US stock futures rose on Wednesday amid hopes for interest-rate cuts, with more Wall Street banks set to lead out the next wave of reports in a promising start to earnings season. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures (YM=F) moved up roughly 0.4%, following a rocky session on Tuesday for markets. Meanwhile, contracts on the S&P…
SHANGHAI, CHINA – AUGUST 14, 2025 – Tourists are visiting the Bund in Shanghai, China on August 14, 2025. Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets were higher Wednesday, breaking ranks with Wall Street’s declines after U.S. and China exchanged blows in a renewed trade feud. U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday stateside…
Federal Reserve boss Jerome Powell’s remarks on the US labour market fuelled expectations for another interest rate cut this month (ROBERTO SCHMIDT) Stocks jumped Wednesday as trade war fears were overshadowed by comments from Federal Reserve boss Jerome Powell that suggested the bank would cut interest rates again this month. After a volatile couple of…
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a ceremony to posthumously award the Medal of Freedom to Charlie Kirk, in the Rose Garden patio at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., Oct. 14, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters U.S. stocks had a rocky day of trading, swinging from highs and lows like the quality of…
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Tuesday emphasized that a sharp slowdown in hiring poses a growing risk to the U.S. economy, a sign that the central bank will likely cut its key interest rate twice more this year. Powell, who spoke today before the National Association of Business Economics in Philadelphia, said that despite…
By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) -Wall Street stocks were mixed on Tuesday and Treasury yields dipped as investors weighed upbeat economic sentiment from the International Monetary Fund and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell against revived U.S.-China trade tensions. The S&P 500 and the Dow rebounded after all three major U.S. stock indexes opened sharply…
Traders watch as U.S. President Donald Trump greets Russian President Vladimir Putin, as they meet to negotiate for an end to the war in Ukraine, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York City, U.S., August 15, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters This is…
Kristalina Georgieva (Bloomberg) — Central bankers, already uneasy about trade tensions and swelling public debt, will collectively confront a new worry in the coming week: the danger of a market crash. Global policymakers and finance ministers will gather in Washington for the International Monetary Fund/World Bank fall meetings after a chorus of warnings that a…
Investors are shuddering on concerns of renewed trade tensions between the world’s two biggest economies. Stocks fell sharply on Friday, with the S&P 500 shedding 183 points, or 2.7%, to 6,553 in what was the index’s worst day since April. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 879 points, or 1.8%, and the Nasdaq Composite dropped…
Oct 9 (Reuters) – Wall Street’s main indexes edged lower on Thursday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell offered no fresh policy signals, leaving investors to rely on older data to shape sentiment. While markets have priced in aggressive interest rate cuts on hopes that the Fed will prioritize labor market support, minutes from the…