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In the narrow lanes of Mumbai’s Govandi Shivaji Nagar slum, the smell of soap mingles with the humid afternoon air as women go about their daily routines of washing and cleaning. Among them is Savitra, perched on the steps outside her house, scrubbing utensil after utensil. But there’s caution not…

December S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESZ24) are up +0.14%, and December Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQZ24) are up +0.01% this morning as investors awaited crucial U.S. producer inflation data, remarks from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, and an earnings report from entertainment giant Disney.

Here's what could happen to interest rates next.

Americans looking to buy a house may need to wait longer to see rates fall substantially.

Asian markets diverged Thursday as investors digested US inflation data that supported the case for another interest rate cut next month but worries over the next Trump administration continued to cloud optimism.

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) Wednesday closed up +0.02%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +0.11%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed down -0.16%. Stocks on Wednesday settled mixed. The overall market found support from the as-expected US...

Stocks gave up early gains as waning consumer price inflation leaves rate-cut bets essentially unchanged.

The dollar index (DXY00 ) Wednesday rose by +0.41% and posted a 1-year high. The dollar index Wednesday recovered from early losses and turned higher as it extended the post-election rally on speculation that T-note yields will increase as inflation increases due to President-elect Trump’s pro-tariff policies. The dollar Wednesday...

Conway Gittens: I’m Conway Gittens reporting from the New York Stock Exchange. Here’s what we’re watching on TheStreet today. The Dow and the S&P 500 bounce-back to record highs as a tame inflation report gives the Federal Reserve room to keep cutting interest rates. Meanwhile, shares of ...