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American actions have dropped the most in two months, because access to dark economic data has shown that feeling among consumers and businesses has cooled a month in the presidency of Donald Trump.
The S&P 500 fell by 1.7% on Friday, the worst shift for the Wall Street first -rate index since December 18, when the federal reserve reduced interest rates but reported a slower rate of the ‘Departing monetary policy in 2025.
The Nasdaq Composite focused on technology has dropped by 2.2% in its steepest slide since January 27, when Big Tech’s actions have been affected as concerns about the progress of the start-up of artificial intelligence Chinese, Deepseek rocked the sector.
The sharp decline occurred while a series of reports indicated that the largest economy in the world was faced with the increase in the opposite winds of high rates and inflation. Trump’s prices have also started to remove feeling among consumers and businesses.
The oscillation of Wall Street interrupts a rally in American actions, which sent the S&P 500 to a record on Wednesday.
Trump policies to reduce regulations and seeking to stimulate growth gave actions following its election in November, but part of this enthusiasm recently hidden while concerns have turned to the effects of the prices , which should largely increase inflation.
The data published on Friday showed that the sales of previously belonging houses fell 4.9% in January compared to the previous month when buyers struggled with mortgage rates and high prices constantly high in large stretches of the country.
Meanwhile, a closely looked at consumer confidence issued by the University of Michigan is highly dropped in February from January. The survey has also shown that long -term inflation expectations have reached the highest level since 1995.
“The short response is that the consumer has problems,” said data, the chief economist of interactive brokers recently, showing lower data, including gentle retail figures last week.
In addition, a closely viewed survey of S&P Global said that activity in the vast sector of American services has contracted at the fastest rate in more than two years. Manufacturers noted that the costs of inputs had increased sharply due to price increases induced by prices and pressure on wages.
“The optimistic atmosphere seen among American companies at the beginning of the year has evaporated, replaced by an earllation image of increased uncertainty, of winning commercial activity and the rise in prices,” said Chris Williamson , chief economist at S&P Global Market Intelligence.
Reflecting the extent of the sale on Friday, almost four actions out of five out of five S&P 500 has decreased and the small Russell 2000 focused on the cap, including more concentrated groups on the national level, was down more than 2% .
Only Consumer Staples – a classic defensive game – won Friday 11 sectors of S&P. The discretionary power of consumers, which works well when the growth is good, has been the most efficient, sliding 2.8%.
Friday also marked the expiration date of a large number of share purchase options. These sessions often tend to be characterized by volatile movements of the share price.
The sale was accompanied by a rally in cash tickets, because investors requested the relative security of public debt and arrived at the end of a week of continuous geopolitical uncertainty.
Trump earlier this week said that he would present 25% prices on imports of cars – on April 2 – and also reported the prospect of placing samples from semiconductors and imported pharmaceuticals. The United States has also said it would impose huge prices against Mexico and Canada, its largest business partners.
The administration has also reduced thousands of workers in the federal workforce, and Trump tested the political nerves by opening peace talks with Russia by finishing the war in Ukraine and calling President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a ” dictator”.
The yield on the US Treasury to 10 years of reference fell 0.08 percentage points to more than two weeks of 4.42%.
State bonds have also increased in Europe. The yield on the 10-year Bund fell 0.08 percentage points to 2.45% before the German federal elections, which, according to polls, will be won by the Christian Christian Democratic Union.
Unlike their American peers, the large gauge of the largest stocks in Europe ended on Friday, although the Dax of Germany has closed slightly.
Additional Jennifer Hughes reports in New York
