MSCI ALL COUNTRY WORLD INDEX WITH SELECTED HEADLINES FROM Q1 2025

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Presentation

Line chart showing MSCI All Country World Index through Q1 2025 where the index begins and ends around 390 with some fluctuation in between. Newspaper headlines annotate the timeline to mark important events. Each headline is described in the next section.

Data

December 31, 2023

• Los Angeles Fire Damage Likely to Be Costliest in US History
• UK Bond Yields Hit Highs Not Seen Since 1998
• Hiring Blew Past Expectations With 256,000 Jobs Added
• Inflation Ticks Up to 2.9%, but Underlying Price Gains Are Muted
• Israel, Hamas Agree to a Deal to Pause Fighting in Gaza
• Trump Sworn In, Declares New 'Golden Age' for America
• Tech Stocks Sink in Broad AI Rout Sparked by China's DeepSeek
• Fed Stands Pat on Rates, Entering New Wait-and-See Phase
• US GDP Grew 2.5% in 2024, Helped by Consumer Spending

January 31, 2024

• Hiring Slows but Remains Solid, With Economy Adding 143,000 Jobs
• Trump Imposes Global 25% Steel, Aluminum Tariffs
• Inflation Heated Up in January, Freezing the Fed
• Conservative Friedrich Merz Wins German Election
• Apple Earmarks $500 Billion for US Expansion
• House Passes GOP Budget Plan as Holdouts Relent
• Trump Administration Seeks Deeper Cuts to Federal Workforce
• Nvidia's Bumper Sales Show AI Bonanza's Strength

February 28, 2024

• Stocks Extend Tumble as Trump's Tariffs Spark Retaliation
• China Sets Strong Growth Target as It Hits Back at US Tariffs
• ECB Cuts Rates to Guard Stalled Economy Against Tariff Threats
• Tech Shares Lead Stock Slide as Recession Talk Roils Markets
• Inflation Cooled to 2.8% in February, Lower Than Expected
• Senate Passes Bill Averting Shutdown, After Critical Boost From Democrats
• Fed Dims Economic Outlook, Citing Uncertainty Over Tariffs
• US Stocks Post Worst Quarter Since 2022 on Threat of Trade War

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