By Chelsey Dulaney
Investors are on edge about the Trump administration's new tariffs, but not panicking.
-- The CBOE Volatility Index, also known as the VIX, rose above 20 early Monday, a 24% increase from Friday's closing level.
-- That is still far below the levels seen during August's market mayhem, when the VIX reached 66 in intra-day trading after a weak jobs report fueled recession fears.
-- The VIX was also higher in December, when the Federal Reserve sparked a stock selloff by indicating it would deliver fewer rate-cuts in 2025 than investors had hoped.
-- The VIX is known as Wall Street's "fear gauge." It is based on options prices tied to the S&P 500 and measures expected volatility.
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