February CPI is a little high: Will rates come down in March?
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Stocks close lowerWall Street ended lower on Friday as investors await the Federal Reserve’s policy meeting this week for insights on rate cuts. The S&P 500 posted its second straight weekly drop, down 0.65%. The Nasdaq Composite retreated 0.96% and the 30-stock Dow lost 0.49%. In Asia, the Bank of Japan will decide at the end of it’s two-day policy meeting starting Monday if the country is ready to scrap the world’s last negative interest rate policy.
White House on TikTokThe White House has called on a more divided Senate to ‘move swiftly’ on the TikTok bill that requires Chinese tech company ByteDance to sell the video app or face a ban in the U.S. Last week, the House of Representatives passed the legislation with strong bipartisan support and President Joe Biden has indicated he would sign it if approved by Congress.
Bullish on global tradeThe CEO of Hapag-Lloyd, one of world’s top ocean shippers, says he’s more bullish on trade for this year. He told CNBC inventories are depleted in many cases and the ocean carrier has seen a recovery after the Chinese New Year. Shares of the company recently plunged after it posted a sharp fall in net profit in 2023 and cut its dividend.
Laid-off tech workers face gloomTech workers recently laid off are struggling with a “sense of impending doom” as jobs cuts are at the highest since the dot-com crash.CNBC spoke to number of people about how they’re navigating the challenging market. Jobs are getting tougher to find with many in the sector having to settle for pay cuts.
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