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LIVE MARKETS-Thursday data: Jobless claims, Philly Fed, leading economic index
Major US indexes lower; Dow off >1%Financials lead S&P 500 sector decliners; healthcare up the mostEuro STOXX 600 index off ~0.2%Dollar down; gold, crude, bitcoin gainU.S. 10-Year Treasury yield dips to ~4.51%Welcome to the home for real-time coverage of markets brought to you by Reuters repo...Reuters
Thu, Feb 20
Fed's Bostic expects two rate cuts in 2025, but sees widespread uncertainty
Bostic does not think US faces a new burst of inflationFirms apprehensive about impact of trade, immigration policiesInvestors currently expect Fed to cut rates only once this yearBy Howard Schneider WASHINGTON, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Atlanta Federal Reserve President Raphael Bostic said on Thursday ...Reuters
Thu, Feb 20
LIVE MARKETS-Navigating the market maze: S&P 500, Trump policies and Mag 7
Major US indexes lower; Dow off most, down ~1%Financials lead S&P 500 sector decliners; healthcare up the mostEuro STOXX 600 index off ~0.2%Dollar down; gold, crude, bitcoin gainU.S. 10-Year Treasury yield dips to ~4.50%Welcome to the home for real-time coverage of markets brought to you by Reut...Reuters
Thu, Feb 20
Fed's Goolsbee: PCE unlikely to be as 'sobering' as CPI
Feb 20 (Reuters) - Chicago Federal Reserve President Austan Goolsbee on Thursday said he does not expect the inflation reading the central bank uses to set its inflation target to be as "sobering" as the figures previously reported in the Consumer Price Index.Last week, the Labor Department ...Reuters
Thu, Feb 20
LIVE MARKETS-US indexes fall early as Walmart forecast disappoints
Major US indexes lower early; Dow off most, down ~0.9%Jan leading index Chg MM -0.3% vs -0.1% estEuro STOXX 600 index off ~0.1%Dollar down; gold ~flat; crude gains; bitcoin up ~1%U.S. 10-Year Treasury yield dips to ~4.51%Welcome to the home for real-time coverage of markets brought to you by Reuters...Reuters
Thu, Feb 20
EIA sees 10% rise in US household natgas, propane heating expenditures
Feb 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. Energy Information Administration expects an increase of 10% in household energy expenditures for heating with natural gas and propane for the current winter period extending from November through March, it said on Thursday.In an earlier estimate, released in October, the...Reuters
Thu, Feb 20
US State Department revises China webpage to focus on trade, business curbs
State Department says updates reflect current administration’s policies and priorities Changes highlight trade deficit, US business concernsNo mention of China aid or working with allies on common valuesAccuses Beijing of attempting to 'subvert' international bodiesAdds State Department, par...Reuters
Thu, Feb 20
U.S. mid-Atlantic factory momentum slows as price inputs surge
Feb 20 (Reuters) - Factory output growth slowed in the U.S. mid-Atlantic region in February as input prices surged, with a measure of prices paid for production materials climbing to the highest in nearly two-and-a-half years even before most of the new tariffs on imports imposed by President Donald...Reuters
Thu, Feb 20
US new vehicle sales set to rise 8.1% in February, report says
Feb 20 (Reuters) - U.S. new vehicle retail sales are expected to rise 8.1% to 1.01 million units in February on an adjusted basis, industry consultants J.D. Power and GlobalData said in a joint report on Thursday.However, the rise in sales is not enough to offset the decline in total profit per unit...Reuters
Thu, Feb 20
US weekly jobless claims rise slightly
WASHINGTON, Feb 20 (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits increased moderately last week, suggesting that the labor market remained on solid ground.Initial claims for state unemployment benefits rose 5,000 to a seasonally adjusted 219,000 for the week e...Reuters
Thu, Feb 20
Swiss January gold exports to the US reach highest for 13 years
LONDON, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Gold exports from Switzerland rose year on year in January as supplies to the United States soared to the highest in at least 13 years and offset lower deliveries to top consumers China and India, Swiss customs data showed on Thursday.Switzerland, the world's biggest b...Reuters
Thu, Feb 20
