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Trade policy uncertainty remained the focal theme for a week that saw the major U.S. stock indices, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq, fall into negative territory on a year-to-date basis for the first time this year. Tuesday marked the deadline for President Donald Trump\u2019s previously announced tariffs of 25% on Canadian and Mexican imports along with an additional 10% on Chinese imports. However, The Trump administration announced a slew of exemptions and delays for the tariffs later in the week. European markets fared a lot better than the U.S., supported by plans by European leaders to jointly borrow EUR 150Billion to spend on their militaries and Germany announcing plans to exempt defence spending above 1% of GDP from the constitutional borrowing limit while unveiling an off-balance sheet EUR 500Billion infrastructure fund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The U.S. Manufacturing PMI for February 2025 decreased to 50.3, down from 50.9 in January. Canada\u2019s unemployment rate held steady at 6.6% in February while the U.S. non-farm payroll report showed an increase of 151k in February, falling slightly short of analysts\u2019 expectations of 160k. Unemployment rate in the Eurozone remained unchanged at 6.2% in January coming in lower than expectations of 6.3% from the analysts. Meanwhile, the European Central Bank cut the main financing rate & the deposit rate by 25 basis points to 2.65 percent and 2.5% respectively. The GDP for Australia in the fourth quarter grew to 0.6% surpassing expectations of 0.5% and previous quarter GDP growth of 0.3%. Finally, Eurozone GDP grew by some 1.2%, higher than the 0.9% the analysts had pencilled in. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Week ahead: <\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n

Japan GDP Growth \u2013 Tuesday | U.S Consumer Price Index (CPI), Canada BoC Interest Rate Decision \u2013 Wednesday | U.S. Producer Price Index (PPI) \u2013 Thursday | U.K GDP Growth Rate & Goods Trade Balance \u2013 Friday<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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