AI hesitation, tariffs and inflation fears weigh on appetite [Video]
|Despite beating both revenue and earnings expectations and the forecasts for the current quarter, Nvidia got beaten by the market. The share price tanked 8.50% in yesterday’s post-earnings session and pulled the broader technology sector down with it.
New tariff talk from Donald Trump weighed on the sentiment, as well, sending the US dollar higher, the European indices lower with the exception of European defense stocks some of which traded at all-time high levels.
On the data front, the US GDP data confirmed yesterday that the US grew 2.3% in Q4, as expected, but the price pressures were stronger than pencilled in by analysts. Initial jobless claims, on the other hand, hit the highest level since last October, with a visible rise in Washington’s jobless claims – as Federal workers are being thanked en masse by Elon Musk’s DOGE. Will the latter soften the Federal Reserve (Fed) outlook and increase bets for more rate hikes this year? It depends on the inflation’s trajectory. Due today, the US will reveal its latest core PCE data – the Fed’s favourite gauge of inflation - that could show easing in January.
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