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Stock Index Futures Move Higher as Bond Yields Plunge

December S&P 500 futures (ESZ23) are up +0.28%, and December Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQZ23) are up +0.06% this morning as U.S. Treasury yields continued to fall after this week’s soft U.S. inflation and jobs data spurred expectations among investors that interest rates have peaked.

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Stocks Set to Open Lower as Investors Await Key U.S. Inflation Data and Big Tech Earnings

December S&P 500 futures (ESZ23) are down -0.76%, and December Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQZ23) are down -0.92% this morning as the benchmark U.S. 10-year yield hit 5% for the first time since 2007 while market participants geared up for earnings reports from some of the biggest tech heavyweights as…

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Are These Bond ETFs Smart Investments -- iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF (SHY) and iShares Treasury Floating Rate Bond ETF (TFLO)

The likelihood of the Fed keeping interest rates higher for longer, government dysfunction, and other macro headwinds will likely exacerbate the market volatility in the near future. So, let’s determine if you should invest in bond ETFs iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF (SHY) and iShares Treasury Floating Rate Bond…

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Rising long-term interest rates are posing the latest threat to a US economic 'soft landing'

Surging interest rates are intensifying the challenges for the U.S. economy and threatening to derail the Federal Reserve’s drive to tame inflation without causing a deep recession

The Independent UK

Why Is The US Dollar On Fire Despite Fed’s Steady Interest Rate Signals?

The U.S. dollar is currently on an eight-week winning streak, flexing its muscles to reach levels not seen since February 2023

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Stocks Move Higher Before the Open as Investors Weigh Fed Comments, U.S. CPI Looms

September S&P 500 futures (ESU23) are up +0.10%, and September Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQU23) are up +0.13% this morning after three major U.S. benchmark indices ended the regular session higher as investors digested remarks from several Federal Reserve officials while awaiting the release of Wednesday’s consumer price index data…

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Stocks Muted Before the Open as Investors Weigh Fed Comments, U.S. CPI Looms

September S&P 500 futures (ESU23) are down -0.04%, and September Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQU23) are up +0.07% this morning after three major U.S. benchmark indices ended the regular session higher as investors digested remarks from several Federal Reserve officials while awaiting the release of Wednesday’s consumer price index data…

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Federal Reserve likely to skip interest rate hike at next meeting in June, officials signal

Leading Federal Reserve officials are sending out stronger signals that they will forego an interest rate increase at the central bank’s next meeting in June

The Independent UK

Stocks Set to Open Higher as Investors Weigh U.S. Debt Ceiling Deal

June S&P 500 futures (ESM23) are up +0.53%, and June Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQM23) are up +1.09% this morning on hopes that Congress will pass a debt ceiling bill to avert a first-ever U.S. default.

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Stocks Set to Open Higher as Investors Weight U.S. Debt Ceiling Deal

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S&P Futures Tick Lower as Mixed Earnings Weigh on Sentiment, PMI Data in Focus

June S&P 500 futures (ESM23) are trending down -0.17% this morning after three major U.S. benchmark indices finished the regular session in the red as investors assessed a mixed slate of corporate earnings while parsing through economic data and comments from Federal Reserve officials.

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S&P Futures Muted as Mixed Earnings Weigh on Sentiment, PMI Data in Focus

June S&P 500 futures (ESM23) are trending up +0.07% this morning after three major U.S. benchmark indices finished the regular session in the red as investors assessed a mixed slate of corporate earnings while parsing through economic data and comments from Federal Reserve officials.

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Fed's rate hikes likely to cause a recession, research says

Can the Federal Reserve keep raising interest rates and defeat the nation’s worst bout of inflation in 40 years without causing a recession

The Independent UK

We're in danger of falling into 1970s-style inflation without aggressive interest rate hikes, according to a top Fed official

“If inflation doesn’t start to come down, you risk this replay of the 1970s... Let’s be sharp now, let’s get inflation under control,” St. Louis Fed President James Bullard told CNBC Wednesday.

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The Independent UK

Asian shares mixed after biggest Wall St retreat of the year

Asian shares are trading mixed, as investors grow cautious after Wall Street’s biggest pullback of the year

The Independent UK

Fed's Mester: Rate hikes have begun to quell US inflation

Growing evidence that high inflation is finally easing shows that the Federal Reserve’s sharp interest rate hikes are working as intended, says Loretta Mester, a key Fed policymaker

The Conversation

Men don't trust female central bankers on inflation or the economy, survey data shows

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As the causes of US inflation grow, so do the dangers

What keeps driving inflation so high

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The Independent UK

High inflation in sight, Fed to signal more rate hikes ahead

Last month, when Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell spoke at an economic conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, he issued a blunt warning: The Fed’s drive to curb inflation by aggressively raising interest rates, he said, would “bring some pain” for Americans

The Independent UK

How much 'pain'? Fed to signal more rate hikes ahead

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell bluntly warned in a speech last month that the Fed’s drive to curb inflation by aggressively raising interest rates would “bring some pain.”

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Inflation shows no sign of slowing down in America and interest rate hikes will likely continue, warns top US economist

Loretta Mester is one of the 12 people who determine the official interest rate in the United States, and she has a grim warning for American households already struggling to pay their bills.

The Independent UK

Fed's Brainard: Rates to rise higher, stay elevated longer

A top Fed official says the Federal Reserve will need to continue lifting its short-term interest rate to a level that restricts economic growth and keep it there for an extended period

The New Daily

Market Wrap: Tough talk from the US and a BHP stock shock dominate this week’s markets

US markets tumbled this week after the Federal Reserve chair made a hawkish rates speech, while BHP shares dragged down the ASX

Benzinga

US GDP And Other Macro Issues For Wednesday

Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Loretta Mester is set to speak at 6:30 a.m. ET. The MBA's index of mortgage application activity for the latest week is scheduled for release at 7:00 a.m. ET.

Tribune News Service

Yellen says high inflation locked in for the rest of 2022

WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that “unacceptably high” prices are likely to stick with consumers through 2022, and that the U.S. economy is likely to slow down.

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