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Constellation Brands, purveyor of Corona and Modelo beers, reports financial results after market close Monday.
Profits in the second quarter are on track for about 12% year over year growth, according to an analysis by FactSet.
Banks in Japan, England and elsewhere are weighing how tariffs will impact their national economies.
Productivity is tied to worker wages, so a drop can be cause for concern.
“Trump inherited an economy that was firing on most, but not all, cylinders,” said Ryan Sweet at Oxford Economics.
“Betrayal” is the word that came up often with residents of Thunder Bay, Ontario.
High tariffs could spur inflation and hold back employment, pulling the Federal Reserve in different directions on interest rates.
Copper prices rose rapidly a few weeks ago, ahead of further tariff announcements. But the metal ended up on a short list of goods exempted from import taxes.
Delinquencies have been rising for credit cards and auto loans.
March’s jobs report was decent. But sweeping changes to U.S. trade policy taking effect in early April may show up in next month’s numbers.