Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in Bell open in New York on February 12, 2025.
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People are creatures in the future. It allows us to plan for the future, increasing our chances of survival and success, but it can also sharpen us when we get into fear and inactivity.
On Thursday there was a delicate tension between these two aspects in the markets.
The monthly reading of the American price indicator of the manufacturer for January was slightly warmer than the forecast. However, according to Citigroup estimates, some elements in PPI have dropped, which can lead to a soft report of the personal consumption price indicator.
Meanwhile, despite the fact that US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on mutual tariffs, he immediately refrained from countries hitting countries.
Finally, optimism and relief were won by fears and worries, collecting supplies. This may be a case “tomorrow will be better” or “we will deal with problems tomorrow.” As far as we plan and design to the future, there are things that only tomorrow.
What you need to know today
Signing of mutual tariffs
US President Donald Trump on Thursday signed the presidential memorandum establishing him Plan to impose “mutual tariffs” on foreign nations. According to the plan, the United States will treat the policy of other countries other than tariffs, such as value added taxes as unfair commercial practices that require tariffs in response, said Trump. Mutual tariffs will come into force only after examining the White House, appropriate tariff levels for each affected country.
India and the USA are addressed to trade $ 500 billion
New Delhi and Washington will work Over double trade of double -sided to $ 500 billion until 2030.Narendra Modi's Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at a joint press conference with Trump on Thursday. As for Trump's mutual tariffs, the hours signed just before the meeting from Modi, the US simply download the same tariff rates that they accused in India, said that the commercial deficit with India could be solved along with the sale of oil and gas.
American markets look on the bright side
American shares increased on Thursday On the back, a rally in the field of technological stocks and relief that Trump's mutual tariffs did not fall immediately. . S&P 500 increased by 1.04%, the Industrial average Dow Jones increased by 0.77%and NASDAQ composite increased by 1.5%. Markets of Asia and Pacific traded mixed Friday. Hongkong's Insert the SENG index jumped by over 2.6%, expanding his profits from the previous day, while Japan Nikkei 225 fell by 0.8%.
High wholesale prices, but soft inside
. The US manufacturer's price index in January increased by 3.5% This year, the Labor Statistics Office announced on Thursday. Within a month wholesale prices increased by 0.4%, higher than Dow Jones respect at 0.3%. Despite reading about higher than expected, there are signs that report prices can be cooled. For example, medical care dropped by 0.5%, while national airports fell by 0.3%and the prices of brokerage services were excluded by 2.2%.
Singapore economy forward forward
. Singapore economy increased by 4.4% in 2024Its highest growth rate from 2021, data from the country Ministry of Trade and Industry He showed Friday. However, the authorities expect that gross domestic product increase will slow down to 1% to 3% in 2025. Country The first budget based on the premiere of Lawrence Wong Will be disclosed on February 18. Analysts expect household and business support.
(PRO) The most important threat to the market
According to Piper Sandler, there is three main risk on the stock exchange. The investment company has drawn this application after reviewing 27 cases of corrections in the S&P 500 in the last 60 years. This time, in particular, one threat has The highest chance to withdraw stocks.
And finally …
US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin at a joint press conference after the summit of July 16, 2018 in Helsinki, Finland.
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Talks will start about the end of the war with Russia – but Ukraine can pay a high price for peace
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he talked on the phone with both Russian President Vladimir Putin and the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and that both leaders said they wanted peace. Trump said he instructed American officials to immediately start peace talks. Before the announcement of Trump, US Secretary of Defense Pete HegeSth poured cold water to the hope of Ukraine to join the NATO military alliance and regain lost territories after the invasion of Crimea in Russia in 2014.
Ukraine arouses a difficult reality that its greatest ally and benefactor, the USA, can ask the country to pay a high price for a room. In addition to Kiev, the allies of Ukraine in Europe seem to be stunned by Trump's unilateral movement, and most often the continent's officials express concerns that they can be left out of the way of peace conversations.