Monday 9th April 2018

Equity markets were hit again on Friday as President Trump ups the rhetoric on trade talk with China, threatening to include another $100b of imports. Phil Dobbie talks to NAB’s Rodrigo Catril about the impact this had on Friday’s markets and the expected spillover today. The reaction wasn’t helped by a weaker than expected set of payrolls data in the US, and now there’s the heightened tensions in Syria following a chemical attack over the weekend. With today very light on data releases it’s clear the markets will be driven more by geopolitics than by data.