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Unemployment Rate, CPI Inflation, GDP Growth Rate, Fed Funds Rate Today
Unemployment Rate 1 | 3.8% [March 2024] |
CPI Change % YOY 2a | 3.5% [March 2024] |
PCE Change YOY 2b | 2.5% [Feb 2024] |
GDP Growth Rate % YOY 3 | +3.4% [Q4 2023 (3rd est.)] |
Fed Funds Rate 4 | 5.33% [March 2024] |
1 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Unemployment Rate [UNRATE], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/UNRATE
2a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), not seasonally adjusted. https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CUUR0000SA0&output_view=pct_12mths
2b The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) Index. https://www.bea.gov/
3 U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Gross Domestic Product. https://www.bea.gov/data/gdp/gross-domestic-product
4 Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (US), Federal Funds Effective Rate [FEDFUNDS], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FEDFUNDS
Mortgage Rates Today
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What Happened in The Stock Market Today?
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US Stock Market Today
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International Stock Market Today
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Bond Market Today
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Which Stocks Went Up Today?
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- % Change in Price (Intraday): greater than 5%
- Region: United States
- Volume (Intraday): greater than 1,000,000
- Market Cap (Intraday): Large Cap and Mega Cap
Which Stocks Went Down Today?
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- % Change in Price (Intraday):less than -5%
- Region: United States
- Volume (Intraday): greater than 1,000,000
- Market Cap (Intraday): Large Cap and Mega Cap
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Fresh News From The Stock Market
The company came out swinging with its first set of quarterly earnings for this year.
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Here are some of the biggest stories investors will be watching on Thursday, April 25, 2024. A slew of companies will report their quarterly results including Microsoft (MSFT), Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL), and Southwest Airlines (LUV). On the economic data front, the highly anticipated preliminary read on first quarter GDP will be released. Economists are expecting that the US economy grew by 2.2% in the first three months of the year. For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Market Domination Overtime. This post was written by Angel Smith
Rubrik, the cybersecurity software startup that counts Microsoft among its investors, priced its initial public offering at $32 per share on Wednesday above its indicated price range, according to a person familiar with the matter. Rubrik upsized its IPO to raise $752 million after selling 23.5 million shares, the source said, requesting anonymity as the discussions are confidential. It infers a valuation of $5.6 billion on Palo Alto, California-based Rubrik.
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U.S. and European shares finished mixed on Wednesday ahead of more corporate earnings this week, and the yen was mired near 34-year lows, keeping traders wary of intervention from Japan. An auction of a record $70 billion worth of five-year U.S. Treasury notes on Wednesday helped to push bond yields higher, pressuring equities.
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US equity markets (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC) seem to be stabilizing this trading week as first-quarter earnings slowly come out. The threat of higher for longer interest rates looms higher, casting a shadow on stocks that are unsure whether or not to price in rate directions just yet. Yahoo Finance Reporters Josh Schafer and Alexandra Canal talk about the market and investor confidence after companies like Tesla (TSLA) and Netflix (NFLX) reported earnings, building up hype for when tech superstars the likes of Meta Platforms (META) post their first-quarter results. For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Market Domination Overtime. This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.
The Dow Jones and other indexes tried to keep the rally going early Wednesday. Tesla soared after CEO Musk signaled an entry into new markets soon.
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Boeing (BA) on Wednesday reported results that beat Wall Street expectations after a tumultuous first quarter.
Stocks finished slightly higher on Wednesday afternoon, though the Dow fell. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 43 points, or 0.1%. The S&P 500 was essentially flat, gaining less than 0.1%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite, meanwhile, finished 0.
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