March S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESH25) are down -0.90%, and March Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQH25) are down -1.04% this morning, while Treasury yields also fell, as concerns about the health of the U.S. economy weighed on sentiment.
Tariffs on key trading partners, a rising unemployment rate, and job cuts in the federal workforce are heightening concerns about a potential slowdown in the world’s largest economy. Investors also digested U.S. President Donald Trump’s interview with Fox News, where he noted that the U.S. economy was undergoing “a period of transition” and declined to rule out the possibility that his policies would cause a recession. This week, investors will be closely monitoring the release of key U.S. inflation data.
