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Euro zone investor morale in April hammered by Trump tariffs
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on April 7, 2025
2 min readLast updated: January 24, 2026
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Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on April 7, 2025
2 min readLast updated: January 24, 2026
Investor morale in the Euro zone hit a low due to Trump's tariffs, with the Sentix index falling sharply. Economic expectations for the next six months were heavily impacted.
BERLIN (Reuters) - Investor morale in the euro zone tumbled in April to its lowest point in more than a year, a survey showed on Monday, as U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs hammered sentiment in the bloc.
The Sentix index for the euro zone fell to -19.5 in April from -2.9 in March, its lowest level since October 2023 and below the -10.0 forecast by analysts polled by Reuters.
The 27-nation bloc faces 25% import tariffs on steel and aluminium and cars and "reciprocal" tariffs of 20% from Wednesday for almost all other goods under Trump's measures.
The survey of 1,127 investors from April 3-5 showed that economic expectations for the next six months were hit particularly hard by the tariff announcement, falling by 33.8 points to -15.8 in April.
That is the second sharpest fall in the history of Sentix data since 2002, topped only by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The current situation index recorded only a slight fall, to -23.3 in April from -21.8.
Expectations for Germany, Europe's largest economy, recorded an even stronger fall, dipping by 36.3 points to -15.8 in April.
"Hopes following the planned debt orgy have been buried," said Sentix in a statement, referring to debt-financed investments planned by the newly forming German government aimed at bumping up defence and infrastructure.
(Reporting by Miranda Murray, editing by Rachel More)
The main topic is the decline in Euro zone investor morale due to tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump.
Trump's tariffs on steel, aluminium, and cars led to a significant drop in investor sentiment and economic expectations.
The Sentix index measures investor sentiment in the Euro zone and showed a sharp decline in April.
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