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Inflation eased to 4-year low
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The S&P 500 and Nasdaq rose on Tuesday as investors analyzed new inflation data and considered what it might mean for monetary policy. Click to read.
Inflation slowed to the lowest point in four years last month, but progress in reining it in will likely end there as higher tariffs start to push up the cost of consumer goods. The consumer price index climbed 2.
Tamer-than-expected inflation and a significant de-escalation of a U.S.-China trade war are easing fears of a sharp squeeze on American households and businesses in coming months, prompting Wall Street firms to pare predictions of a recession and giving the Federal Reserve room to leave interest rates where they are.
And in the Wall Street Research Corner, Goldman Sachs re-upped its target for the S&P 500 in the wake of tariff landscape 3.0. Strategist David Kostin raised his year-target for the benchmark index to 6,100 from 5,900. He also raised his 12-month target to 6,500 from 6,200.
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