Current economic and financial market outlook
- Trade Policy: The US imposes tariffs on China and announces further tariffs on China, Canada, Mexico, the EU, as well as on steel/aluminum, the automotive, pharmaceutical, and semiconductor industries.
- Stocks: Swiss stocks reached an all-time high in February despite political uncertainty.
- Interest Rates: Interest rate cuts expected in Europe in March, but none in the US.
- Elections: Friedrich Merz becomes Germany's new Chancellor.