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Financial Market
Stock Market Will Feel a Tremor if Payrolls and Inflation Keep Rising
What was that? The environs around Wall Street, from New Jersey to the west to Long Island on eastward, were…
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Currencies
Switzerland Shocks With Interest Rate Cut. What It Means for the Rest of Europe.
The Swiss National Bank delivered a surprise interest-rate cut this past week, kicking off what’s likely to become a widespread…
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Investment
Factory orders sink 3.6% on fewer Boeing contracts. U.S. business investment still weak.
Published: March 5, 2024 at 10:02 a.m. ET Story developing. Stay tuned for updates here. The numbers: U.S. factory orders…
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Opinion: One reason for stock market’s rally: Expectations that AI will stay unregulated
There seems to be a bizarre disconnect between the surging U.S. stock market and the sad state of American politics.…
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Financial Market
Stock rally, rate-cut forecasts get tested by Powell’s testimony and jobs report
A four-month-long U.S. stock market rally, partly fueled by investors’ expectations for interest rate cuts in 2024 by the Federal…
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The Stock Market Is Melting Up. Prepare for a Short-Term Correction.
No cut, no problem—at least not for the stock market. It should have been a bad week for an overextended…
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