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Investors must carefully consider the trade-offs, as falling interest rates could lead to reinvestment at a lower yield and make selling on the secondary market difficult.

It's not clear whether Trump can extract himself from the policy cycle he has created.

President Donald Trump says he has finally found a way to achieve his goal of removing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, accusing him of mismanaging the U.S. central bank’s $2.5 billion renovation project

Leading economists react to June’s Consumer Price Index report, which showed that inflation was largely in line with expectations, while speculating on what this means for Federal Reserve policy and growing tariff-related pressures.

Tech firms led another rally in Hong Kong stocks Wednesday after US titan Nvidia said it would resume exports of key chips to China after Washington pledged to remove licensing curbs.

The ASX200 finished 0.8 per cent lower after US data showed inflation ticked up again in June as tariffs took hold, reducing the odds of a rate cut.

By holding rates steady, the Fed is effectively acknowledging that inflation pressures are real but not yet indicative of an overheating economy warranting drastic action.

The rally in Nvidia came after reports that the U.S. government approved new export licenses for the company's H100 AI chips, easing some restrictions tied to advanced chip sales to China.

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Tuesday closed down -0.40%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed down -0.98%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up +0.13%. September E-mini S&P futures (ESU25 ) fell -0.50%, and September E-mini Nasdaq futures...