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August tends to be a serene month in the financial markets, but when there is a crisis things can get chaotic
August tends to be a serene month in the financial markets, but when there is a crisis things can get chaotic
Traders are betting on a roughly 70% probability the Federal Reserve will raise its key overnight interest rate in May by 0.25 percentage points
Stocks of oil producers jumped after Saudi Arabia and other major oil producers said they’ll cut production by 1.15 million barrels per day from May until the end of the year
Investors have been hunting for what banks could be next to fall as the system creaks under the pressure of much higher interest rates
The Fed can either keep hiking interest rates to drive down inflation, or it can ease off the increases given the pain it’s already caused for banks
Stocks are coming off a sharp drop the prior day after the head of the Federal Reserve warned it could speed up its hikes to interest rates if pressure on inflation stays high
Wall Street had already been convincing itself that higher rates than earlier thought were on the way and that the Fed may even possibly go back to larger rate increases following last month’s data reports
The stock market has found some footing over the last week after a roller-coaster start to the year where a swift rise gave way to a sharp tumble
The S&P 500 was 1.2% lower in midday trading and on track to make its third straight weekly loss its worst since early December
Home Depot fell to one of the market’s larger losses after giving financial forecasts that fell short of expectations
The S&P 500 was 1.1% higher ahead of Tuesday’s report on whether figures are continuing to cool or perhaps setting the market up for worse pain
A report Friday showed that US inflation is continuing to cool, raising hopes for a smaller increase that’s less painful than last year’s aggressive hikes
Small company stocks outpaced the broader market in a sign that investors were feeling confident about the economy
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