Tech Jolts Wall Street: Disappointing Earnings and Rising Oil Prices Fuel Market Decline
Crude above $100 and new U.S. tariffs are pushing bond yields higher as investors warn inflation could force central banks to tighten.
- On Thursday, crude oil breached $100 a barrel for the first time in two months, while the Trump administration announced new tariffs of 10% to 12.5% on imports from 60 trading partners, citing alleged forced-labor violations.
- The new duties replace temporary 10% levies imposed after the Supreme Court invalidated most of Trump's 'liberation day' tariffs in February, marking the administration's latest effort to reconstruct a trade wall.
- Wall Street indexes closed lower on Thursday as surging oil prices and renewed tariff threats amped up inflation worries. US 30-year bond yields remain near their highest levels since 2007, signaling investor alarm.
- Australia, Brazil, Chile, and New Zealand rejected the administration's tariff justification, though no major trading partner has announced retaliation as most nations indicate they will continue negotiating with Washington.
- European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde warned Thursday that higher energy prices could intensify inflation. Negative supply shock pressures will continue to underpin central bank tendencies to lean hawkish, analysts suggest.
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