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Stocks On Shaky Ground As Traders Tread Lightly Ahead of Friday's Jobs Data: What's Driving Markets Thursday?
Thursday, October 5, 2023 - 2:19pm | 1186Risk aversion returned on Thursday as stocks retraced their gains from Wednesday. Traders are now closely monitoring the eagerly anticipated non-farm payrolls data set to be unveiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday. By midday trading in New York, not a single S&P 500 sector...
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US Stocks Rise As Tech Rebounds On Lower Treasury Yields, UAW Strikes Widen: What's Driving Markets Friday?
Friday, September 22, 2023 - 1:23pm | 883Wall Street is in the green on Friday, showing gains across major U.S. equity indices following significant losses on Thursday. Notably, the technology sector is leading the way, capitalizing on a retreat in Treasury yields. This positive momentum is occurring despite hawkish comments from Federal...
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S&P 500, Nasdaq 100 Ease As Traders Await CPI Report: What's Driving Markets Monday
Monday, July 10, 2023 - 1:23pm | 1249The stock market experienced a negative start to the week, with investors remaining fairly cautious ahead of Wednesday’s inflation report. Large tech stocks traded in the red, likely hit by weaker-than-expected inflation data in China overnight, with Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) falling 2.3...
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Ted Cruz, Jim Jordan Write Scathing Letter To San Francisco Fed On SVB Collapse: Regional Central Banks 'Stonewalling Congressional Oversight'
Wednesday, April 26, 2023 - 12:02am | 537U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) sent a bicameral letter to Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President Mary Daly on Tuesday, demanding immediate answers on Silicon Valley Bank's collapse. What Happened: "The San...
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Jerome Powell Will Testify Before Congress As Investors Await Fed's Next Move On Inflation
Monday, March 6, 2023 - 12:25pm | 663The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY) traded slightly higher Monday morning to kick off a big week for investors ahead of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's two-day testimony to Congress on Tuesday and Wednesday. The 2023 stock market rebound ran out of steam in February after the...
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Fed Officials Say Thursday's Inflation Data Release To Help Decide On Pace Of Rate Hikes
Tuesday, January 10, 2023 - 1:40am | 392Federal Reserve officials have reportedly said fresh inflation data scheduled to be released on Thursday will help them decide whether the pace of interest rate hikes could be slowed, at the upcoming FOMC meeting, to just a 25 bps increase instead of the larger increases seen for most of last year...
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Fed President Mary Daly Gives Boost To The Markets, (Sort Of) Substantiates Interest Rate Criticism
Friday, October 21, 2022 - 2:03pm | 492Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President Mary Daly gave a welcomed boost to the markets Friday, substantiating recent criticism that the Fed is raising rates too quickly by saying while more tightening is needed, the Fed can easily find itself overtightening. While Daly said slowing rate...
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Stock Market Rally Continues Despite Repeated Fed Rate Hike Warnings
Wednesday, August 3, 2022 - 3:14pm | 626The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY) has rallied 3.2% in the past five days as investors seem to be taking an increasingly bullish tone toward the health of the U.S. economy, particularly on the inflation front. However, hawkish remarks from Federal Reserve officials this week suggest...