The stock market will enter the third week of the government shutdown after a five-day run of market volatility shaped by US-China trade relations. At the closing bell on Friday, the S&P 500 (^GSPC), tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC), and Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) all managed to eke out wins to cap a volatile week…
By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) -TRADING DAY Making sense of the forces driving global markets By Jamie McGeever, Markets Columnist Stock markets around the world leaped to new highs on Thursday, propelled by optimism around the AI boom and hopes for further U.S. interest rate cuts, as investors shrugged off the U.S. government shutdown…
Treasury Yields Pop After Strong August Retail Sales Bond yields jumped after retail sales numbers for August came in stronger than economists anticipated. The yield on the 2-year Treasury note rose to 3.56%. Dow futures were down less than 0.1%, while S&P 500 futures were up 0.1%. Source link
The Federal Reserve won a legal victory Monday when a federal judge denied a request for a temporary restraining order compelling the central bank’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) to open its rate deliberations to the public starting Tuesday and Wednesday. The request came as part of a lawsuit filed by money manager Azoria Capital…
Wall Street pros are staring down a pivotal week that will likely set the tone for the rest of the year in markets and the economy. The big event comes Wednesday, when the Federal Reserve announces the outcome of its two-day policy meeting. Economists expect the Federal Open Market Committee to keep interest rates unchanged,…