• Jan 13, 2025

Rising dollar pressures peers as further Fed rate cuts questioned

NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) -The U.S. dollar rose on Monday, driving its peers to multi-year lows, after Friday's blowout U.S. jobs report underscored the strength of the economy and muddied the outlook for further Federal Reserve rate cuts this year. Friday's data showed U.S. job growth unexpectedly accelerated in December and the unemployment rate fell to 4.1%, leaving traders heavily scaling back bets of Federal Reserve rate cuts this year. Markets were now no longer fully pricing in even one rate cut from the Fed in 2025, down from roughly two quarter-point cuts priced at the start of the year.

  • Jan 13, 2025

S&P 500, Nasdaq fall as investors scale back bets on Fed rate cuts in 2025

U.S. stocks dropped on Monday, with the benchmark S&P 500 at a two-month low as bond yields surged after robust payroll numbers last week, boosting expectations that the Federal Reserve will maintain a hawkish stance for most of this year. At 09:50 a.m. the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 105.06 points, or 0.25%, to 42,043.51, the S&P 500 lost 40.79 points, or 0.70%, to 5,786.25, and the Nasdaq Composite lost 274.13 points, or 1.43%, to 18,887.50. At one point, traders were no longer fully pricing in even one Fed rate cut this year, according to data compiled by LSEG, from about 43 basis points before Friday's job figures.

  • Jan 13, 2025

Winter weather helps market stabilize after holidays

Tender rejection rates were back on the rise this week as winter weather impacted markets across the south. Tender volumes start 2025 down y/y The post Winter weather helps market stabilize after holidays appeared first on FreightWaves.