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  • Mar 20, 2025

Factbox-Major brokerages see slower pace of Fed rate cuts despite Trump tariff uncertainty

Major brokerages maintained their predictions for a slower pace of interest-rate cuts by the U.S. Federal Reserve after the central bank kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged on Wednesday. The Fed left its benchmark overnight interest rate in the 4.25-4.50% range, with Chair Jerome Powell describing the current uncertainty as "unusually elevated," citing challenges in making new economic projections due to recent Trump administration policy changes. The Fed also forecast slower economic growth and higher inflation.

  • Mar 20, 2025

The used Tesla market is crumbling

As Elon Musk continues to take an outsized and controversial role in the US government, reports of harassment of Tesla owners and vandalism of showrooms and vehicles are on rise. That may, in part, be contributing to plunging resale values and interest in used Teslas in the United States.

  • Mar 20, 2025

XRP jumps after Ripple's CEO says SEC has dropped its case against the crypto currency

The price of XRP jumped more than 8% Thursday after the CEO of cryptocurrency company Ripple said U.S. regulators have dropped its four-year-old case against the company. The Securities and Exchange Commission sued Ripple and two of its executives in late 2020 after they raised $1.4 billion by selling XRP crypto coins. The SEC under the Biden administration held that digital assets like cryptocurrences should be regulated like securities, such as stocks, and should be considered commodities like gold or oil.

  • Mar 20, 2025

Credit Quants Push Strategy That Lured Trillions in Stock Market

(Bloomberg) -- A small group of pioneers is hoping that factor investing, which has grown into a multi trillion-dollar market in equities, can become the next big thing in the world of corporate bonds — particularly with Donald Trump’s agenda sending shock waves across assets.Most Read from BloombergAmtrak CEO Departs Amid Threats of a Transit Funding PullbackNew York Subway Ditches MetroCard After 32 Years for Tap-And-GoDespite Cost-Cutting Moves, Trump Plans to Remake DC in His StyleNYC Plans

  • Mar 20, 2025

Fed rate pause: Bank forecasts slower US growth and higher inflation

The Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged as expected but downgraded its economic outlook, citing slower growth and higher inflation due to Trump’s tariffs. Wall Street staged a relief rally after Fed Chair Jerome Powell downplayed inflation concerns.View on euronews

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