The CNN Money Fear and Greed index showed a decline in the overall market sentiment, while the index moved to the “Fear” zone on Thursday.U.S. stocks settled higher on Thursday, with the Nasdaq Composite gaining more than 300 points during the session as risk appetite snapped back after a cooler-than-expected inflation report revived hopes for rate cuts and a blowout earnings outlook from Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ:MU) eased AI bubble fears.Micron Technology rocketed 10% on Thursday after beating estima ...

The falling inflation in the US and Japan raised hopes for easier Fed policy, while Japan’s surprise rate hike added global tightening pressure. The US Consumer Price Index revealed a 2.7% year-over-year inflation for November, lower than the expected 3.1%, according to data from Investing.com. This was the first US CPI report since late October. Quite similarly, Japan also recorded a slight decline in its November YoY CPI, falling from 3% to 2.9%. The Bank of Japan, however, announced it has decided to ...

CONCLUDED Stock Market News From Dec. 19, 2025: Stocks End Week Higher Despite Early Stumbles Last Updated: 16 hours ago U.S. Treasury Yields Rise After BOJ Rate Hike By Emese Bartha, Dow Jones Newswires U.S. Treasury yields rose across maturities in early trade, after the Bank of Japan raised rates by 25 bps to a three-decade high of 0.75%. Investors might also reassess the big drop in U.S. November inflation, as it might have to do with data challenges caused by the government shutdown, rather than with c ...

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exactly what Rick Reer lives and breathes. He's Black Rockck's global allocation team head. He also has a side job as the global fixed income chief, too.He You're busy, man. I got to tell you, every day. >> What was your first reaction when you saw the CPI number.>> It's pretty good. I mean, you know, listen, have we solved inflation. No, we haven't solved inflation.We're closer to target. You know, it's also that number was a little funky today because we didn't get October. So, it was it was a little mess ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks gained ground on Wall Street Friday for a second straight day, wiping away losses from earlier in the week. Technology stocks were once again the main force behind the market's broader moves, especially companies with a focus on artificial intelligence. Both the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq closed out the week with gains, despite several stumbles early this week. The S&P 500 rose 59.74 points, or 0.9%, to 6,834.50. It notched a 0.1% gain for the week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ro ...

Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. Market frustration with the November Consumer Price Index is not about how low inflation printed. It’s about whether the number can be trusted at all. The report showed that annual CPI inflation slowed to 2.7% in November from 3% in September. Indeed, this reinforces President Trump’s narrative that inflation is “essentially gone.” Yet economists and inflation watchers argue that the figure was mechanica ...

Kazuo Ueda, governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ), during a committee on financial affairs meeting at the lower house of parliament in Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, Nov. 21, 2025.Japan's central bank on Friday raised its policy rate to a three-decade high, marching ahead with its policy normalization, as inflation has stayed above its target levels for nearly four years now. The Bank of Japan raised benchmark rates by 25 basis points to 0.75%, their highest level since 1995, and in line with expectations of econom ...

The Bank of Japan raised its key policy rate to a 30-year high on Friday to help curb inflation, as widely expected, and financial markets took the move in stride. The 0.25 percentage point hike took the BOJ's benchmark short-term rate to 0.75%, its highest level since September 1995. It will raise costs for mortgages and other loans, but also boost yields on savings deposits. “It is highly likely that wages and prices will continue to rise moderately,” BOJ Gov. Kazuo Ueda told reporters. “Risks to the ...

Bitcoin slipped to around $85,200 on Friday as Asian stocks steadied after a tech-led bounce on Wall Street, and traders turned their attention to Japan, where a Bank of Japan rate move later in the day could jolt currencies and bonds. The mood improved after a shock slowdown in US consumer price inflation to 2.7%, although analysts cautioned the reading looked clearly distorted lower by the government shutdown and should not be taken at face value. Market snapshot Bitcoin: $85,811, down 1% Ether: $2, ...