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fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
2 days ago

Sterling rises to one-week high against broadly weaker dollar despite tepid UK growth

Seeing again the flexing of the administration to use industrial policy as a tool to drive its wider economic and trade agenda. Bessent it wouldn't consider stock market volatility when dealing with China on trade. Those kinds of comments have in the past left markets on edge - no Trump put. But not yesterday - the S&P 500 rallied 0.4% as it climbed not just the wall of worry but also its 20-day SMA.
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fromFortune
4 days ago

Nasdaq futures tumble 1.3% premarket as China launches fresh shipping ban, 'signaling it will hit third-country firms that help Washington' | Fortune

Chinese sanctions on Hanwha Ocean's U.S. subsidiaries triggered U.S. market declines and heightened U.S.-China trade tensions, hitting shipbuilding and technology sectors.
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fromThe American Conservative
4 weeks ago
Right-wing politics

Fed Cuts Rates by 25 Basis Points

The Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to stimulate borrowing, investment, and jobs, prompting record-high stock market gains.
fromFast Company
1 month ago
US politics

Wall Street stocks are mixed as markets count on an interest rate cut from the Fed

Markets were mixed ahead of the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision as traders anticipate potential rate cuts amid political pressure and tariff-driven inflation concerns.
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fromFortune
3 months ago

Oil down, hopes up, 'risk-on': Stocks are back near their all-time highs

Markets are reacting positively to the ceasefire between Iran and Israel, indicated by a rise in global index performance.
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