Stocks dip, longer-dated US yields higher after inflation data

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NEW YORK (Reuters) -A gauge of global stocks fell for a second straight session on Wednesday and longer-dated U.S. Treasury yields rose in choppy trading as investors assessed the latest U.S. inflation data and the path of interest rates from the Federal Reserve...

The Labor Department said the consumer price index rose 0.2% for the fourth straight month, in line with expectations of economists polled by Reuters..

A good portion of the move higher in yields reflects continued economic resilience and strength and the view that the Fed doesnt need to reduce rates as much as previously thought to support what the summer looked like a slowing economy, said Matt Bush, U.S. economist at Guggenheim Investments in New York...

Investors have swarmed toward assets expected to benefit from Donald Trumps policies in his second term as U.S. president, after he pledged to impose high tariffs on imports from key trading partners, lower taxes and loosen government regulations...

Domestically focused small-cap stocks have jumped on expectations tariffs will reduce competition for their goods and lower taxes, with the Russell 2000 vaulting to a three-year high on Monday.. But bond yields have also surged on concerns that while Trumps policies will spur growth, they also could rekindle inflation after a long battle against price pressures following the COVID-19 pandemic..

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