US Stocks Fall as Economic Indicators Suggest a Possible Recession
- 20 January 2023
- Posted by: Federica Montella
- Categories: eToro CopyTrader, Investing
US stocks fell on Thursday
Yesterday has been the third negative day for Wall Street.
All three major indexes have closed in a loss.
The S&P 500 closed at -0.76%, the Nasdaq ended the trading session at -0.96% and the Dow Jones closed at -0.76%.
The latest economic data and the possibility of a recession have driven the negative movement.
US initial jobless claim
Yesterday, have been released the data regarding the number of people who have requested unemployment benefits.
Economists had forecasted 214,000 claims but the actual number is 190,000 for the week ending 14 January.
The previous week’s data was 205,000.
Less than-expected jobless claims mean that the labour market is still strong despite the Federal Reserve’s restrictive monetary policy.
Netflix’s CEO to step down
Reed Hastings, Netflix co-CEO and co-founder is going to step down as the chief executive officer of the company.
He has been in that role for 25 years and his position will be now offered to his two longtime associates.
Hastings will serve as executive chairman.
On Thursday have been released Netflix’s earnings which are $0.12 versus the $0.58 expected
In premarket the shares rose 6%.
Fed’s official’s latest comment
Inflation in the US is slowing down, however, is still too high to stop the interest rate hikes.
Two members of the Federal Reserve have spoken yesterday and both agreed that in order to reduce the inflation at 2% there is a need to implement a sufficient restrictive monetary for some time.
Investors believe that the next interest rate hike will be of 25 basis points as shown in the chart below.
FedWatch Tool – FED rates probabilities
94.3% of investors are expecting the FED to increase the interest rates by 0.25%Â at the next meeting.
The remaining 5.7% are expecting a 0.50%Â rate increase.
The number of investors expecting a rate increase of 0.25% is increasing on daily basis.
No other options are considered at this time.
The next FED meeting is on 1 February 2023.
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