Christoph Merk<p>Today‘s <a href="https://social.merk.ac/tags/headline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>headline</span></a> in <a href="https://social.merk.ac/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a>: <br><a href="https://social.merk.ac/tags/Bloomberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bloomberg</span></a>: „the <a href="https://social.merk.ac/tags/euro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>euro</span></a>-area economy grew more than exprected at the start of the year“ <br>vs<br><a href="https://social.merk.ac/tags/wsj" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wsj</span></a>: „The <a href="https://social.merk.ac/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://social.merk.ac/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://social.merk.ac/tags/shrank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shrank</span></a> last quater. <a href="https://social.merk.ac/tags/Imports" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Imports</span></a> surged as <a href="https://social.merk.ac/tags/businesses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>businesses</span></a> rushe to stock ahead of <a href="https://social.merk.ac/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a>, while <a href="https://social.merk.ac/tags/consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consumers</span></a> held spending in check“ … <br><a href="https://social.merk.ac/tags/ntv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ntv</span></a>: (translated) <a href="https://social.merk.ac/tags/USeconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USeconomy</span></a> shrank beginning #2025 surprisingly around 0.5%</p><p>Long story short: If <a href="https://social.merk.ac/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> continues like he started it‘ only a question of time until the <a href="https://social.merk.ac/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> is <a href="https://social.merk.ac/tags/insolvent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insolvent</span></a> just like <a href="https://social.merk.ac/tags/Argentina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Argentina</span></a> in the past</p>