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Stock Index Futures Slip as Investors Weigh Rate-Cut Outlook, Earnings in Focus

December S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESZ24) are down -0.46%, and December Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQZ24) are down -0.62% this morning as Treasury yields extended their rise amid speculation on the trajectory of U.S. interest rates, while investors geared up for the next round of corporate earnings.

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Most Asian Markets Drop As Traders Weigh US Rates Outlook

Most Asian markets turned lower Tuesday after a negative lead from Wall Street fuelled by profit-taking, while traders try to ascertain the outlook for US interest rates.

International Business Times

Dollar Rallies as Hawkish Fed Comments Push T-note Yields Higher

The dollar index (DXY00 ) on Monday rose by +0.50% and posted a 2-1/2 month high. The dollar found support Monday from higher T-note yields, which strengthened the dollar’s interest rate differentials. Gains in the dollar accelerated on hawkish Fed comments. Dallas Fed President Logan said she favors the Fed...

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Crude Posts Moderate Gains on Chinese Stimulus

Nov WTI crude oil (CLX24 ) Monday closed up +1.34 (+1.94%), and Nov RBOB gasoline (RBX24 ) closed up +1.27 (+0.63%). Crude and gasoline prices Monday posted moderate gains. Monday's action by Chinese banks to cut interest rates may spur economic growth and is bullish for crude prices. Also, heightened...

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Crude Climbs as China Boosts Stimulus Measures

Nov WTI crude oil (CLX24 ) today is up +0.88 (+1.27%), and Nov RBOB gasoline (RBX24 ) is up +0.10 (+0.05%). Crude and gasoline prices today are moderately higher. Today's action by Chinese banks to cut interest rates may spur economic growth and is bullish for crude prices. Also, heightened...

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UK interest rates to fall to 2.75% by next autumn, Goldman Sachs predicts

Economists at investment bank say markets are underestimating likely extent of action by Bank of England

The Guardian - UK

UK interest rates will drop to 2.75 per cent, Goldman Sachs predicts

The drop in rates will be welcome news to mortgage borrowers who have had a tough couple of years, although savers will be hit again

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Dollar Gains on Higher T-note Yields

The dollar index (DXY00 ) today is up by +0.18%. The dollar today is posting modest gains as T-note yields rise, which strengthened the dollar’s interest rate differentials. Also, hawkish comments today from Dallas Fed President Logan supported the dollar when she said she favors the Fed gradually lowering interest...

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China's Central Bank Cuts Two Key Rates To Boost Economy

China's central bank on Monday said it had cut two key interest rates to historic lows, in the latest move by Beijing to boost sluggish spending and kickstart the world's second-largest economy.

International Business Times

The surprising reason mortgage rates are up despite interest rate cuts

These underlying economic factors are driving mortgage rates up.

The Street

Rent, wage slips and interest rates may feature in new AQA maths test for pupils

Exam board in England, Wales and Northern Ireland pilots tests that aim to show we ‘use maths all the time every day’

The Guardian - UK

Half of millennials and Gen Zers feel trapped in their starter homes

Americans feel stuck in their first homes, tied down by high interest rates.

Fortune

Russian Bank CEO: Interest Rates Are Going Up Because Top Official Is a Woman

Andrey Kostin said the bank's interest rates would reach about 21% by the end of the year, but told Russian media to ask the governor.

Latin Times

ECB’s Lagarde: ‘We’re breaking the neck of inflation’ after cutting interest rates – as it happened

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European Central Bank poised to cut rates again as inflation drops below target

The European Central Bank, which sets interest rates for the 20 countries that use the euro currency, is expected to cut borrowing costs once again on Thursday after figures showed inflation across the bloc falling to its lowest level in more than three years and economic growth waning

International Business Times

ECB Set To Cut Rates Again As Inflation Cools

European Central Bank policymakers meet on Thursday with fading price pressures and weaker economic activity in the eurozone nudging them towards making another cut to interest rates.

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2 Energy Stocks for a Fat Dividend Yield of At Least 7%

These energy stocks continue to deliver a fat dividend yield of over 7%, making them attractive in a market where interest rates are expected to decline.

The Independent UK

Does the drop in inflation mean things are going to get better?

As the CPI shows a fall in the overall rate at which prices are rising, Sean O’Grady looks at what it might mean for those of us hoping for an improvement in our everyday finances – and for the chancellor, too, as she prepares to announce her first Budget in…

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International Business Times

UK Inflation Hits Three-year Low, Fuelling Rate-cut Hopes

Britain's annual inflation rate fell to a three-year low in September, official data showed Wednesday, fuelling speculation that the Bank of England will resume cutting interest rates next month.

The Independent UK

UK inflation falls to lowest level in over 3 years, cementing expectations for another rate cut

Inflation in the U.K. has fallen to its lowest level in more than three years, a drop that has cemented market expectations that the Bank of England will lower interest rates at its next policy meeting

The Guardian - UK

UK inflation falls below 2% for first time since 2021 in boost to Rachel Reeves

Surprise annual drop to 1.7% in September raises chance of interest rate cuts, increasing budget leeway

The Conversation

Austerity and recession: 3 simple graphs that explain New Zealand’s economic crisis

Economists working on macroeconomic policy – things like taxes and spending, interest rates and border controls on flows of trade and money – often refer to a set of key relationships governments can influence. In the textbooks, each of those relationships is drawn as a curve in a graph.

Evening Standard

Why are mortgage rates rising and when could they fall again?

The Bank of England is still expected to cut its headline lending rate from 5% to 4.75% when its Monetary Policy Committee meets in November

The Guardian - UK

Pay growth in Great Britain falls below 5%, making interest rate cut more likely

Gap between wages and inflation narrows in August, as UK unemployment rate dips to 4%

The Street

Fed official's latest words reignite interest-rate cut debate

The Federal Reserve lowered interest rates half a percentage point in September.

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