The Tariff Tremor: How Trump's Trade Policy Shocked the Market and Enriched Wall Street

“The yield curve isn’t just a graph — it’s a mood ring for the economy. When it steepens, the market sees growth. When it flattens or inverts, Wall Street smells recession. And when the whole thing shifts down? That’s the sound of investors grabbing for parachutes.”

Normal Yield Curve: Yields rise with maturity — a healthy, growing economy.
Flattened Curve: Yields are nearly the same across maturities — signals caution.
Inverted Curve: Short-term yields are higher than long-term — often a recession warning.
Steepened Curve: Big difference between short and long-term yields — can signal economic recovery or rising inflation expectations.

"The policy’s shockwaves were felt almost immediately: the Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted, tech and industrial stocks sold off hard, and multinational corporations with global supply chains were hammered."

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