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Stock-market investors crowded the exits on Thursday, sending major stock indexes sharply lower a day ahead of another eagerly anticipated consumer-price index reading. Recent history may offer a clue. “While…

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U.S. stock futures traded mixed on Wednesday, with signs that technology stocks will come under pressure again as markets await a decision by the Federal Open Market Committee later. Retail sales and other data is…

A little pre-summer cheer finally filtered its way into the stock market the week before Memorial Day, but it will likely take more than the Dow Jones Industrial Average’s first winning week since late March to…

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Investors will be focusing their attention on the Federal Reserve’s meeting next week, searching for details on a potentially hawkish pivot in monetary policy in the face of high inflation.Fed Chair Jerome Powell — whose hawkish signal…

The Federal Reserve signaled it would begin steadily raising interest rates in mid-March, its latest move toward removing stimulus to bring down inflation.Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said Wednesday that the…