A man walks through a street charging bull on March 24, 2020, in New York, USA. Wang Ying | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images Stock futures were flat in trading overnight on Monday after Wall Street recorded its fifth consecutive month of growth. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial …
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Traders and financial professionals work in front of a closed bent on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Johannes Eisel | AFP | Getty Images U.S. Stock futures rose on Sunday night as traders were about to end the market’s best August performance since the 1980s. The Dow …
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LONDON / BRUSSELS / GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization will receive a flood of promises of support for its COVID-19 vaccine plan for all next week. FILE PHOTO: An employee is seen in the Reference Center for Special Immunobiologists (CRIE) of the Federal University of Sao Paulo (Unifesp) …
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So just how important was Federal Reserve President Jerome Powell’s speech on inflation? In the speech that markets eagerly awaited, Powell announced that the Fed would target inflation at an average of 2% over time, and that the central bank would not feel obligated to raise interest rates if it …
Read More »Global equities struggle after Fed shift, Japanese markets shake as Abe resigns
LONDON (Reuters) – Stock markets struggled for direction on Friday as investors worried about a lack of detail in the US Federal Reserve’s policy change, while Japanese markets were awakened when Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sacked for health reasons. FILE PHOTO: A pedestrian in the offices of the London Stock …
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