Public Event Detail
Caterpillar investors fearful as US-China trade war drives up costs
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2018-10-24CATCaterpillarAlpha Vantage Newstariff_announcement
Event summary
Caterpillar's investors are growing concerned as the US-China trade war drives up raw material costs and negatively impacts the company's outlook. Despite reporting better-than-expected third-quarter profits, shares fell due to an unchanged 2018 earnings forecast, signaling potential future slowdowns. The company plans to raise prices on its machines and engines to offset increased manufacturing costs due to tariffs and higher steel prices.
Attached public signals
commodity-price-spikeConfidence: 0.00earnings-surpriseConfidence: 0.00market-repricingConfidence: 0.00tariff-riskConfidence: 0.00trade-war-escalationConfidence: 0.00
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