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Sanctions · 2 April 2025

US “Liberation Day” tariffs

The United States announces sweeping tariffs on imports from almost every country. Riftrate read 58 the day before and 54 at its highest within 14 days.

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Riftrate the day before58Tension
Within 14 days54 ▼ −3.9Neutral
CategorySanctionsSanctions and trade wars
Markets around the event · cumulative change, 10 sessions before to 20 after · shaded: normal range of Chinese yuan
0+5.0%normal rangeevent-10 sessionsday of+20 sessions
Chinese yuanEuroCanadian dollarMexican peso
MarketNext sessionAfter 5 sessionsAfter 20 sessionsHow unusual
Chinese yuan+0.0%-0.9%+0.0%bigger than 86% of 5-day moves
Euro+0.6%+1.0%+5.5%bigger than 71% of 5-day moves
Canadian dollar+0.0%+0.8%+3.3%bigger than 70% of 5-day moves
Mexican peso-0.8%-1.8%+3.8%bigger than 77% of 5-day moves
Brent oil-0.7%-16.6%-19.8%bigger than 100% of 5-day moves
US 10-year yield+0.03 pt+0.09 pt+0.00 ptbigger than 42% of 5-day moves
US dollar-0.0%+0.3%-3.0%bigger than 36% of 5-day moves
Swiss franc+0.1%+3.1%+7.1%bigger than 98% of 5-day moves
Japanese yen-0.4%+1.6%+5.0%bigger than 73% of 5-day moves

Correlation or cause? A market that moves on the day of an event is not proof that the event moved it. “How unusual” compares the move with every 5-day move of the previous three years: above 95%, the move stands out from normal noise. Read it with the news of the day, and see how to tell correlation from causation. Not investment advice.

Riftrate · 60 days before and after
0255075100FebMarAprMayJunUS “Liberation Day” tariffs, 2 April 2025

Source for the event: en.wikipedia.org. Market data: FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

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