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Stock Market Today: Stocks Swing Higher After Powell Speech

Fed Chair Powell poured cold water on potential rate cuts, but stocks jumped anyway.

Kiplinger · Dec 1, 2023

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.

International Business Times · Dec 1, 2023

Fed's Powell notes inflation is easing but says further progress is needed

Inflation is slowing steadily, but it’s too early to declare victory or to discuss when the Federal Reserve might cut interest rates, Chair Jerome Powell said

The Independent UK · Dec 1, 2023

UK house prices rise for third month; factory downturn eases – as it happened

Nationwide reports house prices only fell 2% in year to November, and rose during the month, as mortgage rates fall

The Guardian - UK · Dec 1, 2023

Asian Markets Struggle Even As US Data Fuels Rate Cut Talk

Asian markets drifted Friday following a mixed day on Wall Street, with data showing a continued fall in US inflation unable to relight the buying that characterised much of November.

International Business Times · Dec 1, 2023

The Fed’s favorite inflation gauge cooled in October, and Wall Street believes it may signal ‘interest rate cuts are on the horizon’

The Fed’s favorite inflation gauge cooled in October, giving investors hope that the central bank’s more than 20-month-long interest rate hiking campaign is coming to an end.

Fortune · Nov 30, 2023

Why the Fed should treat climate change's $150B economic toll like other national crises it's helped fight

Climate disasters are now costing the United States US$150 billion per year, and the economic harm is rising.

The Conversation · Nov 29, 2023

Fed's Waller: Interest rates are likely high enough to bring inflation back to 2% target

A key Federal Reserve official said he is “increasingly confident” that the Fed’s interest rate policies will succeed in bringing inflation back to the central bank’s 2% target level

The Independent UK · Nov 28, 2023

‘Dr Doom’ Nouriel Roubini warns the market is in for a ‘megathreatened age’ and investors will lose trillions: ‘This bloodbath is likely to continue’

"Our first priority will be to survive the next few decades of instability and chaos."

Fortune · Nov 28, 2023

Stock Market Today: Stocks Close Lower on Cyber Monday

The main indexes were choppy to start the week, though several e-commerce stocks jumped on encouraging online holiday shopping numbers.

Kiplinger · Nov 27, 2023