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...While interest rates are seen to have peaked, policymakers are in no rush to bring them down....
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...But as politicians rush to avoid further conflict, markets are already signalling their fears that central banks will keep rates higher for longer....
...The reaction in stock markets was muted, with Wall Street’s S&P 500 trading 0.3 per cent lower....
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...In the US, Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 index and the technology-dominated Nasdaq Composite posted their best month since July 2022, gaining 8.9 per cent and 10.7 per cent, respectively....
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...Industrialists, still struggling with the effects of 2022’s energy crisis, said EU targets and bureaucracy were holding up investment and innovation....
...The S&P 500 fell 0.2 per cent and the Nasdaq Composite declined 0.6 per cent....
...Wall Street was relatively unmoved by the minutes, leaving the S&P 500 down 0.2 per cent at the closing bell and the tech-focused Nasdaq Composite down 0.6 per cent....
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