The US president, Donald Trumpsaid Monday to impose duty to imports of computer chips, pharmaceutical products and steel in an effort to force producers to manufacture them in the United States.
The Financial Times reported the secretary of the Treasury, Scott Besenthas been pressing so that universal tariffs are imposed on US imports, which would begin by 2.5% and increase each month. “These comments contradict the tentative presumption of the markets that tariffs would be a case by case … and not universal,” said Francesco Pesole, exchange strategist ING.
The expectations that tariff United States Federal Reserve (Fed), What drives the dollar, Reuters reported.
He euro 0.6% fell to $ 1.04245, while The sterling pound It was quoted at $ 1,2443, a 0.46% drop in the day, while the Canadian dollar fell 0.15% to 1,4395 per US dollar.
He dollar indexwhich measures the American currency against six rivals, recovered 0.1% to 107.91, after falling to its lowest level since mid -December in 106.96 the day before.
Risk discharge movements are reversed
The attention to the tariffs caused the operators to revirmed some of the great risk aversion movements carried out on Monday, since the free -source artificial intelligence model of the Chinese Startup Depseek raised questions about the very high assessment and domain of the American artificial intelligence referents as Nvidia.
“Even if he dollar It is not the favorite refuge in these sales sales, tariffs are a greater and longer concern for the broader exchange sphere, “said Pesole de Ing.
He yen He retreated, after the sure shelter offers sent the Japanese currency to their highest level from mid -December to 153,715 per dollar on Monday. In front of the Japanese currency, the dollar rose 0.8% and was quoted to 155,73 yen.
The green ticket also rose 0.55% against the Swiss Franco to 0.906, recovering from a minimum of five weeks in front of the currency on Monday.
This Tuesday begins the two -day meeting of the Federal Reserve, which is expected to keep the interest rates stable. Investors will seek indications about whether a cut of the types could occur soon if inflation is approaching the annual 2% objective of the Central Bank.
He European Central Bank (ECB) It will also meet this week and are expected to cut interest rates.
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