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December S&P 500 futures (ESZ23) are up +0.06%, and December Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQZ23) are up +0.11% this morning as investors geared up for the Federal Reserve’s last interest rate decision of the year while also awaiting the release of key U.S. PPI data.

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December S&P 500 futures (ESZ23) are down -0.15%, and December Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQZ23) are down -0.27% this morning as market participants braced for the release of U.S. inflation data and looked ahead to the Federal Reserve’s last monetary policy committee meeting of the year due later in the…

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The Federal Reserve's decision on where to set its key interest rate will offer a strong signal to investors and consumers on whether the central bank thinks its two-year war on inflation is won.

The Federal Reserve has raised interest rates by 5.25 percentage points since March 2022.

“The recession that seemed so inevitable at the end of 2022 still hasn’t arrived and may not come anytime soon,” said Chris Zaccarelli, chief investment officer of the Independent Advisor Alliance.

The U.S. labor market continues to confound Wall Street as employers added nearly 200,000 jobs last month, taking the unemployment rate down to 3.7%.