Interest Rates

Federal Reserve officials earlier this month agreed that smaller interest rate increases should happen soon as they evaluate the impact policy is having on the economy, meeting minutes released Wednesday indicated.Reflecting statements…
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Here are the most important news, trends and analysis that investors need to start their trading day:1. Stocks set to jump at open as Wall Street's wild swings continueTraders on the floor of the NYSE, Jan. 25, 2022.Source: NYSEDow…
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U.S. home sales surged to a 15-year high in 2021, powered by low borrowing rates and an intense buyer demand that are expected to keep the market hot during the first months of 2022.But the recent rapid rise in interest rates has some…
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Updated at 4:15 pm ESTStocks ended higher Wednesday, following on from the prior session's rally that lifted stocks to the highest levels in more than two months. Investors on Wednesay reacted to the release of minutes from the Fed's…
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1642670298Stock management boosts Primark recoveryThe diversified business of Associated British Foods offered a safety net during the pandemic, but now all eyes are on Primark for a comeback.Today’s figures show the retail chain has yet…
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U.S. equity futures nudged higher Tuesday, while the dollar retreated from its recent ten-day highs and Treasury bond yields retreated, as investors crept back into risk markets amid some dovish commentary on rates from Federal Reserve…
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Inflation has already peaked, but it will remain above pre-Covid levels in 2023, said David Mann, chief economist for Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa at the Mastercard Economics Institute."Inflation has seen its peak this year, but…
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Moonshot stocks are coming back to Earth.As the Federal Reserve moves closer to raising interest rates, investors are repricing their bets on one of the riskiest corners of the market: shares of companies that don’t make money.…
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Billionaire hedge-fund manager Bill Ackman said the Federal Reserve needs to deliver old-fashioned “shock and awe” to financial markets by delivering a much larger onetime increase to benchmark interest rates to…
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New York CNN Business  —  Stocks were mostly higher Tuesday after the US government reported that wholesale prices rose at a far less dramatic rate than expected. That news…
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