Fears of pandemic-era shortages at American stores have made a big comeback as shipping-container traffic between China and the U.S. plunged in the wake of President Trump's tariffs.
The S&P 500 is 4 percent higher so far this week with Wall Street grasping for scraps of information about tariffs and other crucial issues that can shift daily.
Markets are signaling doubt about whether the U.S. economy will end up in recession, despite investors' fears over President Donald Trump's ‘liberation day' tariffs.