By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Making sense of the forces driving global markets
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed, Correspondent, Americas Finance and Markets
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Today’s Key Market Moves
Today’s Key ReadsÂ
Wall St extends rally on growing bets for December Fed rate cut
Small US retailers face holiday supply chaos due to Trump tariffs
World’s central banks are wary of AI and struggling to quit the dollar, survey shows
US weekly jobless claims at seven-month low as layoffs remain low
UK’s Reeves comes back for more tax to bolster finances
It’s all about the Fed
Wall Street kept the party going for a fourth straight session, with investors betting that the Fed will deliver a rate cut in December.
Tech stocks led the bounce after getting hammered in mid-November. Dell’s bullish AI-server forecasts helped lead the charge. The market action proved once again that “buy the dip” is alive and well on Wall Street.
AI-heavyweight Nvidia rebounded from a 2.6% drop in the prior session and declines in three of the past four, to rise more than 1% on Wednesday.
Keep this up and the S&P 500 could avoid breaking its impressive six-month winning streak.
Expectations for rate cuts have been reinforced in recent days after comments from San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Mary Daly and Fed Governor Christopher Waller in support of a December cut.
This even as fresh data showed the job market is holding up just fine — which means the Fed has less reason to rush those rate cuts. Jobless claims actually fell to a seven-month low last week.
For now, the economy is pulling off a neat balancing act: not crashing, but just soft enough to give the Fed room to keep cutting rates.
Still, investors would do well to remember that Friday’s short trading session could spring a surprise. Thin crowds and low liquidity can make for wild swings in either direction. Don’t say we didn’t warn you.
What could move markets tomorrow?
(U.S. markets are closed on Thursday, November 27, for Thanksgiving Day)
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(Reporting by Saqib Iqbal Ahmed in New York, editing by Deepa Babington)
