Fed’s GDP Forecast Cut, Trade Tensions Roil Markets, Germany’s Bold Fiscal Move

In today's episode, we delve into the Federal Reserve's revised GDP forecast for 2025 amid economic uncertainties, explore the market turmoil caused by retaliatory tariffs from China, Mexico, and Canada, and discuss Germany's unprecedented €500 billion infrastructure investment fund aimed at modernizing its economy and addressing climate goals. Join us for an in-depth analysis of these significant economic developments and their potential global impacts.Sources:https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/monetary20250319a.htmhttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/fomc-federal-reserve-interest-rate/https://www.costar.com/article/339577696/fed-holds-interest-rates-steady-lowers-economic-growth-projection-for-2025https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/files/fomcprojtabl20250319.pdfhttps://www.newyorkfed.org/newsevents/speeches/2025/wil250321https://www.fxstreet.com/news/federal-reserve-set-to-keep-interest-rate-unchanged-amid-us-recession-fears-and-trump-tariff-concerns-202503191000https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/fomcprojtabl20250319.htmhttps://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/monetary20250319b.htmhttps://libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2025/03/the-new-york-fed-dsge-model-forecast-march-2025/https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/monetary20250319a.htmhttps://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/files/fomcprojtabl20250319.pdfhttps://libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2025/03/the-new-york-fed-dsge-model-forecast-march-2025/https://www.morningstar.com/economy/tariffs-mean-feds-next-steps-are-anyones-guesshttps://www.newyorkfed.org/newsevents/speeches/2025/wil250321https://www.atlantafed.org/research/inflationproject/bie?item=52cf5b2e-fce9-44fb-9c03-7a129accb186https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/fomcprojtabl20250319.htmhttps://www.raymondjames.com/jp/resources/2025/03/21/weekly-investment-strategyhttps://www.fb.org/market-intel/tallying-up-the-latest-retaliatory-tariffshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6ay36PCeW8https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_United_States_trade_war_with_Canada_and_Mexicohttps://www.grantthornton.com/insights/articles/tax/2025/new-tariff-paradigm-how-businesses-can-respondhttps://taxfoundation.org/research/all/federal/trump-tariffs-trade-war/https://www.chemanalyst.com/NewsAndDeals/NewsDetails/trumps-tariffs-to-impact-us-evoh-prices-in-march-2025-35369https://www.3eco.com/article/trumps-tariff-announcement-triggers-global-trade-war-markets-stumble-2/https://www.tradecomplianceresourcehub.com/2025/03/20/trump-2-0-tariff-tracker/https://fortune.com/2025/03/22/trump-reciprocal-tariffs-flexibility-china-stock-market-canada-mexico/https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/eu-delays-imposing-first-round-retaliatory-tariffs-against-us-until-mid-aprilhttps://www.wpr.org/news/retaliatory-tariffs-target-wisconsin-top-industrieshttps://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/german-parliament-adopts-reform-allow-eu500-bln-new-debt-infrastructure-and-climatehttps://www.goodwinlaw.com/en/insights/publications/2025/03/insights-otherindustries-pif-germany-creates-improved-frameworkhttps://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/03/18/germanys-parliament-passes-historic-package-boosting-defence-spendinghttps://www.cleanenergywire.org/factsheets/qa-germanys-eu500-bln-infrastructure-fund-whats-it-climate-and-energyhttps://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/germanys-upper-house-approves-massive-defense-infrastructure-funding/3516292https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/03/18/german-lawmakers-approve-defense-and-infrastructure-spending-plans_6739287_4.htmlhttps://corporate.vanguard.com/content/corporatesite/us/en/corp/articles/investment-economic-outlook-march-2025.html