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2025 Q1 Update: Federal Reserve Rates, Inflation and Financial Markets

Your Richest Life

Even though 2025 has only just begun, there are already big changes unfolding that could impact your wallet. That decision is a departure from their announcement at the September meeting to cut rates a full percentage point in 2025. 2025 Inflation creeps up The U.S. This was also higher than the 2.9

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Financial market round-up – Jul’25

Truemind Capital

Equity Market Insights: Equity markets remain in a positive bias unless some disaster occurs that could break the upside momentum. Policymakers are quick to course correct when markets throw tantrums. between October 2024 and March 2025. The recent Apr–Jun 2025 quarter brought a welcome summer rally for investors.

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MBA: Mortgage Applications Decrease in Latest MBA Weekly Survey

Calculated Risk

percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending June 13, 2025. The Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume, decreased 2.6 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from one week earlier. percent from 6.93

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At the Money: Austan Goolsbee, Chicago Fed President on Tariffs, Inflation and Monetary Policy

The Big Picture

At the Money: Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee on Tariffs, Supply Chains and Inflation (March 5, 2025) What is the potential inflation impact of tariffs? So what specific inflation indicators are you watching closely in 2025? The stock market. Can the Fed ignore supply-chain disruptions that drive up prices?

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3 Stocks in which FIIs increased their stake by up to 8.81% to add to your watchlist

Trade Brains

Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) are significant players in global financial markets,comprising various entities such as mutual funds, pension funds, and hedge funds, among others. percent in May 2025. Shalibhadra Finance Ltd Shalibhadra Finance Limited is an India-based non-banking financial company (NBFC).

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What Rising HDFC Bank Share Prices Mean for Bank Nifty’s Outlook?

Trade Brains

The HDFC Bank share continues to play a defining role in India’s financial markets, particularly in 2025. in 2025, positive sentiment has carried through the entire index. Strong Performance in 2025: While 2025 has seen mixed fortunes across sectors, HDFC Bank has stood out. and ₹1552.2

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Summer 2025 Market & Investor Trends

Wealthfront

Financial markets are always unpredictable, and that’s been especially true so far in 2025. After early April volatility related to early tariff announcements that included the biggest single-day drop in the S&P 500® since 2020, the US stock market rebounded and ended the first half of the year at an all-time high.