May 20, 2025 (NO COMMENTS)

It takes a market-wide crisis to know how stable the underlying pipework is that supports it. In the $7.5 trillion foreign exchange market, the measure of its stability is liquidity.

This was put to the test last month, as intraday volatility triggered by president Donald Trump’s tariff announcements on April 2 resulted in an explosion in trading volumes, a widening of bid-offer spreads, and extremely challenging liquidity conditions.

So, how much did this event expose the vulnerabilities in the