Wall Street has closed with falls this Thursday (Dow Jones: -1.01%; S&P 500: -0.43%; Nasdaq: -0.47%) After the caution of the Federal Reserve (Fed) With the tariffs of Donald Trumpand while the global impact of the latest statements of the American President continues, who accused of Wednesday of dictator to his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodimir Zelenski. He Dow Jones has led the descents pressed by Walmart Given the concern for its weak forecasts. On a monetary level, the proceedings of the Meeting that the Federal Reserve held in Januarypublished this Wednesday, They anticipated a prolonged pause in interest rateswhile the members of the Central Bank evaluate the effects of the new policies of the US government, with special focus on the duty. Specifically, the agency wants to «evaluate» in detail «the effects of possible changes in the Commercial and immigration policiesas well as the strong demand of consumers. «Much of the respondents said that»Companies will try to transfer to consumers the greatest costs of supplies derived from possible tariffs«. In practice, this implies that the market expects interest rates at current levels for longerwhich affects the valuations of risk assets. In this sense, the President of the Atlanta Federal Reserve, Raphael Bostiche believes that the US central bank should be able lower interest rates twice in 2025Although it has remarked that there is great uncertainty about the impact of the commercial and immigration policies of President Donald Trump. «Two type cuts of a quarter percentage point is my reference expectation», but «Uncertainty about that is quite significant… There are many things that could happen that could influence that in both directions, «he said.
Trump calls Zelenski dictator
In the geopolitical scene, the accusations of Donald Trump To his, in theory, Ukrainian ally, Volodimir Zelenksi. The tycoon accused him of dictator for not holding electionshaving caused war for wanting to enter NATO; and having cheated the United States to spend 350,000 million dollars in the conflict. All of them statements false or inaccurate On the part of Trump, since Zelenski does not celebrate elections for the state of war in the country, it was Russia who invaded the territory of Ukraine; And the US has supported Ukraine, but with a much lower amount, calculated at about 120,000 million dollars. As always, it is not clear if Trump believes his own lies, he 'Bought' the thesis of his 'friend' Vladimir Putin by future hidden interests; Or it simply wants Accelerate negotiations to quickly reach a peace agreement. The sensation, in any case, is that its position in favor of Russia The world geopolitical board is dynamitingand causing great stupefaction among its western allies.
Economy and other markets
At present of the day, the weekly unemployment data In the US, who have rebounded Above the expected. At the business level, the supermarket chain Walmartthe largest in the US and the world, has collapsed after publishing its quarterly results and anticipating lower benefits in the next quarters. On the contrary, the Chinese e -commerce giant Alibaba He has shot after overcoming forecasts with his figures.
Other markets
In other markets, oil Brent It has risen 0.60% ($ 76.49). For its part, the euro 0.77% ($ 1.05) has been appreciated, and ounce of gold It has advanced 0.54% ($ 2,952). In addition, the 10 -year American Bonus Profitability It has relaxed 4.5% and the Bitcoin has rebounded 2.18% ($ 98,396).
