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The US Federal Reserve is in a strong position to weather the "highly uncertain" economic outlook, but its inflation fight will take time to win, a senior US central bank official said Tuesday.

March S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESH25) are up +0.31%, and March Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQH25) are up +0.49% this morning, signaling further gains on Wall Street as cooling U.S. core inflation bolstered expectations of Federal Reserve easing this year, while investors awaited a fresh batch of U.S. economic data…

The dollar index (DXY00 ) Thursday finished up +0.30% and posted a 13-month high. The dollar Thursday recovered from early losses and moved higher as a rebound in T-note yields strengthened the dollar’s interest rate differentials after T-note yields recovered from early losses and moved higher. Thursday’s US economic news...

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up +0.24%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.77%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -0.15%. Stocks today are mixed. The strength of software stocks is positive for the overall...

The dollar index (DXY00 ) today is down by -0.19%. The dollar today is posting modest losses and is weighed down by lower T-note yields. Also, dovish comments from New York Fed President Williams undercut the dollar when he said he expects the Fed to keep cutting interest rates. Losses...

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is down -0.27%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.19%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -0.66%. Stocks today are mostly lower. A -4% slump in Alphabet is weighing on the...

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) Tuesday closed up by +0.97%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up by +0.30%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up by +1.55%. Stocks Tuesday settled moderately higher, with the Nasdaq 100 posting a...

The dollar index (DXY00 ) Tuesday rose slightly by +0.02%, supported by higher T-note yields. Also, hawkish Fed comments supported the dollar. New York Fed President Williams said the Fed is "well positioned" to pull off a soft landing for the US economy, and St. Louis Fed President Musalem warned...

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up by +0.76%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up by +0.07%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up by +1.25%. Stocks today are moderately higher, with the Nasdaq 100 posting a...