SA financial markets: US inflation drop and Trump's demands shape trading week
Global markets show positive momentum following lower-than-expected US core inflation, while South African markets respond to ...
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US Federal Reserve set for early clash with Donald Trump
The US Federal Reserve will enter a new phase in its monetary policy cycle when it meets for the first time this year: stubborn inflation and the beginning of Donald Trump's second presidential ...
WTI falls below $74.00 as Trump reiterates call for OPEC+ to reduce Oil prices
WTI depreciates US President Donald Trump called on OPEC+ to reduce crude Oil prices. Trump reiterated his demand for OPEC+ ...
Trump vs Powell: Who will drive the stock market as the Fed holds its first meeting of the year?
The Federal Reserve’s first meeting of 2025 this week may throw a wrench into the stock-market rally just as investors worry ...
What to Expect in the Markets This Week
Federal Reserve interest rate decision, Jerome Powell comments, PCE inflation, U.S. GDP, and earnings from Tesla, Meta, Microsoft, Apple and more.
The Government Crisis That Ended Private Money And Gave Us The Fed
We always had private money, We only stopped having it when the government got overbearing, like in 1907. Bitcoin points back ...
Wall St slips with mixed data and earnings ahead of Fed week
Wall Street's main indexes closed lower on Friday as investors stepped back while they digested a mixed bag of economic data ...
With Trump in Office, What’s the Fed’s Next Move?
Bond futures markets aren’t pricing a significant chance of a first cut happening until at least June, according to the CME ...
S&P ends below record high; stocks score winning week before Fed's first 2025 meeting
On Friday, the S&P 500 ( SP500) ended -0.3% at 6,101.24, after Thursday's record session. The Nasdaq ( COMP:IND) -0.5%, and ...
Trump Says He'll 'Demand That Interest Rates Drop Immediately'
In President Trump’s first week in office, he issued a blitz of executive orders, but perhaps his most ambitious statement to date is his claim yesterday that he would order the Federal Reserve to cut ...
Traders May Stick To The Sidelines Ahead Of Next Week's Fed Meeting
The major U.S. index futures are currently pointing to a roughly flat open on Friday, with stocks likely to show a lack of direction ...
Trump takes aim at Fed in economic forum comments
In an address to the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, delivered via video link Thursday, President Donald Trump revisited his displeasure with the policy direction of the U.S. Federal Reserve that ...