Donald Trump, president of the United States, announced on Wednesday that he would let a 90-day pause in the implementation of “reciprocal” tariffs against most nations, which would cause both stock prices and cryptocurrency to jump immediately in the wake of the announcement.
According to crypto data provider CoinGecko, the price of Bitcoin increased 4.6 % in less than an hour to$ 81,300, while XRP increased 10 % to$ 2,600, and XRP increased by 6.1 % to$ 1,600.
Stock index increased in response to Trump’s statement, with the Dow, P 500, and S& all rising above 5 %, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq increased by over 8 %.
Trump stated on Truth Social that he has authorized a 90-day PAUSE and a significantly lower mutual tax of 10 % that will go into effect immediately, noting that China is exempt from the price delay.
The president’s announcement on Wednesday that” chinese goods will now face 125 % levies immediately” will heighten the tit-for-tat between Beijing and Washington in recent days. China announced on Wednesday that 84 % imports are prohibited for U.S. products.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said,” I think the market now understands that all they saw final Wednesday was a roof, and we have a temporary ground.” ” In my 35 times in the market, I often wanted certainty, and I now believe we have some clarity.”
Due to concerns that tariffs could hurt U.S. consumers ‘ hands and have an impact on global growth, Trump’s trade war has caused risk resources to drop recently.
Bessent claimed that the president made the decision based on the “response by mainly our friends, who have been operating in great faith” and not a result of the White House’s change-up of most mutual charges.
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