Morning Economic Report 3/13/25

Wall St handed over steadily to APAC after better-than-expected US CPI, but fortunes have been mixed and investor uncertainty reigns. Economic commentators once again concentrate on tariffs. Trump frightens them by aggressive talk on taking back wealth from other countries. Canada and the EU line up retaliatory measures against the metals tariffs as Brazil considers its own. Poor polls from the US on erratic economic background, declining services growth within the CPI and US debt negations initially pressured US stock futures this morning, but they along with their peers have improved. DAX +0.21%, CAC +0.40%, FTSE +0.37%, Euro STOXX600 +0.58%. USD pairings give a little with EUR pressured due to political stress in Germany and others hindered by clarity. US PPI on FX minds. DXY 103.72. Gold 2944. BTC $83,287.