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A case of good economic data driving bad markets
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The biggest issue facing the market remains interest rates, and what the US Federal Reserve will do.
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SINGAPORE – Good news for the economy has become bad news for the market.
After the S&P 500 hit a new record early in the week after Nvidia’s quarterly profit skyrocketed above forecasts and sent stocks linked to artificial intelligence (AI) soaring, the broad-based index, and the market in general, pulled back on May 23 following hotter-than-expected purchasing managers’ index (PMI) data.