Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell caught investors’ attention on Tuesday when he said that the US equity market is “fairly highly valued.” While it’s never nice to hear the Fed chair speak in less-than-bullish tones, Powell’s observation shouldn’t have come as a surprise to investors. After all, he’s right — at least for the most…
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By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – TRADING DAY Making sense of the forces driving global markets By Jamie McGeever, Markets Columnist Wall Street and world stocks roared to new highs on Thursday, boosted by the Federal Reserve’s interest rate cut the day before and a 23% surge in Intel shares, while the dollar and…
Topline The Federal Reserve on Wednesday will conclude a two-day policymaking meeting and release a decision on whether to lower interest rates—following months of pressure and criticism from President Donald Trump—and potentially signal whether additional cuts are on the way. President Donald Trump has urged the central bank to “CUT INTEREST RATES, NOW, AND BIGGER”…
America’s central bank is probably on the edge of its first rate cut of 2025. The Federal Reserve is meeting for the sixth time this year. At every previous meeting in 2025, they’ve opted to hold rates steady, but that’s set to change. Wednesday’s decision isn’t a sure thing, but CME FedWatch estimates a near-100%…
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell signaled that the central bank might lower interest rates soon, which could reduce monthly credit card payments and facilitate borrowing for cars and homes, but he warned of economic challenges ahead.”In the near term, risks to inflation are tilted to the upside and risks to employment, to the downside. A…
Indian benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended lower on Friday, halting a six-day winning run, as investors turned cautious ahead of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s remarks at the Jackson Hole symposium and braced for fresh U.S. tariffs on Indian goods, amid other headwinds weighing on sentiment. The BSE Sensex fell 693.86 points, or 0.85%,…
The stock market rallied on the latest inflation report. The S&P 500 closed at a record high on Tuesday, while the Nasdaq rose over 1% and the Dow spiked nearly 500 points. The benchmark S&P 500 is up almost 10% year-to-date. Here’s where US indexes stood at the 4 p.m. ET closing bell on Tuesday:…
14h agoThu 31 Jul 2025 at 12:54am Market snapshot ASX 200: -0.5% to 8,717 points (live values below) Australian dollar: +0.1% to 64.41 US cents S&P 500: -0.1% to 6,362 points Nasdaq: +0.1% to 21,129 points FTSE: flat at 9,136 points EuroStoxx 600: flat at 550 points Spot gold: +0.3% to $US3,286/ounce Brent crude: +0.4%…
President Donald Trump has made it clear what he wants: lower interest rates, and ASAP. That’s the thrust behind his yearslong feud with Jerome Powell, the Fed Chair who’s stood pat on interest rates, even amid pointed criticisms and threats from the president that his position is in jeopardy. Trump — who has, among other…