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Wall Street slides as strong jobs data fuels interest rate hike worries

Fed Governor Christopher Waller and St. Louis Fed President James Bullard said on Thursday they would support another 75-basis-point rate increase, but forecast a downshift to a slower pace afterward

Wall Street rises as rate hike fears ebb; GameStop gains on stock split

Weekly jobless claims unexpectedly rise; Samsung results boost chipmakers

Wall Street says a recession is coming. Consumers say it's already here

Layered on top of the inflation squeeze are the mounting concerns about the outlook for economic growth, not just this year, but into 2023

Wall Street: S&P 500, Dow slip over 1.2% as recession fears mount

US May factory orders rise more than expected; commodity-linked stocks, banks shares tumble

After terrible first half, 2022 may bring more bad news for US markets

While investors are at last focused on recession uncertainty, risks elsewhere in the world could hit the US investors too

Wall Street begins second-half with losses on economic growth worries

Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 114.85 points, or 0.37%, at 30,660.58, the S&P 500 was down 9.89 points, or 0.26%, at 3,775.49

US stocks see worst first half drop in over 50 yrs amid inflation woes

US stocks have seen their worst first half of a year since 1970, as concerns grow over how steps to curb inflation will affect economic growth.

S&P 500 closes the book on its biggest first-half plunge since 1970

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 219.61 points, or 0.71%, to 30,809.70

Wall Street slides, Dow Jones set for worst first-half since 1962

S&P 500 headed for worst first-half since 1970; the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite came off session lows but was still set for its largest declines ever for the first-half

Sharp rate hike bets keep Wall Street subdued, Goldman Sachs lifts Dow

US economy contracted in Q1 amid record trade deficit; BofA upgrades Goldman Sachs, shares rise; General Mills rises as sales beat on higher prices; Bed Bath & Beyond replaces CEO, shares tumble

Wall Street tumbles as weak consumer confidence stokes growth worries

US consumer confidence tumbles in June; Disney rises as Shanghai's Disneyland theme park to reopen; Nike slips on downbeat quarterly revenue forecast

Asian stocks edge down in early trade after Wall Street falls; oil rise

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was down 0.7%. The index is down 3.8% so far this month. U.S. stock futures, the S&P 500 e-minis, were up 0.27%

Bruised US stock investors brace for more pain in second half of 2022

With investor expectations fluctuating between continued high inflation and an economic downturn caused by a hawkish Fed, few believe the market's volatility will dissipate anytime soon

Wall Street struggles for direction on growing recession fears

Lower bond yields lift some technology stocks; Accenture stock slides on tepid current-quarter sales view

Wall Street's hiring frenzy eases as worries grow over economy, market fall

Soaring inflation exacerbated by Russia's invasion of Ukraine and resulting interest rate hikes are making some Wall Street companies nervous about the risk of a recession

Nasdaq turns positive after Fed chair's remarks on policy outlook

In his prepared remarks before the Senate Banking Committee, Jerome Powell reiterated that ongoing increases in the policy rate would be appropriate

Global shares dip despite Wall Street rally; focus shifts to Fed's Powell

Global shares declined Wednesday as markets shrugged off a Wall Street rally and awaited congressional testimony by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. European benchmarks fell in early trading after shares in Asia finished lower, including in Japan, Australia, South Korea and China. US futures were also down. France's CAC 40 lost 1.9% in early trading to 5,853.92, while Germany's DAX dove 2.3% to 12,989.70. Britain's FTSE 100 fell 1.2% to 7,066.66. US shares were set to drift lower with Dow futures at 30,037.00, down 1.6%. S&P 500 futures fell 1.9% to 3,698.00. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 shed 0.4% to finish at 26,149.55. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.2% to 6,508.50. South Korea's Kospi tumbled 2.7% to 2,342.81. Hong Kong's Hang Seng dropped 2.6% to 21,008.34, while the Shanghai Composite sank 1.2% to 3,267.20. Stocks have been mostly sliding in recent weeks as investors adjust to higher interest rates that the Federal Reserve and other central banks are increasingly ...

Wall St sinks as recession fears ripple through markets; Nasdaq down 3.85%

Growth stocks decline, banks also down; S&P 500 down 22.9% year-to-date

US Fed's biggest rate hike since 1994, Wall Street sounds a recession call

The Fed hiked its policy rate by 75 basis points Wednesday to a range of 1.5% to 1.75%, as officials intensified their battle against inflation that's remained stubbornly high

Growth stocks lift Wall Street ahead of Fed's rate decision; Nasdaq up 1.6%

Market heavyweights Apple Inc, Meta Platforms , Alphabet Inc, Microsoft Corp and Amazon.com Inc added between 1.3% and 2.5%