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Stocks Set to Open Higher as Investors Await U.S. Inflation Data and More Corporate Earnings

September S&P 500 futures (ESU23) are up +0.26%, and September Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQU23) are up +0.43% this morning as market participants looked ahead to the latest U.S. inflation data and more corporate earnings.

Barchart · Aug 7, 2023

Stocks Dragged Lower by Losses in Apple

What you need to know… The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) Friday closed down -0.53%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed down -0.43%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed down -0.51%. Stocks on Friday gave up an early advance and...

Barchart · Aug 4, 2023

Dollar Tumbles on Lower Bond Yields and Dovish Fed Comments

The dollar index (DXY00 ) Friday fell by -0.51%. The dollar was under pressure Friday from falling T-note yields after U.S. Jul nonfarm payrolls rose less than expected. Losses in the dollar accelerated after Atlanta Fed President Bostic said there is no need to raise interest rates further to ease...

Barchart · Aug 4, 2023

Dollar Ticks Lower as Stocks Gain

The dollar index (DXY00 ) on Monday fell by -0.24%. The dollar on Monday retreated from a 5-week high and posted moderate losses as stocks moved higher, curbing liquidity demand for the dollar. The dollar was also under pressure after the U.S. May Empire manufacturing index fell more than expected...

Barchart · May 15, 2023

Fed's Raphael Bostic doesn't see rate cuts until 2024

Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic thinks high consumer spending and strong labor market could continue to push prices higher.

Fortune · May 15, 2023

Stocks Mixed as Hawkish Fed Comments Push Bond Yields Higher

What you need to know… The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up +0.03%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down -0.05%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +0.05%. U.S. stocks this morning gave up an early advance...

Barchart · May 15, 2023

Stocks Close Slightly Higher Despite Bank Stock Weakness and Hawkish Fed Comments

What you need to know… The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) Tuesday closed up +0.09%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed down -0.03%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up +0.03%. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 indexes Tuesday settled...

Barchart · Apr 18, 2023

Dollar Slips as T-Note Yields Fall

The dollar index (DXY00 ) on Tuesday fell by -0.36% as T-note yields declined. Also, strength in the Chinese yuan Tuesday undercut the dollar after China's Q1 GDP expanded more than forecast. Hawkish comments Tuesday from St. Louis Fed President Bullard and Atlanta Fed President Bostic provided underlying support for...

Barchart · Apr 18, 2023

Fed's Bostic acknowledges trades broke rules, fixes records

Atlanta Federal Reserve President Raphael Bostic has acknowledged that many of his financial trades and investments violated the central bank's ethics rules

The Independent UK · Oct 14, 2022

Boston Fed's Collins says 'higher unemployment' needed

Susan Collins, the new president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, said says that a higher unemployment rate will be needed to bring down inflation from unusually high levels, but suggested any economic downturn would likely be modest

The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2022