Consumers and CFO expect a recession in the United States

The shadow of an American recession is growing more and obscuring perspectives for both consumers and CFO, according to several feeling surveys in March. That said, Wall Street has increased in the last three days: investors, perhaps, are cautiously optimistic that President Donald Trump will soften his position on reciprocal tariffs.

Throughout the pond, the German software creator SAP, who carries out a wave of stock profit, has taken the crown of the most valuable company in Europe: it has increased almost 10% so far this year. Meanwhile, in China, the BYD electric vehicle manufacturer has surpassed Tesla in annual income.

Even so, the United States occupies such a central role in the global financial and economic system that if a recession occurred, it would undoubtedly have generalized repercussions. Companies like SAP and Byd, despite enjoying a good career so far this year, may not be able to escape agitation on the other side of the ocean.

US actions obtain small profits
On Tuesday, the S&P 500 added 0.16%, the Dow Jones industrial 0.01% rose and the Nasdaq compound 0.46%rose. That was the Third positive consecutive session for the three indices. Asia-Pacific markets rose on Wednesday. Of Australia S&P/ASX 200 It increased 0.71% in the data that inflation in the country slowed to 2.4% year after year in February, below 2.5% of January and below the expectations of economists in a Reuters survey.

Consumers lose trust
The index of the Board of the Conference of The consumer confidence of the United States fell to 92.9a decrease of 7.2 points and the fourth consecutive monthly contraction. It is also lower than reading 93.5 expected in a survey of Dow Jones economists. The measure for future expectations fell 9.6 points to 65.2, the lowest reading in 12 years and well below the level of 80 that is considered a signal for a recession.

Fears of a recession on the horizon
Other surveys are also registering high recession fears. About 60% of the CFOs expect an US. Recession in the second half of the yearAccording to the latest quarterly survey of CNBC CFO Council. A separate survey of Deutsche Bank found that the probability of a The recession in growth in the next 12 months is approximately 43%going through the average vision of 400 respondents during the period from March 17 to 20.

Additions to the “entity list” of the United States
The Office of Industry and Security of the United States Department of Commerce added on Tuesday 80 organizations, With more than 50 from Chinato a “list of entities”. American companies need government permits to supply items to companies on the list. Chinese entities were attacked by their alleged participation in the development of advanced artificial intelligence, supercomputers and high -performance AI chips for military purposes, the department said.

Byd’s income is beyond Tesla
Chinese car manufacturer Byd reported Annual income of 777 billion yuan ($ 107 billion) by 2024in a presentation published on Monday. Driven by sales of hybrid vehicles, that figure represents a 29% increase in income from the previous year and exceeded the annual income of $ 97.7 billion reported by Elon Musk’s Tesla. The presentation comes shortly after Byd announced A new battery technology that affirms can load EV in five minutes.

SAP exceeds Novo Nordisk
The SAP software manufacturer became The most valuable company in Europe this week. The German company had a market capitalization of around $ 343.3 billion for the closing of Tuesday, according to LSE data, and the shares increased 1.33% in the day and more than 40% during the last year. SAP takes place as the most valuable company in Europe of Novo Nordiskthe Danish pharmaceutical giant known for his Ozempic weight control medications And Wegovy.

(Pro) real guilty of the fall of Tesla?
Tesla’s actions have sunk in recent weeks, although it has reduced some losses in the last two days, and many attribute the beating to the treatment of CEO Elon Musk in Washington, DC, however, the Piper Sandler investment bank believes that the The real culprit to drag Tesla’s actions can be found elsewhere – What explains the company’s upward vision on the EV company.

Google Quantum Exec says that technology is ‘5 years of a real break’

Julian Kelly, Hardware Director of Google Quantum AI, told Deirdre Bosa of CNBC that a quantum computer can be close and that you can do an avant -garde physics and potentially generate new types of data.

“We believe we are about five years from a real and practical application that can only solve on a quantum computer,” Kelly said in an interview issued on Tuesday.

Google’s most advanced quantum computer has 105 qubits, or the basic construction block of a quantum computer, while experts say that 1 million or more qubits will be needed for useful applications.

“Quantum computers speak quantum mechanics: they can access the way the universe works at the most fundamental level,” Kelly added.