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Stock Index Futures Tread Water as Investors Brace for U.S. Inflation Data

June S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESM24) are up +0.05%, and June Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQM24) are up +0.10% this morning after three major U.S. benchmark indices ended the regular session mixed, with investors awaiting Wednesday’s release of a key U.S. inflation report.

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Stocks Rise After Jobs Report Exceeds Forecasts

June S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESM24) are trending up +0.27% this morning as investors looked ahead to the release of crucial U.S. nonfarm payrolls data to gauge the timing of the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate cuts.

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S&P Futures Inch Higher as Investors Await Key U.S. Jobs Report

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S&P Futures Tick Higher as Investors Await Key U.S. Jobs Report

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Stocks Inch Higher After February's US Durable Goods Orders Released

Stocks are slightly up this morning as market participants reacted to February's US Durable Goods Report.

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Stock Index Futures Climb Ahead of U.S. Economic Data

June S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESM24) are up +0.40%, and June Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQM24) are up +0.50% this morning as market participants geared up for a new round of U.S. economic data.

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Stock Index Futures Move Higher as Investors Brace for U.S. Economic Data

June S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESM24) are up +0.35%, and June Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQM24) are up +0.50% this morning as investors geared up for a new round of U.S. economic data.

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Asian Markets Fluctuate As Traders Weigh US Rate Outlook

Asian stocks swung through the morning session Tuesday as traders weighed the outlook for US interest rates ahead of the release of a key inflation reading.

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Stocks Set to Open Mixed as Investors Await U.S. Inflation Data

March S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESH24) are down -0.03%, and March Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQH24) are up +0.03% this morning as investors looked ahead to the release of U.S. inflation data due Tuesday for clues regarding the timing of future Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts.

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Stocks Set to Open Lower as Investors Await U.S. Inflation Data

March S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESH24) are down -0.31%, and March Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQH24) are down -0.40% this morning as investors looked ahead to the release of U.S. inflation data due Tuesday for clues regarding the timing of future Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts.

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Stock Market Today: Stocks Close Higher After CPI-Fueled Clobbering

The main indexes finished higher Wednesday, regaining some ground lost during Tuesday's selloff.

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Goolsbee: Progress on Inflation, Rate-Cut Forecast Aligned with Fed Median

In this exclusive analysis, former US Federal Reserve economist Austan Goolsbee acknowledges progress on inflation and discusses his rate-cut forecast, ali...

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Stock Index Futures Tick Higher on Fed Rate Cut Hopes, U.S. Housing Data in Focus

March S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESH24) are up +0.18%, and March Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQH24) are up +0.11% this morning as optimism about interest rate cuts from the U.S. Federal Reserve next year continued to underpin sentiment, with investors bracing for the release of fresh data on the U.S.…

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Stock Index Futures Tick Higher Ahead of U.S. Housing Data

March S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESH24) are up +0.06%, and March Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQH24) are up +0.02% this morning as market participants geared up for the release of fresh data on the U.S. housing market.

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The Independent UK

Fed is set to leave interest rates unchanged while facing speculation about eventual rate cuts

With inflation edging closer to the Federal Reserve’s 2% target, its policymakers are facing — and in some cases fueling — hopes that they will make a decisive shift in policy and cut interest rates next year, possibly as soon as spring

International Business Times

US Fed Chair Jerome Powell Calls Rate Cut Speculation 'Premature'

It is still "premature" to speculate on when the US Federal Reserve will start cutting interest rates despite the bank's recent progress on inflation, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said Friday.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago Fed prez Austan Goolsbee sees ‘golden path’ toward lower inflation without recession

The head of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, says the economy appears headed to a “soft landing” in which inflation returns to the Fed’s 2% target without an economic crash.

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S&P Futures Climb Ahead of Key U.S. PPI and Retail Sales Data, Chinese Data Boosts Sentiment

December S&P 500 futures (ESZ23) are trending up +0.34% this morning as market participants digested strong industrial output and retail sales data from China while also bracing for crucial U.S. PPI and retail sales data.

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Mother of all hen-of-the-woods finds

Nick Epley and Austan Goolsbee found the mother of all spreads of hen of the woods on Sunday.

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S&P Futures Climb as Bond Yields Fall Ahead of Key U.S. Inflation Data

December S&P 500 futures (ESZ23) are trending up +0.43% this morning as dovish-leaning remarks from Fed officials and reports of a potential meeting between U.S. and Chinese leaders boosted sentiment while investors looked ahead to a reading on the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge.

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Stock Index Futures Plunge as Investors Weigh Interest Rate Outlook

December S&P 500 futures (ESZ23) are down -0.40%, and December Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQZ23) are down -0.53% this morning as market participants continued to price in an extended period of elevated interest rates.

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: Wage growth doesn't drive inflation. So why is the Fed out to crush workers?

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and his colleagues have made major mistakes in their battle with inflation.

The Independent UK

Persistently high inflation is causing a split among Federal Reserve officials over next steps

The stubbornness of high inflation is dividing the Federal Reserve over how to manage interest rates in the coming months, leaving the outlook for the Fed’s policies cloudier than at any time since it unleashed a streak of 10 straight rate hikes in March 2022

Chicago Sun-Times

Yellow morels arrive in this weird spring for hunting morel mushrooms

Signs are that we are in a compact season for picking morel mushrooms in this weird spring around Chicago outdoors.

The Independent UK

Rising turmoil is making Fed's rate decisions more perilous

Poised to raise interest rates Wednesday for a 10th time, Federal Reserve officials are facing two competing economic trends that could make their future rate decisions more difficult and treacherous

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