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Forget the stock-market tumble — the Fed made the right move in a wild week

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell helped spark a wild week on Wall Street, but a signal that policymakers have put further rate cuts on pause is looking like the right call after a closely watched inflation indicator and another round of budget brinkmanship on Capitol Hill.

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Why Did the Stock Market Crash After the Fed Cut Interest Rates Last Week?

The Fed has now cut interest rates three times since September due to a decline in the rate of inflation and some modest weakness in the jobs market. Lower rates are usually good for stocks for a number of reasons (more on those later), but this particular cut was met with a wave of selling among investors.

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Stock market today: Indexes trade mixed ahead of Fed rate decision and Powell's commentary

Markets are pricing in a 95% chance the Fed will cut rates 25 basis points at their December policy meeting. The outlook in 2025 is less certain.

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These Sectors Led Wednesday's Fed-Fueled Stock Market Sell-Off

Rate-sensitive stocks plummeted on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve scaled back its forecast for future interest rate cuts ...

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Stock market today: Dow soars 498 points as stocks bounce back from Fed-fueled plunge

A cooler-than-expected PCE print for the month of November has Fed president Austan Goolsbee encouraged about future interest ...

Financial Market Volatility: Blame The Fed

Despite the highly anticipated 25 basis point (0.25 percentage point) reduction in the Fed Funds Rate announced by the Fed on Wednesday, financial markets tanked.

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Stock Market News: Nasdaq Composite Plummets As Fed Turns Hawkish

Live Updates Make sure to refresh this page periodically for updates. Nasdaq Now Down More than 3% 3:38 pm Well, that ...

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Stock market today: Dow breaks 10-day losing streak but stocks struggle to claw back losses after Fed sell-off

The Dow managed to narrowly snap a 10-day losing streak, giving up most of its earlier gains to end slightly higher after ...

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