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Another significant movement is finishing the week with the price of gold. Gold lost all weekly gains on Friday, sliding $40 for the day after reaching a 13-month high on Thursday. On a macro level, hawkish comments made by Fed officials and good economic news are having an impact on …

Despite declining on Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had a good week as investors weighed a disappointing retail sales report that dampened expectations for a stronger-than-expected start to corporate earnings. To reach 33,886.47, the 30-stock Dow fell 143.22 points, or around 0.42%. S&P 500 index decreased 0.21% to 4,137.64. …

The recent banking crisis has helped Bitcoin rise in 2023, and some other cryptocurrencies are following suit: At the same moment that Bitcoin has surpassed $30,000, ether has surpassed $2,000 for the first time since May 2022. Bitcoin was earlier on Thursday at $30,533, up 1.5% from where it was …

US stocks rose on Thursday after less-than-expected inflation data encouraged traders’ expectations for a soft landing for the US economy. Big Tech led the way as stocks rose on Thursday as traders celebrated yet another report that suggested that US inflation was slowing. The S&P 500 climbed 1.3% to 4,145, …

The price of gold is rising, however it is still below the year’s highs, which were previously set at about $2,048.79, as US data showed the US economy is still slowing down. As a result, the US Dollar (USD) declined as US Treasury bond yields continued to decline, while Gold …

Stocks and bonds made small changes on Wall Street on Tuesday as trading was quiet in anticipation of news later in the week that might affect the markets.The S&P 500 lost 0.17 points, or less than 0.1%, to 4,108.94, its smallest one-day movement in more than a year. The majority …

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee, said on Tuesday that policymakers need to be cautious about raising interest rates after recent development in the banking sector. He mentioned that the central bank needs to assess the potential impact of the financial stress on the real economy. Speaking at …

According to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York President “Financial system troubles that drove the central bank to provide large amounts of credit to banks is not collateral damage from the Fed’s aggressive effort to lower inflation.”John Williams, who is also Fed’s Vice Chairman of the FOMC Committee, said …

The monthly employment report from the United States was sufficient to resurrect worries about economic growth and the possibility of entering a recession. After a long weekend, Australia will announce Westpac Consumer Confidence.The AUD/USD pair falls for a sixth day in a row close to the 0.6600 level. After Wall …

U.S. stock futures were largely steady on Monday as traders re-entered the market after the Easter weekend and faced a slew of important economic reports that might influence the direction of Federal Reserve monetary policy going forward. At 11:00 GMT, the Nasdaq 100 futures were down 16 points or 0.13%, …