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London (AFP) - Stocks diverged Thursday after Federal Reserve boss Jerome Powell signalled a moderation in interest rate hikes, as fears over the health of the global economy persist.

The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate ticked down for the third week in a row and have fallen more than a half-point since hitting a 20-year high less than a month ago

A key gauge of U.S. consumer prices posted the second-smallest increase this year while spending accelerated, offering hope that the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate hikes are cooling inflation without sparking a recession.

The stock market slipped Thursday as cooler-than-expected inflation faced off with Salesforce's shake-up on leadership.

"So you really had a housing bubble, you had housing prices going up [at] very unsustainable levels and overheating," says Fed Chair Jerome Powell.

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Another decline in the Fed's preferred inflation gauge, alongside Chairman Jerome Powell's recent dovish tilt, has stocks ending mixed Thursday.

The Fed's key gauge of core inflation rose less than expected in October as the core inflation rate eased to 5%, but the Dow Jones slipped.

Further slowing in the Fed's preferred inflation gauge is adding heft to Chairman Jerome Powell's signals of smaller rate hikes.

A measure of inflation that is closely monitored by the Federal Reserve eased but remained at an elevated level in October, likely reinforcing the Fed’s intent to keep raising interest rates to cool the economy and slow the acceleration of prices

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