{"id":45535,"date":"2025-05-12T20:17:53","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T20:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/following-us-china-deal-fear-index-down-15-2"},"modified":"2025-05-12T21:13:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T21:13:11","slug":"following-us-china-deal-fear-index-down-15-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/following-us-china-deal-fear-index-down-15-2","title":{"rendered":"Following US-China deal, &#8216;fear index&#8217; down 15.2%"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Eritrea. <\/strong><\/span>The VIX volatility index, also known as the &#8220;fear index,&#8221; dropped 15.21% on Monday following the announcement of the trade deal between the world&#8217;s two top economies\u2014the US and China.<\/p>\n<p>The US and China said in a joint statement on Monday that they had agreed to a broad rollback of punitive tariffs for the initial 90 days.<\/p>\n<p>The US will reduce its tariffs on Chinese products from 145% to 30%, while China&#8217;s will be reduced from 125% to 10% by May 14.<\/p>\n<p>The VIX, which fell by 15.21% to 18.57 as of 1950GMT on Monday, marked the lowest level since March 27.<\/p>\n<p>It had posted another drop of around 5% on Thursday last week after the US-UK trade deal was reached.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, President Donald Trump announced a trade agreement with the UK in which the US agreed to reduce import taxes on a set number of British vehicles and allow some steel and aluminum into the country tariff-free.<\/p>\n<p>In April, the VIX index reached historical highs by exceeding 52.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Eritrea<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Eritrea. 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