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Federal Reserve
Fed sparks market rally as officials stick to rate cut plan
...The blue-chip S&P 500 closed up 0.9 per cent, at a new record, continuing a rally that has pushed the index 27 per cent higher since October. The Nasdaq Composite gained 1.3 per cent....
March 21, 2024
The Week Ahead
Central bankers take centre stage
...My colleagues Claire Jones and Harriet Clarfelt explain the “last mile” challenges that Washington’s rate-setters must overcome....
March 17, 2024
FT Live
The Global Boardroom: 8th Edition
FT journalists in conversation with leaders in business and government
Wednesday, 4 DecemberDigital Conference
US employment
US jobs growth of 303,000 outstrips forecasts and weighs on rate cut bets
...Stocks advanced, with the S&P 500 closing 1.1 per cent higher to recoup almost all of its fall on Thursday that marked the biggest drop since mid-February....
April 5, 2024
Federal Reserve
Bullish Jay Powell sticks to Fed’s rate-cutting script
...But their reaction on Wednesday to the Fed’s announcement was far from disappointment, with a sharp rise in equities feeding a rally that has added 27 per cent to the S&P 500 since October....
March 21, 2024
US inflation
Fed chair Powell expects US inflation to keep cooling in coming months
...Stocks have rallied strongly this year, with the blue-chip S&P 500 enjoying its best start to a year since 2019, having risen 10.2 per cent in the first quarter of 2024....
March 29, 2024
US employment
US jobs figures beat forecasts but downgrades complicate outlook
...After an early move higher, the S&P 500 swung into negative territory during late-morning trade and finished down 0.7 per cent from Thursday’s record closing high....
March 8, 2024
FT Live
Future of Asset Management Europe
New fund firm models for Europe's resurgence
Tuesday, 12 NovemberLondon, UK
US inflation
Falling US inflation boosts stocks and hopes of soft landing for economy
...The S&P 500 rose by 0.2 per cent after federal data showed that prices increased more slowly than expected in November, putting Wall Street’s benchmark share gauge within 1 per cent of the all-time closing...
December 22, 2023
Moral Money
The climate credit trap Premium content
...S&P Global warned in November of a “poverty trap” in low-income countries hit by climate change....
April 17, 2024
US interest rates
Strong US economy brings bets that Fed will wait on rate cuts
...We still expect there will be some slowdown, but it’s likely to be pushed back until the second half of the year,” said Satyam Panday, chief US economist at S&P Global Ratings....
March 6, 2024
Federal Reserve
Powell says Fed ‘not far’ from having confidence to cut interest rates
...Powell was speaking in Washington just hours after European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde signalled the central bank could begin lowering interest rates in June....
March 7, 2024
US economy
US to grow at double the rate of G7 peers this year, says IMF
...The US S&P 500 was little changed following the previous day’s losses....
April 16, 2024
US inflation
Markets slash bets on rate cuts after US inflation rises to 3.5%
...Additional reporting by Demetri Sevastopulo in Washington...
April 10, 2024
US inflation
US inflation rise to 3.2% highlights ‘last mile’ challenge for Fed
...US stocks finished higher on Tuesday, with Wall Street’s S&P 500 climbing 1.1 per cent to a record-high close and the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite gaining 1.5 per cent....
March 12, 2024
News updates from February 22: Global stock markets hit record highs, Nvidia smashes record for one-day valuation increase
What to watch in North America
...Meanwhile, S&P Global will release its purchasing managers’ indices for manufacturing and services, with February readings expected to dip slightly from January levels....
February 22, 2024
Markets
Oil tops $90 and stocks tumble as Middle East tensions jolt markets
...Washington recently warned Ukraine to call off strikes on Russian oil refineries over fears it could fuel the oil price rally....
April 4, 2024
FT Live
Commodities Asia Summit
Enabling decarbonisation in a time of disrupted trade flows
Wednesday, 6 NovemberSingapore
US Election Countdown
US economy: Americans aren’t buying what Biden is selling
...And on Wall Street, the S&P 500 has hit record highs this year. So what’s going on? Shouldn’t voters love all of this?...
March 12, 2024
US economy
Biden’s economic rating with voters flatlines despite improving outlook
...The S&P 500 has hit record highs this year. “I inherited an economy that was on the brink. Now our economy is the envy of the world,” Biden said in his State of the Union speech on Thursday....
March 10, 2024
News updates from January 29: US mistook enemy drone as its own in Middle East attack, Evergrande ordered to liquidate
US stocks start busy week of earnings and economic data on front foot
...The blue-chip S&P 500 was up 0.3 per cent in afternoon trading on Monday, with consumer discretionary the benchmark’s best-performing sector....
January 29, 2024
Equities
European stocks suffer worst day in nine months
...The S&P 500 recorded its worst two-day streak on Friday and Monday since the regional banking crisis in March 2023....
April 16, 2024
LexUS & Canadian companies
US companies may find China exposure a growing headache Premium content
...Companies like NXP and Broadcom, which get more than a third of their revenues from China, operate in precisely the area where Washington wants more trade restrictions....
February 15, 2024
Supreme Court US
US Supreme Court reconsiders longstanding doctrine on agency power
...“[P]romulgating a regulation that requires at-sea monitors . . . to be paid for by the very fishing vessels forced to carry them” had “revived . . . grievance” similar to that which fuelled New England dwellers...
January 17, 2024
US employment
‘Stunning’ US jobs growth of 353,000 far outstrips estimates
...The S&P 500 gained 1.1 per cent on Friday to a record high as a surge in tech stocks helped the market shrug off the change in interest rate expectations....
February 2, 2024
Federal Reserve
Fed within ‘striking distance’ of inflation goal, says top official
...The reaction in stock markets was muted, with Wall Street’s S&P 500 trading 0.3 per cent lower....
January 16, 2024
LexMergers & Acquisitions
Microsoft’s AI talent raid will test regulators and VCs Premium content
...Tech M&A spending fell to a decade low last year, according to data from S&P Global....
March 22, 2024
The FT ViewThe editorial board
The unfulfilled potential of Europe’s stock markets
...Investors are piling into stocks of European luxury goods with exposure to China, for example, as tensions between Washington and Beijing run high....
February 27, 2024

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