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Investors Come Back to AI Stocks, Snapping Market Out of Inflation Gloom

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq composite posted their biggest one-day gains in six weeks.

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How Warsh Raised Rates Without Drawing Trump's Ire

The new Fed chairman's close relationship with the president gave him room to move without prompting a White House backlash.

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Why the Bank of England Didn't Follow the Fed in Raising Rates

The U.K. central bank is monitoring for signs that higher energy costs are spilling over into everyday prices.

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Saudi Arabia Has Another Option to Get Its Oil Out

A shuttle service that slips oil through the Strait of Hormuz now looks like the kingdom's best fallback.

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U.S. Treasury Yields Fall as Fed Regains Trust, BOE Leaves Rates Unchanged

Treasury yields declined from recent multiyear highs, reflecting increased trust in the Fed's resolve to tame inflation.

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The 10-year Treasury is having its worst run in over 100 years. Why investors are buying bonds anyway.

"The higher that yields go - for at least new money - it becomes more enticing to think about putting money into bonds," one strategist notes.

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Wall Street is betting Trump backs down on Iran - but what if the 'TACO' trade fails this time?

For six months, investors had a playbook: when Trump threatens Iran, buy the dip, because he always backs down. But in September, the playbook stopped working.

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Mortgage Rates Hit 6.95% in Biggest Weekly Jump Since April 2025. Don't Expect a Big Reversal Soon.

Freddie Mac's average 30-year fixed mortgage rate rose to 6.95% for the week ended Sept. 16, up from 6.76% the prior week.

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Rising Rates Will Make Private Equity's Bad Year a Lot Worse

The Fed's hike is expected to wreak havoc on funds already struggling to sell companies and return cash to investors.

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Canada Producer Prices Continue to Increase on Energy Costs

Statistics Canada's industrial product price index increased 1.3% in July from the month before. Compared with a year earlier, prices were 13.5% higher, a 23rd straight annual increase.

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U.S. Jobless Claims Tumbled Last Week

The number of people who filed for unemployment benefits was 196,000 in the week through Sept. 12, 10,000 lower than the unrevised 206,000 reported a week earlier, the Labor Department said.

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Tokenized Stocks Get U.S. Regulator's Green Light to Come Ashore

The SEC granted exemptions to allow venues to trade digital tokens, but gave corporate issuers the chance to block the offerings.

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U.S. Housing Starts Fell in August, Missing Expectations

Housing starts fell 2.6% in August to 1.275 million. Economists expected a reading of 1.3 million and for starts to rise 4.9% over the month.

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Carney Puts His Pivot Away From the U.S. to the Test

The Canadian leader is attempting the most dramatic reorientation of his country's economy and alliances in almost 40 years.

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Taiwan Central Bank Holds Rates, Raises Growth and Inflation Forecasts

The decision had been expected to be a close call, with economists polled by The Wall Street Journal nearly evenly split over whether policymakers would raise rates or hold steady.

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

September 17, 2026 21:00 ET (01:00 GMT)