Low visibility on Trump’s policies is resulting in big economic and market trouble


Source: theglobeandmail.com theglobeandmail.com

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Markets are spending so much time trying to figure out where Donald Trump’s economic policies are headed that they may fail to see how much risk is created by the simple fact that no one knows what’s happening next. The new Trump administration’s deliberate ambiguity on trade tariff policies and geopolitical alliances appears designed to keep rival negotiators guessing and calculated to wring concessions, but it may take a toll on the U.S. economy if corporate America doesn’t know what exactly they’re planning for. For the economy, that’s proving toxic. Delays in business and household decision-making may mark the biggest...