jitters

Trump's trade moves have also added to jitters on financial markets, despite significant uncertainty about whether Trump is prepared to carry out his threats.

Little wonder, then, that we have seen a blitz of the jitters in European capitals as presidents and prime ministers try to work out what it may or may not mean.

Resolution Foundation research director James Smith said Chancellor Rachel Reeves will need to meet the fiscal rules "or risk further market jitters".

Inside Number 11, there's a suggestion that the jitters have been helpful, because it's restored a "sense of urgency and put the focus back on the Treasury".

He thought the prospect of victory triggered jitters that put it back out of his team's reach.