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Weekly Market Commentary: Stocks Rally After U.S. and China Agree to Tariff Pause

05/19/25

Sunflower Bank Weekly Market Commentary: May 19, 2025

Each week, our Wealth Management team analyzes the U.S. stock market and bond market activity and news of the previous week, summarizing their findings into a weekly market update report. The key points of this week's commentary, "Stocks Rally After U.S. and China Agree to Tariff Pause," include:

  • The U.S. and China announced a 90-day pause in tariff escalation, and a mutual reduction to existing tariffs.
  • April inflation data was better than expected, increasing by 0.2% month-over-month. 
  • Moody’s downgraded the U.S. government's credit rating by one notch from its top Aaa status, citing concerns over persistent fiscal deficits and rising interest expense on the national debt.  

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