Our PureVest Weekly Roundup looked at  President Trump’s announcemnet to pause reciprocal tariffs for 90 days as they try and negotiate new trade agreements.  In a surprise, inflation ticked down in March.  Earnings season kicked off today, with some of the major financial companies reporting solid earnings; their forward outlook was mixed.  Gas prices might not spike this summer as crude oil continues to decline.  Morningstar published a good article with a market and economic outlook.  It helped to put things into perspective despite the constant barrage of negative headlines.  We added a few more articles that caught our attention this week.  Enjoy the light reading, and have a great weekend.

Markets & Economy: The president paused higher import duties for dozens of countries for 90 days but hiked levies on China to 125% source:nbcnews.com Inflation rate eases to 2.4% in March, lower than expected; core at 4-year low source:www.cnbc.com Bank earnings season has begun with strong results source:www.qz.com Three Major Questions Facing the ‘Beautiful’ Bond Market source:www.investopedia.com How the mother of all ‘short squeezes’ helped drive stocks to historic gains Wednesday source:cnbc.com CNBC’s Official MLB Team Valuations 2025: Here’s how the 30 franchises stack up source:cnbc.com Gas prices could fall as crude oil plummets, expert says source:foxbusiness.com US Stock Market Outlook: No Longer ‘Priced to Perfection’ source:morningstar.com