In Retrospect | Trade tensions, Yield curves

A rollercoaster of a week for the markets. A promising Monday, after Trump announced a postponement of new tariffs of Chinese imports, turned into a disaster Tuesday. Weak data from China and Germany, highlighted the negative impact of the trade war over the global economy prospects; an effect illustrated by the inversion in the yield curve of 2 and 10 year treasuries, for the first time since 2007. Is there a recession looming in the horizon? This and more in this week’s in retrospect.

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