This is what CEOs are saying about Trump’s tariffs and the economic system

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99% of the time I’ve a great sense of the economic system forward of an action-packed gathering just like the Milken convention.

Held every Might, the distinctive convention brings collectively a wealth of characters starting from NBA legend Magic Johnson to investing maven Ken Griffin.

You possibly can simply really feel the cash within the room.

In contrast to latest Milken conferences, this yr’s occasion can have a heavy displaying from the White Home — with a number of sideshows, in fact.

The 2 headliners on this entrance: Tesla (TSLA) CEO and DOGE grasp Elon Musk (who appeared final yr) and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

Nvidia (NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang was simply added to the speaker checklist late this week.

Media titan Rupert Murdoch can be anticipated to make a uncommon look amongst the assorted Trump administration people strolling the halls.

I as soon as once more have a bunch of actually cool stay interviews teed up, together with a number of Opening Bid podcasts. So make sure you tune into Yahoo Finance Monday morning!

Again to the economic system.

There’s extra happening with the economic system than the 0.3% GDP drop that momentarily hit shares this week. It is simply not that straightforward. Tariffs are hurting a whole lot of corporations (together with Apple (AAPL) to the tune of $900 million in further prices, we realized this week). However it’s not hurting others, as standard knowledge would maintain.

Put all of it collectively, and you’ve got a really complicated investing backdrop.

The perfect factor I can do is current what the world’s high leaders are seeing and listening to. From there, you make your personal judgment on the place the economic system could also be headed — as a result of, truthfully, I am unsure, and I think that confusion will probably be on show in my chats this week at Milken.

This is what CEOs have instructed me within the final week on Trump tariffs, markets, and the US economic system.

“If you happen to take a look at the US enterprise, the weak spot in quantity in Q1 was concentrated in what we name future consumption packaging, which is rather more predominant in supermarkets or … impartial commerce retailers, slightly than both comfort or the away-from-home quick-serve eating places and all of the away-from-home channels. In order that’s the place the weak spot was targeted, which I feel is partly a sign of a few of the affordability strain for the lower-income client and a few of the geopolitical response.”