Raphael Bostic of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta warned that rising price pressures over the next six to twelve months could intensify the Fed's challenges. A ton of economic scenarios that could play out, hard to assign probabilities.Outlook is for the economy to continue slowing, but also expect real uncertainty about what that means for jobs and inflation. Firms are still in a wait-and-see pattern around employment.Likely to be upward pressure on prices for six to 12 months; that puts pressure on the Fed. The most important question for the Fed is whether tariffs will shift prices...
Wall Street's main indexes opened higher on Friday as traders increased bets on a Federal Reserve rate cut this month after the November payrolls report. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI), opens new tab rose 58.6 points, or 0.13%, at the open to 44,824.29. The S&P 500 (.SPX), opens new tab rose 6.3 points, or 0.10%, at the open to 6,081.38, while the Nasdaq Composite (.IXIC), opens new tab rose 43.2 points, or 0.22%, to 19,743.959 at the opening bell. Source: Reuters
The Hang Seng Index jumped 305 points, or 1.6%, to close at 19,866 on Friday (6/12) after a weak session the previous day, supported by strong gains across all sectors. The index rose 2.3% weekly, rising for a second straight period, amid hopes of fresh stimulus from a key policy meeting in China next week that could set economic targets for 2025. Traders eagerly added new positions after Beijing published draft rules on Thursday offering incentives for government agencies to buy Chinese-made products. Meanwhile, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley said the PBoC will cut its main policy rate...
The Nikkei 225 index fell 0.77% to close at 39,091 while the broader Topix index dropped 0.55% to 2,727 on Friday, paring gains from earlier in the week and tracking losses on Wall Street overnight as a major rally in U.S. stocks lost momentum. Investors are also gearing up for the crucial U.S. monthly jobs report. In Japan, data showed that inflation-adjusted real wages were unchanged in October from a year earlier, up from a 0.4% decline in September and 0.8% in August. That supported expectations for a potential interest rate hike by the Bank of Japan this month, although uncertainty...
European equity markets are set for a lower open on Friday, as political turmoil in France dampened market sentiment. French President Emmanuel Macron delivered a speech criticizing politicians for failing to take voters' concerns into account, after a motion backed by both left- and right-leaning lawmakers led to the collapse of Prime Minister Michel Barnier's minority government. Investors also await the third reading of Eurozone GDP for the third quarter, alongside French trade figures and Italian retail sales data for October. Meanwhile, traders are bracing for a crucial U.S. jobs...
Hong Kong stocks jumped 233 points, or 1.2%, to 19,789 in early trade on Friday, bouncing back from a weak session the previous day amid optimism that China's central bank will ease monetary policy further next year to support growth and fight deflation. Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley expect the PBOC to cut its key policy rate by 40bps in 2025, the biggest rate cut in a decade. The Hang Seng is on track for a second straight weekly gain, up nearly 2% so far, buoyed by hopes of a positive outcome from the upcoming central economic work forum and Politburo meeting in China. However,...
China's official NBS Manufacturing PMI increased to 49.7 in June 2025 from May's 49.5, matching market expectations while marking the third consecutive month of contraction in factory activity.
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Both the STOXX 50 and STOXX 600 hovered around the flatline on Friday, as investors adopted a cautious stance ahead of further developments in trade talks between US President Trump and Chinese...
Switzerland's government will hold an emergency meeting on Thursday to decide its next move after its president returned home empty-handed from an 11th-hour trip to Washington aimed at averting a...