Dow, S&P 500 close at record highs after Federal Reserve’s supersized rate cut
Stocks jumped Thursday as investors cheered the Federal Reserve’s eye-popping half-point interest rate cut. The Dow rose 633 points, or 1.5%, on Thursday afternoon to pass 42,000. The S&P 500 gained 2%,
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The Federal Reserve hit the ground running on Wednesday with a big rate cut to kick off its easing cycle, signaling its seriousness about wanting to fend off any further deterioration in the labor market.
Stock market today: Asian markets forge higher after Fed's first rate cut in over 4 years
Asian markets have forged higher after the Federal Reserve kicked off its efforts to prevent a recession in the U.S. with a bigger-than-usual cut to interest rates
Stock Market Today: Wall Street Poised to Break Records After Fed's First Rate Cut in Over 4 Years
Markets on Wall Street were positioned to open at record highs Thursday after the Federal Reserve issued a bigger-than-usual interest rate cut intended to fortify a cooling labor market and prevent a
Dollar rebounds after Fed goes big on rate cut
The U.S. dollar rose broadly on Thursday, recovering from an earlier tumble in the immediate aftermath of the Federal Reserve's outsized interest rate cut that had been largely priced in by markets.
Wall Street soars to records as Dow leaps 500 in a rate-cut rally that swept the world
Wall Street romped to records as a delayed jubilation swept markets worldwide following the Federal Reserve’s big cut to interest rates
Asian Markets Mostly Higher Amid Fed Rate Cut
Asian stock markets are trading mostly higher on Thursday, despite the broadly negative cues from Wall Street overnight, as the
Oil prices rise 2% after US rate cut
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What impact will the Federal Reserve's rate cut have on stocks?
"The markets were crossing their fingers for a larger cut." The decision by the Fed's policy-setting committee to cut interest rates for the first time since March 2020 was prefaced by an unusual amount of market uncertainty as to how much the central bank would lower its benchmark rate from a two-decade high of 5.
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