In 2018, inflation began to rise, and the Fed started raising interest rates. The subsequent market downturn irked President Trump, who seemed to blame the 2018 stock market decline on the Fed raising the Federal Funds rate in order to tamp down inflationary pressures. In late 2018, just one year after Powell's nomination, he said, "I'm not even a little bit happy with my selection of Jay."Yet while Powell was initially nominated to the Chairmanship by President Trump, President Trump has been highly critic ...

U.S. stock futures rose on Friday after Thursday’s higher close. Futures of major benchmark indices advanced.On Thursday, the November report showed that annual CPI inflation slowed to 2.7% from 3% in September. Because the Bureau of Labor Statistics lacked October survey-based prices, it carried forward September levels, effectively assuming zero inflation for a missing month. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday, directing federal agencies to loosen regulations on mariju ...

Market Overview - U.S. stock futures rose on Friday following a higher close on Thursday, with major benchmark indices advancing [1] - The November CPI inflation rate decreased to 2.7% from 3% in September, with the Bureau of Labor Statistics carrying forward September levels due to a lack of October data [1] Futures Performance - Dow Jones futures increased by 0.11%, S&P 500 by 0.33%, Nasdaq 100 by 0.48%, and Russell 2000 by 0.32% [3] - The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) was up 0.012% at $676.55, while Invesco QQQ Trust ETF (QQQ) advanced 0.48% to $612.03 [3] Company Highlights - Oracle Corp. shares jumped 5.65% after ByteDance signed agreements to shift control of TikTok's U.S. operations to a joint venture including Oracle [7] - Coty Inc. shares rose 1.54% as it is set to receive $750 million from the sale of its Wella business to KKR [7] - BlackBerry Ltd. shares declined 5.75% despite reporting third-quarter revenue of $141.8 million, exceeding analyst estimates [7] - Nike Inc. shares fell by 10.06% despite better-than-expected second-quarter results, citing expectations of narrower margins and lower revenue from China [13] - FedEx Corp. shares decreased by 1.04% despite positive financial results and raised guidance for FY2026 [13] Analyst Insights - Scott Wren from Wells Fargo Investment Institute projects a positive trajectory for the U.S. stock market and economy through 2026, driven by an improving economy and moderating inflation [10] - Wren notes the widening spread between 10-year and 2-year Treasury yields, the largest since January 2022, which historically correlates with stronger equity performance [10] Economic Indicators - Upcoming economic data includes speeches from New York Fed President John Williams and releases of existing home sales and consumer sentiment data [11]

The falling inflation in the US and Japan raised hopes for easier Fed policy, while Japan’s surprise rate hike added global tightening pressure. The US Consumer Price Index revealed a 2.7% year-over-year inflation for November, lower than the expected 3.1%, according to data from Investing.com. This was the first US CPI report since late October. Quite similarly, Japan also recorded a slight decline in its November YoY CPI, falling from 3% to 2.9%. The Bank of Japan, however, announced it has decided to ...

The Bank of Japan has hiked their interest rates.Big news!However, markets knew this beforehand, so the actual impact of this rate hike is:- Firstly, going to have less impact the more those will take places as the marginal impact for the Carry Trade is getting less and less.- Secondly, as everybody knew about it already, the markets have overpriced this to the downside prior to the event expecting a big crash to occur.This is now over, and given the soft read on inflation, it's time to get back to the fair ...

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Joining us now for a look at what is happening globally, Victor Schvetzet, a head of global desk of strategy McQuary Capital. Uh, very good morning to you, Victor. Thanks so much for joining me once again today.Uh, look, obviously it's been a very busy morning on the macro front with what we've heard out with regards to the inflation picture here, but let's shift our attention to obviously what we've heard out of the Bank of England and the ECB this morning. No surprises there, although maybe the Bank of En ...

for the potential market impact here at home. Let's bring in market forecaster Jim Biano Bianca Research. Jim, great to have you with us.There's a lot to discuss, but in terms of the CPI print, this has not in your mind put to bed the concerns about inflation going higher. >> Yeah, this number was a statistical mess. They assumed that rents in the United States were effectively zero for the month of October.They surveyed the second half of the month because the government was shut down. So when you see thin ...

Hello and welcome to Market Domination Overtime. Stocks closing higher here after that cooler than expected November CPI print. Our very own Enz Fay joins us with the latest market moves.Nez. Josh. Uh stocks closing higher though off the highs of the session.There seems to be a little bit of selling in those last few minutes of trading. Taking a look at the Dow ended up uh onetenth of a percent. The Nasdaq Composite ending up 1.4% and the S&P 500 ending up about 8/10en of a percent.But there you see some of ...