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The Federal Reserve cut rates by 25 basis points, as expected, triggering a big rally in the Dow. The Dow Jones hit new record highs, while the US Dollar plunged lower. The EUR jumped to 1.1750, while the GBP spiked to above 1.3400.
Read more →Markets have treaded water ahead of the Federal Reserve's final rate decision for the year. The weaker labour market and the cooling inflation led to a 25pt rate cut, which is fully expected by markets.
Read more →Markets await the Fed’s last rate decision of the year and expectations are high for a rate cut of 25 basis points. A tight labour market and cooling inflation is the perfect environment to relax monetary policy. US equities rebounded and look forward to the IRD.
Read more →US equity markets came off recent highs, nervous prior to the last Fed rate decision, for 2025. The Fed is expected to cut rates by 25 basis points, encouraged by a cooler than anticipated PCE Inflation Report, and a testing labour market.
Read more →US markets closed out the week on a positive note, following the release of the Fed’s favoured measure of inflation, the PCE Indicator. The inflation reading was softer than expected and is yet another green-light for the Fed to cut rates, in the coming week.
Read more →Markets tread water, ahead of the key US PCE inflation indicator, release later tonight. The Challenger Jobs Report revealed big cuts to jobs in the US, which confirmed the narrative set by the contraction of jobs, with the ADP Jobs report the previous day.
Read more →Global equity markets continued to rise, as risk sentiment improves, heading for a Christmas rally. The ADP Private Sector jobs report surprised, with a loss of 31,000 jobs, in the private sector.
Read more →Shares rebounded, after a sharp sell-off, to open the weeks and December’s trade. Markets remain nervous, and this has been manifested spectacularly, in the equity and crypto markets.
Read more →Manufacturing PMI data out of China and Japan revealed a further contraction into negative territory. This was the theme in Europe, with further declines in Manufacturing PMI in both Germany and France.
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