Saturday,
March 9, 2024
Top Story
• Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell still expects 2024 interest rate cuts but said the central bank won’t move until it is confident inflation is moving sustainably toward its 2% target. Though he did tell Congress the Fed wasn’t far from cutting rates.
• Bitcoin reached an all-time high, briefly pushing above $69,000 midday Tuesday before falling back down to below $63,500.
• The U.S. added 140,000 private sector jobs in February, according to the ADP Employment Report, more than the previous month, but still below estimates.
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