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European Stocks Slip as Traders Weigh Rate Outlook: Markets Wrap

European Stocks Slip as Traders Weigh Rate Outlook: Markets Wrap

(Bloomberg) — European stocks fell as traders weighed the outlook for monetary policy ahead of a raft of speeches by policy makers at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week. Most Read from Bloomberg The Stoxx Europe 600 index slipped 0.2%, extending a lackluster start to the year after a 13% rise in 2023. Basic resources and carmakers led the decline after Germany’s economy dodged a recession, though the latest data showed it contracted for the first time since the pandemic last year…. Source link

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Stocks mixed following latest Fed rate hike

Stocks mixed following latest Fed rate hike

U.S. stocks were higher Wednesday afternoon after Fed Chair Jerome Powell said in a press conference on Wednesday signs of disinflation are building in the economy, which investors took as a sign the central bank could be close to ending its rate-hiking campaign. Tech stocks were leading the charge higher on Wednesday following Powell’s comments, with the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) rising as much as 2%. Meanwhile, the S&P 500 (^GSPC) was higher by 1.2% while the Dow Jones… Source link

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Bank of Canada's rate hike pause supported by majority of Canadians: Yahoo/Maru poll – Yahoo! Voices

Bank of Canada's rate hike pause supported by majority of Canadians: Yahoo/Maru poll – Yahoo! Voices

Reuters California authorities see no link between dance hall shooter and victims Los Angeles-area investigators have found no connection between the victims of a mass shooting at a Monterey Park, California, dance hall and the elderly man who carried out the massacre last weekend, authorities said. The 72-year-old assailant, Huu Can Tran, on Saturday killed 11 people and wounded nine others at the Star Ballroom Dance Studio, a venue just east of Los Angeles that is popular with older patrons… Source link

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Microsoft’s growth rate may have just bottomed: Analyst

Microsoft’s growth rate may have just bottomed: Analyst

There is light at the end of the tunnel for Microsoft (MSFT) as a global economic slowdown weighs on the tech giant’s growth, argues Piper Sandler analyst Brent Bracelin. Microsoft growth rates are “going to bottom here either this quarter, the current quarter they reported, or the next quarter,” Bracelin said on Yahoo Finance Live (video above). “So we are close to saying the worst declines are over for these non-cloud segments like Windows and devices and advertising.” While that may provide… Source link

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US STOCKS-Nasdaq leads Wall St higher as interest rate worries ease

US STOCKS-Nasdaq leads Wall St higher as interest rate worries ease

(For a Reuters live blog on U.S., UK and European stock markets, click or type LIVE/ in a news window) * Amazon up as Jefferies sees easing costs * Alibaba climbs as Ant Group’s Jack Ma to cede control * Macy’s, Lululemon drop on holiday-quarter warnings * Indexes up: Dow 0.39%, S&P 0.85%, Nasdaq 1.52% (Adds details, updates prices throughout) By Ankika Biswas and Amruta Khandekar Jan 9 (Reuters) – The tech-heavy Nasdaq led gains among the main Wall Street indexes on Monday, boosted by shares of Amazon… Source link

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Payrolls rise by 223,000, unemployment rate falls to 3.5%

Payrolls rise by 223,000, unemployment rate falls to 3.5%

The last read on U.S. job growth in 2022 showed the labor market remained strong in the final month of the year, even as the Federal Reserve raised interest rates to the highest level in 15 years. The Labor Department published its monthly jobs report for December at 8:30 a.m. ET on Friday. Here are highlights from the release, compared to Wall Street estimates compiled by Bloomberg: Non-farm payrolls: +223,000 vs. +202,000 expected Unemployment rate: 3.5% vs. 3.7% expected Average hourly… Source link

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