Bloomberg Surveillance

- Mohamed El-Erian, President of Queens' College, Cambridge
- Stephanie Roth, Chief Economist at Wolfe Research
- Jeffrey Rosenberg, Portfolio Manager - Systematic Multi-Strategy Fund at BlackRock
- Michael Zezas, Global Head: Public Policy and Fixed Income at Morgan Stanley

Mohamed El-Erian, President of Queens' College, Cambridge and Bloomberg Opinion columnist, Jeffrey Rosenberg with BlackRock, and Wolfe Research's Stephanie Roth react to the March jobs report. Michael Zezas, Global Head: Public Policy and Fixed Income at Morgan Stanley, discusses the Trump administration's tariff plan as the GOP weighs how it will extend tax cuts this year.

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Bloomberg Surveillance hosted by Tom Keene & Paul SweeneyApril 4th, 2025
Featuring:
1) Claudia Sahm, Chief Economist at New Century Advisors, Neil Dutta, Head: US Research at Renaissance Macro Research, and Jamie Patton, Co-Head of Global Rates at TCW, react to today's jobs figures and discuss the outlook for the Fed and Jay Powell. Traders have increased their expectations for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates this year, with money markets now showing 100 basis points of reductions by year-end.
2) Dan Ives, Global Head of Technology at Wedbush Securities, discusses the "worse than worse case scenario" tariff announcement as it relates to tech. President Trump announced sweeping tariffs on imports from virtually every US trading partner, affecting tech companies like Dell, Apple, Sonos, and HP. The tariffs will increase costs, slow demand, and strain global supply chains, with levies ranging from 10% to 46% on imports from countries like China, Taiwan, and South Korea.
3) David Blanchflower, economics professor and labor economist at Dartmouth University, on labor and wages in a high tariff America. As tariffs set into the American economy, it's unclear how they will affect wages and the labor market. It comes as Republicans are considering creating a new tax bracket for those earning $1 million or more, with a top rate of around 39% to 40%, to offset the costs of their tax bill.
4) Gautam Mukunda, professor at Yale University School of Management and Bloomberg Opinion columnist, on the short and long-term political impact of tariffs. It comes as a new poll shows President Trump's approval rating slipping ahead of his tariff announcement.
5) Lisa Mateo joins with the latest headlines in newspapers across the US, including the Wall Street Journal story on the domino affect from the trade war and the New York Times' look at the grocery aisle and the impact of tariffs

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Tom Keene breaks down the Single Best Idea from the latest edition of Bloomberg Surveillance Radio.

In this episode, we feature conversations with Holger Schmieding & Ed Yardeni.

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- Howard Lutnick, US Commerce Secretary
- Jim Zelter, President at Apollo Global Management
- Terry Haines, founder at Pangaea Policy

US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick joins for an extended discussion on President Trump's tariff announcement. Jim Zelter, President at Apollo Global Management, talks about how markets will react to President Trump's tariffs. Terry Haines, founder at Pangaea Policy, discusses the political calculations behind President Trump's tariff decision.

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Bloomberg Surveillance hosted by Tom Keene & Paul SweeneyApril 3rd, 2025
Featuring:
1) Doug Irwin, professor at Dartmouth University, on the reset of the global trade order and whether countries will just move on without the US. The tariffs are expected to have significant economic implications, including higher US prices, slower growth, and possibly even a recession, with many countries likely to end up in a recession if the tariff rate stays on for an extended period of time. Ed Yardeni, president at Yardeni Research, talks about lowering his S&P target yet again and whether there's more even more market risks now that tariffs have been announced. Global financial markets experienced a sweeping selloff after President Trump's bid to remake the world trading order proved more aggressive than expected. The tariff announcements threaten to extend the S&P 500's recent weakness.
2) Bob Michele, CIO: Fixed Income at JPMorgan Asset Management, on signals from the bond market in the US and whether a recession is now likely. Gold hit new highs amid investors’ flight to haven assets on the tariff announcement, while 10-year Treasury yields dropped to the lowest level in more than five months and the yen strengthened. 
3) Tina Fordham, founder at Fordham Global Foresight, discusses President's Trump's geopolitical reset and America "going it alone." President Trump's move marks a dramatic escalation in Trump's trade war, sparking threats of retaliation from other countries and causing a selloff in global financial markets.
4) Elizabeth Economy, professor at Stanford University, talks about China getting hit hard by Trump's tariffs and whether they affect China's geopolitical strategy is being reshaped by Trump's approach. China has vowed to retaliate against Donald Trump's tariffs, which have increased by 34%, putting the world's largest economies on a collision course that risks decimating bilateral trade and upending supply chains.

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President Donald Trump imposed the steepest American tariffs in a century as he steps up his campaign to reshape the global economy, sparking threats of retaliation and a selloff in markets around the world.Trump announced Wednesday he will apply at least a 10% tariff on all exporters to the US, with even higher duties on some 60 nations, to counter large trade imbalances with the US. That includes some of the country’s biggest trading partners, such as China — which now faces a tariff of well above 50% on many goods — as well as the European Union, Japan and Vietnam.“For years, hard-working American citizens were forced to sit on the sidelines as other nations got rich and powerful, much of it at our expense,” Trump said during an event in the White House Rose Garden to unveil the so-called reciprocal tariffs. “Now it’s our turn to prosper.”The move marks a dramatic escalation in Trump’s trade war, one that risks triggering retaliation from other countries and upends calculations for businesses and consumers at home. China and the EU, America’s largest trading partner, both said they were preparing to take countermeasures in response.The US president has embraced tariffs as a tool to assert US power, revive manufacturing at home and exact geopolitical concessions — counter to the decades-old consensus that lower trade barriers help to foster ties among nations and prevent conflicts. Economists say the near-term result of his measures will likely be higher US prices and slower growth — or perhaps even a recession.Global financial markets were hit by a sweeping selloff after Trump’s announcement, with US equity futures slumping as much as 4%.Gold hit an all-time high and the traditional haven Japanese yen soared, while China maintained its daily support of the yuan. Ten-year Treasury yields fell toward the closely-watched 4% level, their lowest since October.Read More: Fear Grips Markets as Trump Tariffs Raise Risks to Global GrowthLess than three months after returning to the White House, Trump has already erected trade barriers that are bigger by some measures than those imposed in the notoriously protectionist 1930s. Bloomberg Economics calculates that the effective tax rate the US now charges on more than $3 trillion of imported goods may climb to around 23% — higher than any point in more than a century.A statement published Wednesday by the United States Trade Representative explained the Trump administration calculated its raft of new tariffs primarily based on existing trade balances. Countries running a trade surplus with the US faced a flat 10% rate regardless, as did nations where trade was roughly even.There’s a small difference in the tariff rates first announced by Trump and more than a dozen of those listed in the annex that accompanied the White House executive order. For countries like South Korea, Myanmar, Pakistan and India, the rates in the annex are about 1 percentage point higher than the initial announcement.The 10% baseline charge on everyone takes effect after midnight Saturday. The higher duties on targeted countries — which replace, rather than add on top of the 10% rate — are due to kick in on April 9, the White House said.Read More: List of Reciprocal Tariffs by CountryFor now, the new measures don’t include Canada and Mexico, which are embroiled in a separate on-and-off tariff dispute with the US. They also won’t apply to some products that are subject to separate duties tied to so-called Sec. 232 investigations such as autos, semiconductors and lumber.The reciprocal tariffs were “much worse than we feared,” said Mary Lovely, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. There’ll be “huge implications for rerouting of trade,” she said.The president, who’s sought to frame his trade plans as a boost for his blue-collar voters, was joined in the Rose Garden by union members and workers from various industries — including a retired autoworker who spoke on stage. Later, Trump brandished large boards during his 48-minute address to display each nation’s new rate.

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Tom Keene breaks down the Single Best Idea from the latest edition of Bloomberg Surveillance Radio.

In this episode, we feature conversations with Jason Furman & Justin Wolfers.

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- Kelly Ann Shaw, Partner at Hogan Lovells US
- Binky Chadha, Chief US Equity Strategist at Deutsche Bank
- Seth Carpenter, Chief Global Economist at Morgan Stanley
- Julia Coronado, founder and President at Macropolicy Perspectives

Kelly Ann Shaw of Hogan Lovells discusses the potential market reaction and economic impact of President Trump's tariff plan, which will be unveiled late Wednesday afternoon. Deutsche Bank's Binky Chadha talks about whether equities could rebound from correction territory despite an uncertain incoming tariff announcement. Seth Carpenter with Morgan Stanley talks about how tariffs are being priced in to the US economy. Julia Coronado, founder and President at Macropolicy Perspectives, discusses the outlook for the US economy and inflation as the Trump administration's tariff plan is unveiled today.

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Bloomberg Surveillance hosted by Tom Keene & Paul SweeneyApril 2nd, 2025
Featuring:
1) Jason Furman, Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy at Harvard University, discusses his recent NYT opinion piece on why he believes tariffs are such a terrible idea. The tariffs, which will be announced today, are expected to take immediate effect, with countries able to negotiate to bring rates down.
2) Henrietta Treyz, co-founder at Veda Partners, discusses the Wisconsin Senate race, Republicans holding seats in Florida, and how a potential GOP tax hike could reshape the entire tariff and economic discussion. President Trump's team is finalizing plans for reciprocal tariffs to be unveiled on Wednesday. It comes as Republicans are drafting a tax bill that includes increasing the state and local tax deduction to up to $25,000 for an individual.
3) Nisha Patel, portfolio manager at Parametric, talks about opportunities in munis, tax loss harvesting, and great opportunities in long end yields. Municipal bonds underperformed the U.S. taxable bond market last month. The Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index lost 1.69%, compared with a return of 0.04% for the Bloomberg US Aggregate Index.
4) Peter Tchir, Head: Macro Strategy at Academy Securities, on the problem of "An Eye for an Eye" when it comes to global trade on Liberation Day. The tariff announcement has caused uncertainty, shaking markets and prompting economists to cut growth forecasts, with Trump aiming to raise $700 billion annually in tariff revenue. The tariffs could apply widely, even to countries with which the US doesn't have a trade imbalance.
5) Lisa Mateo joins with the latest headlines in newspapers across the US, including a New York Times survey on a new survey finds that more Americans can't afford medical care, and the Wall Street Journal's story on the workplace battle over who should pay for Ozempic.

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Tom Keene breaks down the Single Best Idea from the latest edition of Bloomberg Surveillance Radio.

In this episode, we feature conversations with Richard Clarida & Michael Nathanson.

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