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Will the stock markets check Trump’s power?
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The markets are likely to influence the next administration’s decision-making and, occasionally, serve as a check on some of Trump’s most immoderate behaviour.
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Jeff Sommer
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The US President-elect follows the markets closely. He bragged frequently about how well stocks performed in his first term in office, and said they had boomed this year in anticipation of his return to the White House.
Since election day, a great deal of financial analysis has been devoted to one central question: How will the new Trump administration affect the markets?
