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Trump’s term starts with a bang in markets

Fresh reports that President Trump will not impose tariffs on Day 1 mean that his inauguration has, quite fittingly, coincided with a volatile day across financial markets. Although we suspect that a fair degree of volatility will persist for a while yet, we ultimately expect his first year in office to coincide with a further rally in the US dollar and US equities.

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