Slowing economic growth mixed with a bout of renewed inflation risks moving the U.S. from global overachiever to a drag on the rest of the world as foreign central banks and others confront the spillovers from President Donald Trump's fast-moving effort to rewire international trade.
When the Bank of England held its policy rate steady on Thursday it pointed specifically to Trump's tariff moves as clouding the global outlook. "Other geopolitical uncertainties have also increased and indicators of financial market volatility have risen globally," it said in a statement.
Similar warnings came from the Bank of Japan, which held its policy rate steady and signaled future moves could be shaped by how Trump's plan to blanket the world with new tariffs plays out in practice ..
European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Thursday that U.S. tariff measures and likely European Union retaliation would be a blow to growth and tack perhaps half a percentage point onto inflation in the short-run at least. Swiss National Bank governing board member Petra Tschudin said as the SNB cut its policy rate that "developments abroad continue to represent the main risk" in an economic climate that "has become considerably more uncertain."
Source Name : Economic Times