Economic Performance/Indicators
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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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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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Shares
Stock-market rally faces Fed, tech earnings and jobs data in make-or-break week
Stock-market investors may take their cues from a series of important events in the week ahead, including the Federal Reserve’s…
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Financial Market
China doubles down on moves to mend its economy and fend off a financial crisis
China’s leaders launched a barrage of new policies this week to prop up languishing financial markets and rekindle growth in…
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Financial Market
Markets may be overlooking ‘one remaining ember’ that could reignite inflation
Published: Jan. 8, 2024 at 2:17 p.m. ET Investors confident about the likelihood of easing U.S. inflation may be failing…
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