Stocks Rise Anew, Bonds Fall on Trump Tariff Talk: Markets Wrap
Cranes and shipping containers at the Port of Long Beach in Long Beach, California, on Feb. 20.
Photographer: Kyle Grillot/BloombergStocks advanced while bonds and the dollar slipped as traders deemed the rejection of Donald Trump’s tariff program to be a potential stress on government finances that is unlikely to change the economy’s course.
After a brief drop, the S&P 500 bounced. The president, rebuked by Supreme Court justices earlier in his bid to impose far-reaching tariffs, said he’ll impose a 10% global levy on trading partners, and claimed that various categories of his existing program remain in place. Still, uncertainties about any potential budget shortfall kept a lid on the greenback and Treasuries.