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The sharp interest rate hikes of the past two years will likely take longer than previously expected to bring down inflation, several Federal Reserve officials have said in recent comments, suggesting there may be few, if any, rate cuts this year

Bitcoin started this week with trading at $64,000 level, following a cooler-than-expected US April jobs report after rebounding from the $56,000 level the previous week. However, Bitcoin could not hold there for long and swiftly retreated to $62,000, influenced by regulatory concerns surrounding Robinhood in the US. Furthermore, remarks from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell indicating a prolonged timeline for policy adjustments added to the pressure on both crypto and traditional markets. Despite facing these hurdles, Bitcoin has shown remarkable resilience, boasting a staggering 127% increase in value over the past year. It has firmly held above the $60,000 threshold, with immediate support pegged at $61,300 and resistance at $64,500, currently trading at $63,000.

earnings season and blockbuster reports from tech industry titans fueled a U.S. stock market rebound from the first real swoon of 2024. Next week's inflation data could determine whether the good vibes continue. The benchmark S&P 500 index is up over 9% for the year, up near its late-March record high, following a 5% pullback that occurred last month.

interest rates are high enough deepened among Federal Reserve officials this week, and may be stoked further after a key survey showed a jump in consumers' inflation expectations. «There are… important upside risks to inflation that are on my mind, and I think there's also uncertainties about how restrictive policy is and whether it's sufficiently restrictive» to return inflation to the U.S. central bank's 2% target, Dallas Fed President Lorie Logan said at a Louisiana Bankers Association conference in New Orleans.

Federal Reserve to raise interest rates again, and officials have made it clear that they see further increases as unlikely. But one important takeaway from recent Fed commentary is that unlikely and inconceivable are not the same thing. After the central bank held rates steady at 5.3% last week, Fed Chair Jerome Powell delivered a news conference where what he didn't say mattered.

The average rate on a 30-year mortgage fell for the first time in four weeks, a slight relief for home shoppers already facing the challenges of rising housing prices and a shortage of homes for sale

QI Research CEO Danielle DiMartino Booth and Parametric Managing Director for Fixed Income SMA Nisha Patel discuss the impact inflation is having on the U.S. economy on 'Making Money.'

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Stocks saw their best three-day rally since November, fueled by speculation the Federal Reserve will be able to cut interest rates this year.

Asian shares made 15-month highs on Tuesday on renewed confidence of U.S. interest rate cuts, while traders waited on a policy meeting in Australia later in the day and had a close eye on a falling yen. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was up 0.3% in early trade. Hong Kong shares traded marginally lower, having ridden a wave of heavy buying from mainland investors to lift the Hang Seng index more than 14% higher in a 10-day winning streak, its longest since 2018.

Stock Market News: The domestic benchmark indices, the Sensex and Nifty 50 plunged dramatically down on Friday, May 3, as profit taking across sectors prevented them from holding the gains seen in early trade. On Friday, the 30-share BSE Sensex closed at 73,878.15 level, down 732.96 points, or 0.98%.

Also Read | Japan’s Kanda Declines to Say If Authorities Intervened on Yen Yellen acknowledged that the yen had experienced significant shifts in a short period, stating, “We would expect these interventions to be rare and consultation to take place." This statement follows reported actions by Japanese authorities who purportedly entered the market to bolster the yen after it fell beyond 160 to the dollar for the first time in 34 years, and again after comments by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on U.S. interest rates, the report further added.

Bank of England may offer a clearer signal in the coming week on whether it plans to cut interest rates this summer, just as investors bet on a delayed outlook for easing. Ahead of Thursday’s decision, Governor Andrew Bailey has distanced Britain from resurgent consumer price pressures in the US, pointing to “strong evidence” of UK inflation receding.

Bitcoin’s price shows a robust ascent, now trading at approximately $63,200, with recent highs of $64,446. This activity is part of a wider trend that has seen the global crypto market cap increase to $2.36 trillion, up over 7% over the last day.

As the market shows tentative signs of revival ahead of US nonfarm payroll, the Bitcoin price recently halted its downward trend and surged past the $59,000 mark, reaching an intraday high of nearly $59,992. This movement comes amidst a broader uptick in the cryptocurrency market, where peers like Ethereum , Dogecoin , Ripple , Solana , and Litecoin also experienced gains.

Bond traders pulled forward expectations for the Federal Reserve’s first full interest-rate cut by a month to November ahead of a key US jobs report on Friday.

Gold headed for its first back-to-back weekly loss in more than two months on concerns that the Federal Reserve may take longer to cut interest rates than previously expected as inflation risks persist. 

European stocks tracked a tech-driven rally in Asia as investors awaited a critical US jobs report due later on Friday. The yen surged to a three-week high.

Bitcoin declined on Thursday after the US Federal Reserve decided to maintain interest rates unchanged and its indication that rate cuts might be delayed. Additionally, Bitcoin's downward movement was influenced by a mixed launch of investment products tracking the world's top cryptocurrency and rival ether in Hong Kong.

Bitcoin’s tumble is piquing the interest of investors who view pronounced swings in the digital token as a possible precursor for broader changes in risk appetite in global markets. The cryptocurrency has shed about 4% in the past two days following a near 16% plunge in April, the worst monthly drop since Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX digital-asset empire imploded in November 2022. The token changed hands at $57,359 as of 11:17 a.m. Thursday in Singapore, around a two-month low.

The head of the Bank of Canada says there’s a “limit” to how much Canadian monetary policy can diverge from the United States as market watchers see earlier cuts coming north of the border.