US Stock Log | AI Market Cools,โค Gold Retreats, Rate Cut Debate Intensifies
U.S.stocks displayed a mixed performanceโ amidโฃ fluctuating market sentiment, with focus centering on Federalโข Reserve policy and key economic data releases. The AI market โexperienced two consecutive โdays of โขdeclines, while gold prices retreated from recent highs.
Lithium Americasโฃ shares nearly doubled โฃin value, with reports โขsuggesting potential 10% investmentโฃ interest from the Trump management. โคConversely, โขKenvue, the maker of Tylenol, saw its stock fall by over 3% toโฃ a new listingโค low.
Federal Reserveโ officials offered diverging perspectives on future interestโ rate policy.Becent expressed disappointment with the Fed’s lack of commitment to rate cuts, stating, “Interest rates are too restrictive of the economyโค and need to be lowered.” He anticipated a reductionโ of at least 100 to 150 basis points by year-end, a sentiment he felt was notโข reflectedโ inโ the Chairman’s recent statements.
however, Austanโ Goolsbee, president of โขthe Federalโ Reserve Bank of Chicago, signaled a potential reluctance to support further rate cuts,โค citing concerns about prematurely easing policyโ and the persistence โof inflation above the Fed’s target. He noted โคinflation isโฃ “moving in the wrong direction” โคandโ that the jobโฃ market is cooling only moderately.
Economic data presented aโ complex โpicture.Newโ homeโ sales in the United States unexpectedly jumped to an annual rate of 800,000 units – the fastest pace as early 2022, representing a more than 2% year-on-year increase, driven by price reductions โfrom developers.โ Surveys from the Atlanta andโฃ Richmond Federal Reserve banks indicated increased optimism among U.S. companies’ financial directors in the third โquarter, with easing trade policy uncertainty. However,companies also cautioned that importโฃ tariffs woudl continue to contribute to higher costsโค and prices.
In Chinese stock news, โAlibaba ADR rose sharplyโค by 8.1% followingโ an โขagreement with โขNvidia toโ integrateโ its technology into Alibaba’s cloud computing platform.