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Stock Market News for Jan 18, 2021

Wall Street closed lower on Friday on concerns regarding slow vaccination process and mixed economic data.

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Q3 Earnings: Will Growth Lift Stocks from Murky Trade War Waters?

With major indexes sitting cautiously near all-time highs and another earnings report season approaching quickly, Wall Street is faced with a major question: Will fresh results and updated guidance be strong enough to break stocks into new ranges?

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    What Investors Should Know About the August Jobs Report

    One of the biggest stories of 2018 has been the robust economy and its extremely low unemployment rate. On top of the tight labor market, GDP growth hitting a four-year high during the second quarter and higher-than-expected CPI growth were in the headlines as well. Now, add in wage growth.

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      Trump Says Stocks Will Crash If He's Impeached: Is He Right?

      This Tuesday, Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, pleaded guilty to eight criminal charges, including campaign-finance violations.

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        GDP Growth Hits Four-Year High: Key Takeaways for Investors

        U.S. gross domestic product, or GDP, rose at an inflation-adjusted annual rate of 4.1% from April through June, according to Commerce Department data released today. This growth is at the strongest pace in four years and was fueled by consumer spending, strong exports, and business investment. This result is also big hike from the first quarter???s adjusted rate of 2.2%.

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          Why Is the Yield Curve Flattening, and What Is the Fed Doing About It?

          So far this year, the Federal Reserve has raised the interest rates twice in effort to prevent inflation while maintaining solid economic growth. This policy makes sense for a number of reasons, including the low unemployment rate, tightening labor market, hastening CPI growth of 2.9%, and recent tax cuts.

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            Should Investors Worry About Inflation After Higher-Than-Expected CPI Growth?

            U.S. consumer prices rose for the third-consecutive month in June. Last month's price increases brought the CPI's growth from a year earlier to 2.9%, the highest monthly uptick in the last 4 years.