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Sanctions · 9 April 2025

US pauses most new tariffs

The United States suspends most of the new tariffs for 90 days, while raising those on China. Riftrate read 48 the day before and 51 at its highest within 14 days.

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Riftrate the day before48Neutral
Within 14 days51 ▲ +3.0Neutral
CategorySanctionsSanctions and trade wars
Markets around the event · cumulative change, 10 sessions before to 20 after · shaded: normal range of Chinese yuan
0+10.0%+20.0%normal rangeevent-10 sessionsday of+20 sessions
Chinese yuanEuroBrent oilSwiss franc
MarketNext sessionAfter 5 sessionsAfter 20 sessionsHow unusual
Chinese yuan-0.2%+0.3%+1.7%bigger than 51% of 5-day moves
Euro+1.2%+3.5%+4.0%bigger than 99% of 5-day moves
Brent oil+3.8%+2.7%-0.9%bigger than 45% of 5-day moves
US 10-year yield+0.08 pt+0.09 pt+0.00 ptbigger than 43% of 5-day moves
US dollar-0.2%-2.4%-3.8%bigger than 99% of 5-day moves
Swiss franc+1.7%+4.3%+3.9%bigger than 99% of 5-day moves
Japanese yen+1.3%+2.7%+3.0%bigger than 94% 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
0255075100MarAprMayJunUS pauses most new tariffs, 9 April 2025

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

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