Market opens up on rate cut expectations
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Stocks opened higher on Monday, boosted by expectations the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates this week.
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Stocks edged up on Friday as expectations of an interest rate cut offset a warning by Merrill Lynch that revived concerns about credit conditions and the impact of the weak U.S. housing market.
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The Dow industrials rose on Tuesday as investors expected another interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve, while data showing a higher-than-expected rise in orders of durable goods last month eased economic worries.
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U.S. stocks opened higher on Friday,  after a lower-than-expected monthly jobs report allayed  investor worry that the Federal Reserve would move aggressively  to raise interest rates.
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Stocks opened sharply higher ahead of a speech from the Federal Reserve chairman that Wall Street hopes will at least hint at a rate cut.
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European equity markets surged on Wednesday following the US Federal Reserve&#39;s move to cut its main interest rate by half a percentage point to 4.75 per cent.
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U.S. stocks mostly edged higher on Tuesday after growing optimism the Federal Reserve will soon make another cut in interest rates offset warnings from two leading retailers and weak economic data.
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European and Asian shares rise on growing expectations that the US Federal Reserve will cut interest rates.
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A jubilant Wall Street barreled higher Tuesday after the Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate by a larger-than-expected half percentage point
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Stock futures rose on Monday as  investors bought beaten-down shares on hopes that recent signs  of deterioration in the economy will prompt the Federal Reserve  to slash interest rates to avert a recession.
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U.S. stock futures rose on Thursday as investors bet that data on new home sales would strengthen the case for further interest rate cuts to ease the toll of the housing slump on the economy.
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Asian markets rose sharply today, and European stocks were off to a strong start after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by half a percentage point yesterday.
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Stocks rose on Monday as  investors bet that the Federal Reserve would keep slashing interest rates to prevent the housing slump from tipping the economy into a recession.
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Wall Street stocks rallied on Monday, after overcoming an initial wobble, as hopes for more aggressive interest rate cuts spurred gains in financial companies ahead of the Federal Reserve's policy meeting on Tuesday.
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Wall Street advanced as investors awaited a report on sales of previously owned homes that might give the Federal Reserve more reason to cut interest rates.
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European equity markets were higher on Monday as investors looked at the possibility of lower US interest rates when the Federal Reserve meets later in the week.
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Stocks opened higher after G.M. reached a tentative agreement with the U.A.W. and as another lackluster economic report stirred hopes the Fed will cut interest rates again.