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Stock Index Futures Climb as Debt Ceiling Progress Boosts Sentiment, ECB Minutes in Focus

June S&P 500 futures (ESM23) are up +0.26%, and June Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQM23) are up +0.11% this morning as market participants cheered the passage through the U.S. House of Representatives of a bill to suspend the debt ceiling.

Barchart · Jun 1, 2023

Stocks Climb Before the Open as Debt Ceiling Progress Boosts Sentiment, ECB Minutes in Focus

June S&P 500 futures (ESM23) are up +0.19%, and June Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQM23) are up +0.11% this morning as market participants cheered the passage through the U.S. House of Representatives of a bill to suspend the debt ceiling.

Barchart · Jun 1, 2023

Markets Today: Stocks Climb on a Tentative Deal to Raise the Debt Ceiling

Morning Markets June E-Mini S&P 500 futures (ESM2 3) this morning are up +0.61% at a 9-1/2 month high, and June Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQM2 3) are up +1.46% at a 13-1/2 month high. U.S. stock index futures this morning are moderately higher after a tentative agreement was reached...

Barchart · May 30, 2023

Hollywood writers strike over pay in streaming era

Hollywood is at a loss for words, as thousands of film and television writers go on strike for the first time in 15 years. Members of the Writers' Guild of America voted to walk out after failing to reach a pay deal – they say they're paying the price for…

France 24 · May 2, 2023

ECB Expected to Slow Rate-Hike Regime to +25 bp

After today’s economic news showed core inflation in the Eurozone eased for the first time in 10 months, the markets are expecting the European Central Bank (ECB) to slow its aggressive rate-hike campaign when it meets on Thursday. The markets have fully priced in a 25 bp rate hike, and...

Barchart · May 2, 2023

Dollar Falls on Dovish Fed Comments

The dollar index (DXY00 ) on Tuesday fell by -0.37%. Dovish Fed comments Tuesday from Chicago Fed President Goolsbee and New York Fed President Williams weighed on the dollar. Also, strength in the euro weighed on the dollar Tuesday after a gauge of Eurozone investor confidence rose more than expected....

Barchart · Apr 11, 2023

ECB raises eurozone interest rate despite banking sector fears

Concerns half-point could set off domino effect across financial industry knocked by Credit Suisse crisis

The Guardian - UK · Mar 16, 2023

Eurozone inflation down more than expected but further interest rate rises ahead

Rising core inflation has intensified the challenge facing the European Central Bank

Evening Standard · Jan 6, 2023

‘How will pensioners cope?’ Croats fear rising prices as country joins eurozone

Croatia’s currency the Kuna is taking its dying breath as the country becomes the 20th member of the eurozone at midnight on Saturday. But with the war in Ukraine fuelling a global cost of living crisis, Croats fear that the new currency will raise prices even more. FRANCE 24's Laurent…

France 24 · Dec 31, 2022

Interest-Rate Paths for U.S. and Europe Set to Diverge

The Federal Reserve's aggressive campaign against high inflation dominated global financial markets this year. Starting this week, the action shifts to Europe, where inflation could prove stickier and harder to tame. That shift is likely to reverse some of the key market dynamics of 2022, most significantly a superstrong dollar.

Bangkok Post · Dec 13, 2022