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Minutes from the Fed's May meeting also pointed to an interest rate hike in June.
Federal Reserve President Neel Kashkari speaks on the state of the economy, trade and labor markets before the Williston Basin Petroleum Conference in Bismark, North Dakota.
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U.S. government debt yields fell Wednesday after the Federal Reserve's latest meeting minutes revealed that the central bank would be open to letting inflation temporarily run a bit.
The dollar fell on Tuesday from a five-month high, losing momentum after a broad rally.
Jim Cramer unpacks the market's response to the U.S.-China trade truce that sent the major averages higher on Monday.
The dollar edged up against the yen on Monday, after U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the U.S. trade war with China is "on hold."
America's strengthening domestic demand will push trade deficits to new highs ahead. That will aggravate trade disputes with Canada, Mexico, the European Union and China — that account for 75 percent of the U.S. trade gap, Michael Ivanovitch writes.
The Federal Reserve is all but set to raise interest rates in June. Beyond that, the central bank's options are limited by one critical factor, according to one market watcher.
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The Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq have a chance to erase small weekly declines. The small-cap Russell 2000 looks for three record highs in a row.
A ministry spokesman said that the claims were not true while speaking at a daily news briefing about the ongoing trade talks between the world's two largest economies, according to Reuters.
Jim Cramer worries the Fed could raise rates fast than expected after the release of U.S. jobless claims data on Thursday.
For investors who have become accustomed to low interest rates and excess liquidity, the tide really is beginning to change, says J.P. Morgan's David Lebovitz.
Gold slid back towards its low for the year on Thursday as another rise in U.S. bond yields and concerns over political risk in Italy held the dollar index near its 2018 peak.
The dollar extended its rally against a basket of currencies on Wednesday to touch a five-month high.
U.S. industrial production was forecast to rise 0.6 percent in April, up marginally from the prior month's 0.5 percent increase.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's top deputies are edging toward a clash that could shape the pace of interest-rate hikes in coming months.
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