ECB Just Cut Rates. Why the Fed and Europe Are on Different Paths.
European Central Bank to cut rates again with Trump threat and U.S. divergence in focus
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Europe: Stoxx 600 closes at record high after ECB cuts interest rates
EUROPE’S benchmark index closed at a record high on Thursday, led by real estate stocks, as investors priced in more monetary policy easing by the European Central Bank this year and assessed a mixed bag of corporate results.
European Central bank cuts benchmark rate by a quarter percentage point to boost stagnant economy
The European Central Bank is cutting its key interest rate, a step to boost an economy that’s struggling to grow as consumers burned by inflation warily eye price tags and businesses try to chart a course amid political turmoil in leading economies France and Germany.
Tech Stocks Lift Europe's STOXX 600 to Record High; Fed in Focus
Shares of ASML jumped 10.6% after the Dutch company reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter bookings of 7.088 billion euros ($7.39 billion). Its peers ASM International, BE Semiconductor and Infineon gained between 2.7% and 7.5%. Technology was the top winning sector, soaring 4.5%.
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Trump’s policies will exacerbate Europe’s fiscal woes, rescue fund chief fears
Rising global borrowing costs show that investors “are already pricing in” the economic impact of Trump’s policies.
Analysis-Trump's digital dollar ban gives China and Europe's CBDCs free rein
Donald Trump's rapid move to ban a "digital dollar" has left the field wide open, observers say, for China and Europe to make their already-advanced central bank digital currency (CBDC) prototypes into global standard-setters.
Bloomberg Daybreak Europe: Catastrophic American Airlines Plane Crash
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Fed Meeting Today: Interest Rate Cuts Seen on Hold; Powell Speaks Soon
The Federal Reserve announces its decision on interest rates at 2 p.m. Fed Chair Jerome Powell speaks shortly thereafter. Live updates on stocks, bonds and markets, including the Dow Jones Industrial Average,
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Stocks diverge, dollar steady before Fed rate decision
Equity markets diverged Wednesday as attention turned away from recent turbulence in tech stocks to the outlook for interest rates, with the Fed and the ECB both holding their first
Fed Meeting Today: Interest Rates Seen on Hold; Dow Ticks Higher
The Federal Reserve announces its decision at 2 p.m. Jerome Powell speaks shortly thereafter. Live updates on stocks, bonds and markets, including the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite.
UBS foresees more tariff threats and asset volatility ahead
Tariff risks to Europe and China may be underappreciated at the moment, with the possibility that the latter could see its effective rate rise to 30% from roughly 11%, according to UBS. “We anticipate more tariff threats and asset volatility ahead,
Don’t expect rate cut by Fed in January
The US economy remained at a comfortable cruising speed in the final stretch of 2024, powered by healthy consumer spending and creating even more separation from its global
Europe stocks set for mixed open ahead of Fed decision; ASML beats estimates as tech jitters ease
European stocks are expected to open in mixed territory Wednesday as global market jitters over AI tech rivalry between the U.S. and China eases.