Stocks Surge Most Since March on Dovish Fed Signal: Markets Wrap
- Fed chairman said rates are ‘just below’ range of neutral
- Technology shares pace advance; West Texas crude slides
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U.S. stocks rallied the most in eight months and the dollar fell after a dovish tone from the Federal Reserve chairman fueled speculation the central bank is closer than thought to pausing on rate hikes.
Stocks that had fallen the most during the six-week slump in American equities led gains after Jerome Powell said rates are “just below” the range of a neutral policy, potentially removing one of the biggest overhangs. Aside from the Treasury market, where shorter-term yields turned lower but only by a few basis points, moves in other asset classes were just as heady: