Market Overview
China launches a plan to boost domestic consumption. Global trade tensions remain.
2025.03.17
On Sunday, China's State Council launched a special action plan to boost domestic consumption, including raising household incomes and setting up a childcare subsidy scheme. The plan also includes mea...
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Week's main events (March 17 - March 21)
2025.03.17
This week, investors' attention will be focused on the central bank meetings
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Escalating trade tensions triggered a risk reduction among investors
2025.03.14
Signs of escalating trade tensions triggered risk-off, sending stock prices tumbling. President Trump has threatened to impose 200% tariffs on European wine, champagne, and other spirits if the EU doe...
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The Bank of Canada cut the interest rate as expected. The EU and Canada imposed retaliatory tariffs on the US.
2025.03.13
The Canadian dollar is holding near 1.44 per dollar, near a one-month low of 1.45 hit on March 3, as Canada imposed retaliatory tariffs of 25 percent on $21 billion worth of US goods after Trump's dut...
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The uncertainty of the new US administration's tariff policy negatively affects investor sentiment
2025.03.12
On Tuesday, stocks came under pressure after President Trump announced he would raise tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Canada to 50% from 25% starting Wednesday in response to Ontario's impo...
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Hedge funds have significantly reduced their holdings in equities. Oil fell to $66 per barrel
2025.03.11
Hedge funds significantly reduced their holdings in stocks last Friday, the largest such move in two years. The size of the moves made by some hedge funds on Friday can be compared to those seen in Ma...
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China's consumer prices fell the most in 13 months. Canada has chosen a new prime minister
2025.03.10
Chinese consumer prices fell to 0.7% y/y in February 2025, exceeding market projections that expected a 0.5% decline and reversing the 0.5% rise in the previous month. This marked the first consumer d...
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Week's main events (March 10 - March 14)
2025.03.10
Investors focus this week is on inflation data in the United States as well as BoC Interest Rate Decision
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The German DAX index has hit an all-time high. WTI crude oil prices show a multi-day losing streak
2025.03.07
The DAX index rose more than 1% to a new record high above 23,360 on Thursday, with most stocks rising as European leaders pledged to increase defense spending and support Ukraine, reacting to Donald...
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European indices are growing amid the change of economic vector to defense. Inflationary pressures in Vietnam continue to ease.
2025.03.06
Vietnam's annual inflation rate fell to 2.91% in February 2025, a three-month low, down from 3.63% in January. The slowdown was driven by lower inflation in the service sector. Meanwhile, core inflati...
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