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Shares get a lift in Asia as lower US rates are baked in – Reuters

Shares get a lift in Asia as lower US rates are baked in  Reuters Asia Unshaken by Wall Street Rout, BoE Set to Steer the Week  Action Forex Asia Gains Ground As Oil Dips And Africa Refocuses  Finimize S&P 500 Futures Advance, Treasuries Pare Gains: Markets Wrap  SWI swissinfo.ch Shares find support in Asia as lower rates priced in  MarketScreener Source link

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Shares find support in Asia as lower rates priced in – Reuters

Shares find support in Asia as lower rates priced in  Reuters Dow futures reverse higher as recession alarm bells jolt Wall Street awake from dreams of a gravity-defying economy  Fortune Wall Street digests bitter economic data  Financial Times Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures climb with tariffs and jobs data in focus  Yahoo Finance Transcript: Wall Street digests bitter economic data  Financial Times …

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Older Coloradans nearly back to pre-pandemic death rates

Older Coloradans nearly back to pre-pandemic death rates

Older Coloradans have mostly recovered from a pandemic-era increase in death rates, but middle-aged people continue to die younger than expected, mostly from overdoses. In the long run, everyone dies, but state health officials watch how death rates compare to what they’d expect based on the size of the population and the mix of ages within it. If younger people …

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A vacancy on the Fed is opening early as Trump urges board to ‘assume control’ if Powell doesn’t cut rates

A vacancy on the Fed is opening early as Trump urges board to ‘assume control’ if Powell doesn’t cut rates

Fed Governor Adriana Kugler announced Friday she is stepping down from her position earlier than expected, giving President Donald Trump the chance to expand his influence over the central bank as he calls for a revolt against Chairman Jerome Powell. In a post on Truth Social before Kugler’s announcement, President Trump took a jab at Powell, saying he must “substantially” …

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Alarming jobs report makes potent case for the Fed to cut interest rates – Axios

Alarming jobs report makes potent case for the Fed to cut interest rates  Axios Fed governors Bowman, Waller explain their dissents, say waiting to cut rates threatens economy  CNBC Fed Dissenters Defend Call for July Rate Cut as Trump Intensifies Attacks on Powell  The New York Times Fed holds rates steady but sees first double dissent in three decades  The Hill Powell didn’t just …

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Under RFK Jr, CDC skips study on vaccination rates, quietly posts data on drop

Under RFK Jr, CDC skips study on vaccination rates, quietly posts data on drop

Vaccination rates among the country’s kindergartners have fallen once again, with coverage of the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccination dropping from 92.7 percent in the 2023–2024 school year to 92.5 percent in 2024–2025. The percentage changes are small across the board, but they represent thousands of children and an ongoing downward trend that makes the country more vulnerable to …

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Shockingly bad jobs report reveals a months-long stall and may trigger Fed rate cuts soon. ‘Powell is going to regret holding rates steady’

Shockingly bad jobs report reveals a months-long stall and may trigger Fed rate cuts soon. ‘Powell is going to regret holding rates steady’

The U.S. labor market looks much weaker than previously thought, and Wall Street now expects the Federal Reserve to resume rate cuts sooner rather than later. The Labor Department reported Friday that payrolls grew by just 73,000 last month, well below forecasts for about 100,000. But downward revisions for prior months shocked investors even more, revealing that the labor market …

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Vaccination rates among kindergarteners fall as exemptions rise to all-time high

Vaccination rates among kindergarteners fall as exemptions rise to all-time high

United States kindergarten vaccination rates decreased last year while exemptions rose to an all-time high, according to new federal data. The data, posted to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website Thursday, showed vaccination coverage among kindergartners during the 2024 to 2025 school year decreased for all reported vaccines from the year before. According to the data, about 92.1% …

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