weekly economic events

The major equity indexes posted solid gains in a relatively quiet week for economic data releases and financial news.

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• April 3, 2023

Major benchmark returns varied widely as banking industry and recession worries weighed on value stocks and small-caps, while large-cap growth stocks benefited from falling interest rates.

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• March 27, 2023

The major indexes closed mixed for the week, reflecting the crosscurrents of stresses in the banking sector, worries that a steeper slowdown in the economy would follow, and hopes that the Federal Reserve would now be forced to moderate or even pause in its rate-hiking cycle.

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• March 20, 2023

Stocks pulled back sharply over the week, as investors absorbed more tough talk from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and signs that he and his fellow policymakers still had work to do in cooling inflation and the hot labor market.

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• March 13, 2023

Stocks closed higher and regained some ground following their worst weekly decline in two months.

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• March 6, 2023

A cascade of upside inflation and growth surprises pushed the S&P 500 Index to its worst weekly loss since early December.

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• February 27, 2023

The major indexes ended mixed as investors weighed some healthy growth and profit signals against worries that inflation trends might be taking an unfavorable turn.

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• February 21, 2023

The major benchmarks ended lower in a week with relatively few important economic releases or other concrete drivers of sentiment.

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• February 13, 2023

Most of the major indexes extended their winning streaks into February, helped by some upside surprises in economic data and fourth-quarter earnings reports, as well as what some saw as encouraging signals from the Federal Reserve.

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• February 6, 2023

Stocks resumed their winning streak, as investors appeared to welcome some hopeful signals that the economy might skirt a recession in 2023.

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• January 30, 2023