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U.S. stocks lagged Monday morning as a busy week marked by Fed policy, earnings and jobs data got underway. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) declined 0.7%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) erased 200 points, or 0.6%. The technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) fell by roughly the same margin. Treasuries ascended again, holding above 4%. Equity markets are still poised to round out the month higher after a brutal September slump. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 14.4% month-to-date as… Source link

The Federal Reserve is being too aggressive with its stance on interest rates and could send the job market into a tailspin, warns MKM Partners chief economist Michael Darda. “I think households here are also caught in the Fed’s crosshairs because the tightening is likely to keep going until it kills the labor market,” Darda said on Yahoo Finance Live (video above). “They [the Fed] will kill inflation, but they are going to end up killing the labor market.” Cracks in the labor market are… Source link

This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Friday, October 14, 2022 Today’s newsletter is by Julie Hyman, anchor and correspondent at Yahoo Finance. Follow Julie on Twitter @juleshyman. Read this and more market news on the go with Yahoo Finance App. Inflation came in red-hot again on Thursday, meaning the Federal Reserve will almost certainly raise interest rates by at least 75 basis… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Sign up for the New Economy Daily newsletter, follow us @economics and subscribe to our podcast. Most Read from Bloomberg A closely watched measure of US consumer prices rose by more than forecast to a 40-year high in September, pressuring the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates even more aggressively to stamp out persistent inflation. The core consumer price index, which excludes food and energy, increased 6.6% from a year ago, the highest level since 1982, Labor Department… Source link

U.S. stock futures were higher Wednesday but pared some earlier gains as investors weighed producer price data that came in slightly higher than expected. S&P 500 futures (^GSPC) rose 0.2% while futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) ticked up 0.15%. The technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) rose by 0.2%. Wall Street has been keeping a close eye on monetary action overseas, as Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey announced the bank would end its emergency bond-buying program… Source link

U.S. stocks slid Friday morning as fears of aggressive Federal Reserve policy had equity markets pace towards a big weekly loss and Treasury yields continue a perilous climb to fresh highs. The benchmark S&P 500 tumbled 1.2% early into the session. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged more than 300 points, or 1.1%, falling below the 30,000 level for the first time since June. The technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite off by 1.2%. Meanwhile, the 10-year U.S. Treasury note spiked above 3.7%,… Source link

WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve barreled ahead with a third straight outsize interest rate hike Wednesday in an effort to squash high inflation – but economists worry the campaign is increasingly risking a recession by next year. The Fed raised its key short-term rate by three-quarters of a percentage point to a range of 3% to 3.25%, a higher-than-normal level designed to ease inflation by slowing the economy. It also significantly bumped up its forecast for what that rate will be at… Source link

This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Wednesday, September 21, 2022 Today’s newsletter is by Janna Herron, Yahoo Finance’s personal finance editor. Follow Janna on Twitter @JannaHerron. The Federal Reserve is largely expected to raise its benchmark interest rate by three-quarters of a point on Wednesday, following two other similarly sized hikes this year. Whether the central bank… Source link

This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Tuesday, September 20, 2022 Today’s newsletter is by Sam Ro, the author of TKer.co. Follow him on Twitter at @SamRo. One of the Federal Reserve’s most telling statements about markets came from Chair Jerome Powell on June 15 when the central bank announced its biggest rate hike since 1994: “Over the course of this year, financial markets have… Source link

U.S. stocks were firmly lower early Monday after all three major indexes logged their worst week in three months. The S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average, and tech-heavy Nasdaq were each off by roughly 0.6% at the start of the trading session. Meanwhile in the bond market, the benchmark U.S. 10-year Treasury note spiked to 3.49%, its highest level since 2011, while the 2-year Treasury note inched past a 15-year high of 3.9%. Investors are gearing up for the Federal Reserve’s two-day policy… Source link