Wall Street prudente avant une salve de résultats et indicateurs économiques

La Bourse de New York a terminé sans direction claire lundi, en l’absence de développements concernant la guerre commerciale, et à l’approche de la publication d’une large série de résultats d’entreprises et indicateurs sur l’état de l’économie américaine.Le Dow Jones a gagné 0,28%, l’indice Nasdaq a perdu 0,10% et l’indice élargi S&P 500 a grappillé 0,06%.Il y a eu “peu d’action” pour cette première séance de la semaine relève auprès de l’AFP Art Hogan, de B. Riley Wealth Management.De son côté, Karl Haeling, de LBBW, évoque une journée de “consolidation” après la hausse de la semaine passée.”Les participants du marché (ont été) hésitants aujourd’hui, car ils s’attendent à une semaine chargée, qui comprendra de nombreux résultats trimestriels et des publications économiques”, relève Jose Torres, d’Interactive Brokers.Environ un tiers des entreprises listées sur le S&P 500 doivent partager leurs résultats avant vendredi. Quatre des “Sept Magnifiques”, le surnom donné aux grandes valeurs américaines du secteur technologique, font aussi partie de cette salve. Les résultats de Meta et Microsoft sont attendus mercredi, et ceux d’Amazon et Apple jeudi.La semaine sera également riche en indicateurs.Mercredi, sont attendues la publication de l’indice officiel PCE, jauge d’inflation privilégiée par la banque centrale américaine (Fed), ainsi que celle du PIB des Etats-Unis pour le premier trimestre, période au cours de laquelle Donald Trump a fait son retour à la Maison Blanche et commencé des décisions économiques spectaculaires qui ont secoué l’économie nationale et internationale.Vendredi, les investisseurs accueilleront les données sur les créations d’emplois aux Etats-Unis par les entreprises privées, selon l’enquête mensuelle ADP/Stanford Lab.Toutefois, relève Karl Haeling, ces données refléteront en majorité l’état de santé de l’économie américaine avant fin mars, soit avant le “jour de la Libération” le 2 avril dernier, lorsque Donald Trump a annoncé une vague massive de droits de douane prohibitifs sur la majorité des partenaires commerciaux des Etats-Unis.”Les données les plus importantes seront celles du mois d’avril”, ajoute l’analyste.En parallèle, “les investisseurs espèrent également que les négociations commerciales entre Pékin et Washington progresseront”, écrit Jose Torres.Le ministre américain des Finances Scott Bessent a estimé lundi que les droits de douane américains sur les produits importés de Chine ne sont “pas tenables du côté chinois, donc ils décideront peut-être de m’appeler”, a-t-il aussi affirmé, estimant que les Etats-Unis étaient dans une meilleure posture.La Chine a assuré lundi qu’aucun appel téléphonique n’avait eu lieu dernièrement entre le président Xi Jinping et son homologue américain, contredisant les affirmations de Donald Trump qui dit avoir parlé avec le dirigeant chinois.Dans ce contexte, sur le marché obligataire, le taux d’intérêt des emprunts d’Etat américains à dix ans atteignait 4,20% vers 20H30 GMT, contre 4,24% vendredi en clôture.Au tableau des valeurs, le géant du secteur des semiconducteurs Nvidia a lâché 2,05% après des informations de presse faisant état d’un test dans un futur proche par le chinois Huawei de sa puce dédiée à l’intelligence artificielle, qui pourrait rivaliser avec celles de Nvidia.Le groupe informatique IBM a avancé (+1,61%), porté par l’annonce d’un engagement d’un investissement de 150 milliards de dollars aux Etats-Unis dans les cinq prochaines années, dont 30 milliards dans la recherche et développement.L’enseigne Domino’s Pizza a terminé dans le vert (+0,63%) après avoir publié des résultats mitigés, l’entreprise ayant réalisé au premier semestre un chiffre d’affaires inférieur aux attentes mais un bénéfice net supérieur aux prévisions des analystes.Le constructeur aéronautique américain Boeing a été recherché (+2,44%) après que les analystes de Bernstein ont relevé leur recommandation d’achat, estimant que l’entreprise était en meilleure posture qu’en 2023.

Trump escalates immigration crackdown to mark 100 days

The White House announced Monday a crackdown on “sanctuary cities” that defy Donald Trump’s hardline immigration policies, as the president closes in on his first 100 days in office.Trump’s spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said the administration would name and shame cities accused of blocking efforts to protect “American communities from criminal aliens.”The Republican leader will sign an executive order later Monday directing officials to publish a list of “jurisdictions that obstruct the enforcement of federal immigration laws,” she told reporters.The announcement came with Trump celebrating major progress in honoring his election campaign promises to stem illegal border crossings from Mexico.The figures soared to all-time highs under Trump’s Democratic predecessor, Joe Biden, and the Republican won the White House in part on promises to combat what he repeatedly claimed was an invasion of criminal migrants.But his popularity has since plunged, with more than 40 percent of Americans saying they “disapprove strongly” of him, according to a Washington Post-ABC opinion poll.Trump suggested pollsters and news organizations should be sued for fraud over the “fake news.”The president will this week be hailing his achievements in his first 100 days, claiming successes on the economy, foreign policy and government efficiency as well as on migration.Leavitt noted a 95 percent drop in encounters of undocumented migrants at the Mexico border — from 140,000 to 7,000 — in the 12 months from March 2024, when Biden was still in office.”America’s borders are now secure because of President Trump,” she said. “He has restored the rule of law, enforced our immigration laws and defended America’s sovereignty.”Trump’s election campaign rhetoric about taking on the alleged hordes of rapists and murderers resonated with voters concerned about illegal immigration.- Influx of migrants -As part of the drive to deliver on his pledges, Republicans in Congress are targeting “sanctuary cities,” which typically prohibit local officials from telling federal agents about undocumented immigrants if they are at risk of deportation.Lawmakers hauled the mayors of four such cities — Boston, Chicago, Denver and New York — over the coals at a hearing in March.And Republicans in the House of Representatives released a bill on Monday giving Trump powers to levy a host of onerous immigration charges — including a minimum $1,000 fee for asylum applications.In a sign of the emphasis the administration is placing on immigration, placards lined the White House lawn, each displaying the mugshot of someone the administration called an “illegal alien.”The word “arrested” was printed in capital letters above each photo and, below, the crime of which they were accused — from “first-degree murder” and “sexual abuse of a child” to “distribution of fentanyl.”An accompanying White House press release included a list of 100 individuals that it said were the “worst of the worst criminal illegal immigrants” arrested since Trump took office.Trump has also sent troops to the Mexican border, imposed tariffs on Mexico and Canada for allegedly not doing enough to stop illegal crossings, and designated gangs like Tren de Aragua and MS-13 as terrorist groups.But Trump has butted heads with judges, rights groups and Democrats who say he has ignored constitutional rights in rushing to deport migrants, sometimes without the right to a hearing.Tom Homan, Trump’s point man on border security, told reporters Monday that “we have the most secure border in the history of this nation.”He was asked about deportation rates, which have lagged behind Biden’s numbers, despite Trump’s promised campaign of the largest mass removal campaign in US history.The government has not been releasing comprehensive data, but the Migration Policy Institute said it appeared on track to remove half a million people this year — fewer than the 685,000 deportations recorded in fiscal year 2024 under Biden. Homan argued that comparisons were bogus, since Biden’s deportation numbers included people removed at the border, and most of those people were now being stopped before getting in.

US warplane falls off aircraft carrier into Red Sea

A multi-million-dollar US warplane fell off the Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier into the Red Sea on Monday in an accident that injured one sailor, the Navy said.A tractor that was towing the fighter plane — a model that cost $67 million in 2021 — also slipped off the ship into the sea.”The F/A-18E was actively under tow in the hangar bay when the move crew lost control of the aircraft. The aircraft and tow tractor were lost overboard,” the Navy said in a statement.”Sailors towing the aircraft took immediate action to move clear of the aircraft before it fell overboard,” it said. “All personnel are accounted for, with one sailor sustaining a minor injury.”The carrier and its other planes remain in action and the incident is under investigation, the Navy added. No details of recovery work were released.It is the second F/A-18 operating off the Truman to be lost in less than six months, after another was mistakenly shot down by the USS Gettysburg guided missile cruiser late last year in incident that both pilots survived.The Truman is one of two US aircraft carriers operating in the Middle East, where US forces have been hammering Yemen’s Huthi rebels with strikes since mid-March in an attempt to end the threat they pose to ships in the region.

US warplane falls off aircraft carrier into Red Sea

A multi-million-dollar US warplane fell off the Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier into the Red Sea on Monday in an accident that injured one sailor, the Navy said.A tractor that was towing the fighter plane — a model that cost $67 million in 2021 — also slipped off the ship into the sea.”The F/A-18E was actively under tow in the hangar bay when the move crew lost control of the aircraft. The aircraft and tow tractor were lost overboard,” the Navy said in a statement.”Sailors towing the aircraft took immediate action to move clear of the aircraft before it fell overboard,” it said. “All personnel are accounted for, with one sailor sustaining a minor injury.”The carrier and its other planes remain in action and the incident is under investigation, the Navy added. No details of recovery work were released.It is the second F/A-18 operating off the Truman to be lost in less than six months, after another was mistakenly shot down by the USS Gettysburg guided missile cruiser late last year in incident that both pilots survived.The Truman is one of two US aircraft carriers operating in the Middle East, where US forces have been hammering Yemen’s Huthi rebels with strikes since mid-March in an attempt to end the threat they pose to ships in the region.

UN ‘alarmed’ by US strikes in Yemen that Huthis say killed 68 migrants

The United Nations expressed deep alarm on Monday at reports that US strikes on Yemen killed scores of people at a migrant detention centre in a stronghold of the Huthi rebels.The US military has hammered the Iran-backed Huthis with near-daily strikes since March 15 in an operation dubbed “Rough Rider”, seeking to end their attacks on vessels in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.Huthi-controlled media said the latest strikes on the movement’s stronghold of Saada killed at least 68 people, all Africans being held at a “centre for illegal migrants”.A US defence official said the military was looking into the reports.UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said the world body was “deeply alarmed” by the reported strikes and urged “all parties” to protect civilians.”We are saddened by the tragic loss of life where many of these migrants are believed to have been killed and injured,” Dujarric added in a statement, without mentioning the United States.He said that according to preliminary information, 68 migrants had been killed and another 48 injured in the overnight strikes.AFP could not independently confirm the toll or the claim that the strikes had hit a migrant centre.The US defence official said that the military was “aware of the claims of civilian casualties related to the US strikes in Yemen, and we take those claims very seriously”.”We are currently conducting our battle-damage assessment and inquiry into those claims,” the official added on condition of anonymity.On Sunday, the US said it had hit more than 800 targets in Yemen since mid-March, killing hundreds including Huthi leaders.Hours later, Huthi media said the latest barrage by US forces had hit the migrant detention centre.The Huthis’ Al-Masirah TV showed footage of bodies stuck under the rubble and of rescuers working to help the casualties.- ‘Avoid civilian casualties’ -After the strikes, the International Committee of the Red Cross called on parties to “take every feasible precaution to avoid civilian casualties”.”It is unthinkable that while people are detained and have nowhere to escape, they can also be caught in the line of fire,” said Christine Cipolla, head of the ICRC’s delegation in Yemen.The UN migration agency, the IOM, said it was closely monitoring the situation, but noted the facility in question was not managed by their personnel.Each year, tens of thousands of migrants brave the Red Sea route from the Horn of Africa, seeking to escape conflict, natural disasters and poor economic prospects by sailing towards the oil-rich Gulf.Many hope for employment as labourers or domestic workers in Saudi Arabia and other Gulf Arab countries, though they face a perilous journey through war-torn Yemen.The US strikes are in response to attacks by the Huthis targeting Israeli and Western vessels in the Red Sea in what the rebels describe as solidarity with the Palestinians, starting shortly after Hamas conducted the worst-ever attack on Israel in October 2023.The Huthi attacks have forced many shipping companies into a costly detour around the tip of southern Africa, instead of passing through the Suez Canal — a vital route that normally carries about 12 percent of global trade.In a statement that provided its most detailed accounting of the operation so far, the US military command responsible for the Middle East said it had “struck over 800 targets” in Yemen, killing “hundreds of Huthi fighters and numerous Huthi leaders”.”The strikes have destroyed multiple command-and-control facilities, air defence systems, advanced weapons manufacturing facilities, and advanced weapons storage locations,” CENTCOM said.- ‘We will continue’ -Despite the strikes, the Huthis, who control large swaths of Yemen, have continued to claim attacks against both US vessels and Israel.In a statement on Monday, the Huthis said they had responded to the latest “attacks and massacres against civilians” by targeting the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier with “several cruise missiles, ballistic missiles and drones”.Iran, which backs the Huthis, condemned the US strikes, with foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei calling attacks “on civilian targets… a war crime”.The United States first began conducting strikes against the Huthis under former president Joe Biden’s administration, but they have intensified under his successor Donald Trump.CENTCOM said that “our operations have degraded the pace and effectiveness of their attacks” which are only possible “with the backing of the Iranian regime”.”We will continue to ratchet up the pressure until the objective is met, which remains the restoration of freedom of navigation and American deterrence in the region,” it added.The US Navy said Monday that a warplane went overboard into the Red Sea as a result of an accident on the USS Harry S. Truman, adding that the incident was under investigation.

Venezuela denounces ‘abduction’ of girl, 2, whose parents were deported by US

Venezuela accused Washington Monday of “abduction” in the case of a two-year-old girl separated from her migrant parents, who were deported from the United States without her.The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has said the girl was placed in foster care to protect her from her parents, who it claimed were members of Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua drug gang.In a statement Monday, the foreign ministry in Caracas denounced “the abduction by US authorities of the young Venezuelan Maikelys Antonella Espinoza Bernal, aged two” and called for her “immediate” return to her parents.Under US President Donald Trump, the DHS has carried out a crackdown on immigration, deporting thousands of primarily Latin American migrants that it says are undocumented and cancelling the legal status of others.The administration has said that many of those it has deported are members of criminal gangs, including Tren de Aragua, but has provided limited evidence to back that claim. Lawyers and family members of many deportees deny the allegations.The DHS did not say where it deported the girl’s parents to, but Venezuela believes her father was among about 250 men sent to El Salvador’s notorious CECOT prison for the country’s most violent criminals.In a statement Saturday, the DHS claimed the father, Maiker Espinoza-Escalona, was a Tren de Aragua “lieutenant” who “oversees homicides, drug sales, kidnappings, extortion, sex trafficking and operates a torture house.”The girl’s mother, Yorely Escarleth Bernal Inciarte, “oversees recruitment of young women for drug smuggling and prostitution,” the DHS said.It said the girl was “taken off the deportation flight manifest for her safety and welfare. The child remains in the care and custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement and is currently placed with a foster family.”The department branded both parents “criminal illegal aliens” and said their expulsion had been approved by a judge.Tren de Aragua has been designated a “foreign terrorist organization” by the Trump administration, which has paid El Salvador millions of dollars to lock up nearly 300 deported migrants it claims are criminals and gang members.At least one of them, Salvadoran Kilmar Abrego Garcia, was found to have been wrongly deported, but both Trump and El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele have washed their hands of his case.Last week, Venezuelan prosecutors said they were investigating the “forced disappearance” of a citizen detained in the United States in January, but whose whereabouts are now “unknown.”

US warplane went overboard into Red Sea: Navy

A US warplane went overboard into the Red Sea as a result of a Monday accident on the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier, the country’s Navy said.”The F/A-18E was actively under tow in the hangar bay when the move crew lost control of the aircraft. The aircraft and tow tractor were lost overboard,” the Navy said in a statement.”All personnel are accounted for, with one sailor sustaining a minor injury,” it said, adding that the carrier and its air wing remain mission capable and that the incident is under investigation.The F/A-18E reached initial operating capability in the early 2000s and had a unit cost of more than $67 million as of fiscal year 2021, according to a Navy fact sheet.The Truman is one of two US aircraft carriers currently operating in the Middle East, where Washington’s forces have been hammering Yemen’s Huthi rebels with strikes since mid-March in an attempt to end the threat they pose to ships in the region.