President Donald Trump is responsible for the new trend – “Sell America” (Sell America). Dutch and trade war, chaotic decisions or attempts to release the head of the Fed meant that investors get rid of American bonds, shares and run away from the dollar – indicate media from the USA, France or Great Britain.
The appearance of the “Sell America” trend is a clear signal sent by investors – “President Donald Trump's trade war means that America is not a safe place for investment” – said CNN station and cited a set of data as proof.
Donald Trump started the trend “Sell America”
During the first three weeks of April, the DOW Jones Industrial Average index lost 9.1 percent. And it was the worst April since 1932. Anyway, only one April proved to be worse since 1932 – in 1931.
From the beginning of the second term Donald Trump dollar course fell by 5.5 percent And this is the worst result since such data began to be collected, during the presidency of Gerald Ford in 1974. Only once was the similar beginning of the rule – during the first term of Trump, the dolar lost 3 percent. within 63 commercial days.
Investors are afraid of global recession, so since the beginning of the second presidency of Trump, the price of oil has dropped by 19 percent. These are the worst raw material records at the beginning of the rule of the new American administration since 1997. The price of gold soared by 25 percent. up from the sworn in Trump; No other president USA He did not generate such a demand for gold – CNN emphasized.
Escape of investors from American assets
Investors run away from American assets, even from the world's safest papers of long -term federal bonds (Treasuries). They also run away from the dollar. “Gold may prove to be the last advantage, which will be a shelter” for investors, “wrote the French economic daily Les Echos, although he reserves that German government bonds, euro, Japanese Jen and Frank Swiss are also gaining.
“Economist” emphasized that after Trump's subsequent attacks on the head of the US Federal Reserve Jerome Powell, markets gave a trade show, whose motto is “Sell America”.
Even if the president fails to lead to the dismissal of the head of the American Central Bank, it should be remembered that Powell's term ends in a little over a year, and his successor can be someone who will no longer be resistant to the president's pressure – explained the weekly.
A troublesome topic for the Trump administration
The Fed guards the stability of the financial system, is a “lender of the last chance”, it is to guarantee that financial institutions and financial markets are able to provide individual clients and companies (as well as local and regional authorities) funds and services for development and investments, even when the country's economy “is in serious stress” – explained the federal reserve on its pages.
Meanwhile, a sign of serious stress is the signal about the “vote of distrust” of world investors – says the Politico portal, which reminds that the fact that April 2025 promises to be as the worst month in finance since 1932 is not accidental.
In 1930, the so -called Customs Act Smoot-Hawley, which is a reaction to the market breakdown in 1929. Initiators of the patronist regulation, introducing duties on over 20,000 goods, former Senator Reed Smoot and Congressmen Willis Chatman Hawley. In 1932, the consequences of implementing this act became particularly severe, and the great crisis was reached by the apogee.
The situation on financial markets has become such a troublesome topic for the Trump administration that – as the magazine “The Atlantic” magazine wrote on Monday – “throughout the past week the White House instructed staff to sell a message about deportations, immigration and even Greenland with pressure, about everything, everything, just to take attention (media) from the economy that fell as Trump. “
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