Strong US August payrolls lift rate-hike odds to 58%; Dow falls
Economy

Strong US August payrolls lift rate-hike odds to 58%; Dow falls

US employers added 162,000 jobs in August, far above the 53,000 forecast. Traders now see a 58% chance of a September Fe...

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Schroders Adds Long-Dated US Treasuries, Sees Yield Peak Near 5%
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Schroders Adds Long-Dated US Treasuries, Sees Yield Peak Near 5%

The British asset manager says 10-year US yields of 4.8%–5% are a buying opportunity, while Equiti's research chief outl...

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DAX Pulls Back From Record as Oil Spike and Hawkish Fed Signal Shake Europe
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DAX Pulls Back From Record as Oil Spike and Hawkish Fed Signal Shake Europe

European markets edged lower on Monday after Friday's record DAX close, with oil-price gains from US-Iran escalation and...

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The Income Playbook Built for a 5% Treasury Era
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The Income Playbook Built for a 5% Treasury Era

With the 10-year Treasury near 4.74% and the 30-year above 5.27%, an income analysis argues for pairing midstream MLPs w...

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Fed's Warsh Opens Door to Rate Hike as Oil Slides and AI Stocks Rally
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Fed's Warsh Opens Door to Rate Hike as Oil Slides and AI Stocks Rally

Fed Chair Kevin Warsh left the door open to tightening after a hot core PCE reading, while Brent slipped on Hormuz hopes...

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Fed's Warsh Signals Higher Rates Possible as Markets Reprice Hike Odds
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Fed's Warsh Signals Higher Rates Possible as Markets Reprice Hike Odds

Warsh's Jackson Hole debut pushes traders to see a near-60% chance of a September hike; stocks drift while two-year yiel...

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Gold Hits Two-Month High as Treasury Liquidity Support Weakens Dollar
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Gold Hits Two-Month High as Treasury Liquidity Support Weakens Dollar

Treasury's expanded buybacks and a weaker dollar lifted gold above $4,500 for the first time since early June, while sil...

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Gold Steadies Near $4,337 as Traders Wait for Fed July Minutes
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Gold Steadies Near $4,337 as Traders Wait for Fed July Minutes

Gold stabilises after Tuesday's bond-yield slide, with FOMC minutes due at 18:00 GMT and CME pricing showing a 64% chanc...

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Wall Street Ends Lower as Weak Retail Sales and Chip Selloff Weigh
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Wall Street Ends Lower as Weak Retail Sales and Chip Selloff Weigh

US stocks fell Friday as chip names slid, July retail sales unexpectedly dropped 0.6%, and Strait of Hormuz shipping dis...

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US 30-Year Treasury Yield Hits 25-Year High as Deficit Financing Costs Mount
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US 30-Year Treasury Yield Hits 25-Year High as Deficit Financing Costs Mount

A 30-year auction priced at 5.216% and a 10-year sale at 4.683% show investors demanding more for US debt as July's defi...

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Russian Stocks Flat as Oil Rally Offsets Ukraine War Gloom; HeadHunter Jumps on Dividend
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Russian Stocks Flat as Oil Rally Offsets Ukraine War Gloom; HeadHunter Jumps on Dividend

MOEX and RTS barely moved on Aug. 14 as higher Brent and HeadHunter's dividend news competed with geopolitical drift; an...

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US Inflation Stays at 3.4% as 25-Year-High Bond Yields and Soft Jobs Data Test the Fed
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US Inflation Stays at 3.4% as 25-Year-High Bond Yields and Soft Jobs Data Test the Fed

US inflation is stuck at 3.4%, long-term Treasury yields have hit 25-year highs above 5%, and weak job creation is compl...

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AI's Infrastructure Boom Is Now an Inflation Risk for Stocks and Bonds
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AI's Infrastructure Boom Is Now an Inflation Risk for Stocks and Bonds

Computer, software and energy costs tied to AI are pushing inflation higher now, complicating Fed policy and lifting Tre...

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S&P 500 hits record, Nasdaq gains as soft producer prices cool Fed hike bets
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S&P 500 hits record, Nasdaq gains as soft producer prices cool Fed hike bets

Cooler producer inflation followed the CPI slowdown, lifting US stocks to a record even as AI earnings split and oil pri...

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Cooler July Inflation Gives Fed Room to Hold Rates in September
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Cooler July Inflation Gives Fed Room to Hold Rates in September

Lower-than-expected CPI and PPI readings have shifted market bets from a September hike to no change, but the August 26 ...

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US Borrows at Highest 10-Year Yield Since 2007 as Inflation Cools
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US Borrows at Highest 10-Year Yield Since 2007 as Inflation Cools

July's 0.1% monthly CPI gain trimmed September Fed hike odds, but the Treasury sold 10-year notes at 4.683%—the highest ...

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Gold Holds Fourth Weekly Gain as US Consumer Data Weakens
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Gold Holds Fourth Weekly Gain as US Consumer Data Weakens

Comex gold nears a fourth straight weekly rise at $4,446.76 as weak US retail sales and a drop in consumer sentiment sup...

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Kazakhstan's KASE Index Hits Record Above 8,100 as Oil Climbs and US Inflation Cools
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Kazakhstan's KASE Index Hits Record Above 8,100 as Oil Climbs and US Inflation Cools

Oil, slower US inflation and a Kaspi.kz dividend catalyst pushed Kazakhstan's benchmark to a fresh high. The week's winn...

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US Futures Steady as Cooling Producer Prices Bolster Fed-Hold Bets
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US Futures Steady as Cooling Producer Prices Bolster Fed-Hold Bets

Cooling producer prices and a modest rise in jobless claims leave US futures sideways, while Applied Materials slips aft...

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S&P 500 Closes at Record High as Cooling Inflation Fuels Fed Pause Bets
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S&P 500 Closes at Record High as Cooling Inflation Fuels Fed Pause Bets

US stocks rose Thursday, with the S&P 500 hitting a record close as softer producer price data reinforced bets that the ...

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Gold Closes 1% Lower as Profit-Taking Follows Two-Month High
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Gold Closes 1% Lower as Profit-Taking Follows Two-Month High

December gold fell $47.10 to $4,420.40 an ounce as traders took profits after a two-month high; silver dropped 1% to $64...

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US Inflation Eases to 3.4% as Fuel Prices Cloud the Fed's Next Move
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US Inflation Eases to 3.4% as Fuel Prices Cloud the Fed's Next Move

July CPI cooled to 3.4% and core inflation slipped to 2.5%, but rising gasoline prices and sticky services costs leave t...

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Dollar Holds at 99.88 as Markets Await US CPI, Yen Slips to 159.41 Despite Intervention
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Dollar Holds at 99.88 as Markets Await US CPI, Yen Slips to 159.41 Despite Intervention

Forex markets are frozen around a steady dollar index as traders wait for Wednesday's US CPI. The yen is the weak except...

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Wall Street futures edge higher as oil drops before July PPI and Fed clues
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Wall Street futures edge higher as oil drops before July PPI and Fed clues

U.S. stock futures nudged up Thursday while Brent crude fell 1.9%. Investors await July producer prices and Fed speakers...

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Dollar Steadies Below 100 as Traders Await US Inflation Test
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Dollar Steadies Below 100 as Traders Await US Inflation Test

Foreign exchange markets are in a deceptive calm before Wednesday’s US CPI release, with the yen at a monthly low despit...

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Gold Retreats 1% from Two-Month High as Soft U.S. CPI Cools Fed Hike Bets
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Gold Retreats 1% from Two-Month High as Soft U.S. CPI Cools Fed Hike Bets

Gold reversed from its highest level since June after lower-than-expected U.S. inflation reduced expectations for near-t...

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Fed September Hike Bets Cool as BOJ Wagers Heat Up
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Fed September Hike Bets Cool as BOJ Wagers Heat Up

US rate expectations eased after in-line CPI and soft payrolls, while Japan's 7.2% wholesale inflation revived BOJ hike ...

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Gold's $300 Weekly Rally: Weak US Jobs Data, Not Geopolitics, Drove the Turn
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Gold's $300 Weekly Rally: Weak US Jobs Data, Not Geopolitics, Drove the Turn

Gold climbed almost $300 to above $4,340/oz in a week as a shock US payrolls loss cut September Fed rate-hike odds from ...

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Oil and Gold Rise as Red Sea Attacks and US CPI Loom
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Oil and Gold Rise as Red Sea Attacks and US CPI Loom

Brent extended its rally to a sixth day and gold climbed, while markets braced for a US inflation report that may decide...

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US Inflation Eases to 3.4% in July as Oil Prices Retreat
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US Inflation Eases to 3.4% in July as Oil Prices Retreat

Lower oil prices helped US consumer inflation ease to 3.4% in July, matching forecasts, but AI-driven computing demand i...

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