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Dec ICE NY cocoa (CCZ23 ) on Monday closed down -136 (-3.62%), and Dec ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ23 ) closed down -90 (-2.88%). Cocoa prices Monday fell on long liquidation pressure sparked by a risk-off environment in the asset markets ahead of this week's FOMC meeting. Cocoa prices have...

Nouriel Roubini saw a “variant of another Great Depression” less than a year ago, but now he’s open to a soft landing without any recession at all.

Since Federal Reserve officials last met in July, the economy has moved in the direction they hoped to see: Inflation continues to ease, if more slowly than most Americans would like, while growth remains solid and the job market cools

The market’s focus early this week will be on the Tue/Wed FOMC meeting. After the meeting concludes on Wednesday, Fed Chair Powell will hold his usual press conference, and the FOMC will also release its updated macroeconomic forecasts and its updated dot-plot forecast for the federal funds rate. The markets...

What you need to know… The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is down -0.09%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down -0.13%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +0.12%. Bearish factors include the UAW strike, the possibility of...

Morning Markets December E-Mini S&P 500 futures (ESZ2 3) this morning are down -0.09%, and Dec Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQZ2 3) are down -0.21%. Stock index futures this morning are trading mildly lower. Stocks continue to be undercut by the UAW strike, the possibility of a U.S. government shutdown...

December S&P 500 futures (ESZ23) are down -0.11%, and December Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQZ23) are down -0.17% this morning as investors looked ahead to the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision later this week.

December S&P 500 futures (ESZ23) are up +0.12%, and December Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQZ23) are up +0.14% this morning as investors looked ahead to the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision later this week.

"The current level of mortgage payments might be the new normal for the foreseeable future" says Buck Horne, director of equity research at Raymond James.

Shares are mostly lower in Asia, with Tokyo's markets closed for a national holiday

Last week we received some disappointing news on the inflation front. Both PPI and CPI came in a little hotter than expected, and fears were stoked that inflation could be coming back.