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Investing in the Future: Budget 2024’s Impact on Financial Markets

International College of Financial Planning

Following the announcement of the interim Budget, the Indian stock markets traded more or less flat as there were no shocks or surprises for the market– rather the focus was kept on inclusive growth and prosperity with fiscal prudence. lakh crore, reflecting vigorous economic activity. to exceed ₹ 1.72

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The Economy vs. Interest Rates

Bell Investment Advisors

The economic backdrop to these losses, however, stands out. labor market. The broader economy surprises, too. A report from the Bureau of Economic Analysis showed that gross domestic product grew at an inflation-adjusted annual rate of 4.9% stocks and U.S. bonds declined in October, falling by 2.3% and 1.3%, respectively.

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Financial Market Round-Up – Jan’24

Truemind Capital

Contrary to the expectation of an economic slowdown in 2023, the year turned out to be full of surprises, mostly positive ones. Global growth exceeded projections, primarily propelled by the resilient performance of the US economy. The debt yields have declined across the yield curve maturities in the developed economies.

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Solid labor market cures many ails for the economy but can’t last forever

Nationwide Financial

Given the relative strength of recent data, it’s unlikely that a recession will start in the next few months, aside from a politically-induced government debt default. While financial markets are pricing in several rate cuts before year end, we look for the Fed to wait until 2024 to ease its policy stance due to lingering inflationary trends.

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Market Extra: Here’s how a more protracted war in Ukraine would threaten Russia’s economic stability

MarketWatch

So far, the financial-market impact of the apparent open revolt, which began on Friday and ended on Saturday, has been small. While a full-blown war economy looks unlikely, a larger war effort could still threaten the unstable equilibrium that has, to this point, been able to preserve macroeconomic stability in Russia.”Russia

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Air Bags Deployed to Cushion Bank Crashes

Investing Caffeine

In recent years, COVID and a ZIRP (Zero Interest Rate Policy) caused out-of-control inflation to swerve the economy in the wrong direction. Source: Trading Economics Unfortunately, this unparalleled spike in interest rates contributed to the 2nd and 3rd largest bank failures in American history, both occurring in March.

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Sunday links: bad weather forecasts

Abnormal Returns

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