UK was the Spring Statement (not officially…
28 March 2025

Rachel Reeves delivered her Spring Statement this afternoon. The chancellor had been clear that this was not intended to be a full‑blooded budget, reiterating that she was aiming for only…
26 March 2025

Thankfully, this week was calmer than last. Our most recent weekly chart post was all about the selloff in US equities, which reached correction territory last week (any loss greater…
21 March 2025

It’s been quite a week for markets. We began the week with markets recoiling from comments made by President Trump, who stated in a Fox News interview that he wasn’t…
14 March 2025

What’s going on right now? It’s been a tough couple of weeks for markets. In the US, President Trump’s tariff plans — 25% on imports from Canada and Mexico and…
12 March 2025

It’s been a wild week for markets. In the US, President Trump’s tariff plans — 25% on imports from Canada and Mexico and increased duties on Chinese goods — came…
7 March 2025