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...Inchcape warned last month that demand in its South Americas market this year was likely to be towards historic lows, as inflation and interest rates have continued to drag on household finances....
...The S&P 500 closed at record high for the second session in a row after Federal Reserve officials maintained projections to cut interest rates by 0.75 percentage points this year....
...Subdued consumer demand, higher wages in tight labour markets and high interest rates — which hurt more indebted companies — are among the main causes of the increase, according to S&P....
...Subdued consumer demand, rising wages and high interest rates, which hurt more indebted companies, had all contributed to the increase in the number of companies struggling to repay their debt, S&P said....
...Stock markets in Asia were muted in early trading on Wednesday despite the US S&P 500 closing at a record high....
...But over the past 10 quarters, net interest expense (that is, interest expense less investment income) among S&P companies has been steady and the recent trend is, if anything, up....
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...“The risk that the first [interest rate] cut this year is delayed past June is clearly rising.”...
...“The median S&P 500 stock carries short interest equal to 1.7 per cent of market cap, well below the average of 2.2 per cent since 1995....
...The S&P 500 closed at a record high on Thursday despite a decline in Big Tech stocks....
...Also in the mix, the Bureau of Labor Statistics this morning made minimal revisions to last year’s inflation data, leaving traders’ bets on interest rate cuts largely unchanged....
...US stocks opened slightly higher on Thursday, leaving the benchmark S&P 500 within touching distance of passing 5,000 for the first time despite investors’ uncertainty over the timing of potential interest...
...“They are increasing their equity weighting in expectation of a continued bull market, with the possibility of interest rate cuts.”...
...This post has been amended to correct the percentage increase in the S&P 500 on Thursday...
...This story has been amended to correct the percentage increase in the S&P 500 on Thursday...
...The S&P 500 was also on track for its worst week in more than five months in percentage terms....
...S&P 500 hit an all-time high on Friday but, as my colleagues Nicholas Megaw and Kate Duguid have pointed out, stocks limped to the summit....
...Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 is approaching its all-time high after US wholesale inflation declined unexpectedly in December, boosting hopes for interest rate cuts....
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