Trump says he’s not going to make any stock market predictions in case there’s a ‘dip’

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“I don’t want to get into a situation where they do and we have a dip or something, because that can always happen,” Trump told CNBC’s Jim Cramer during “Squawk on the Street.”
Trump repeatedly used the stock market as a performance barometer during his first term. In that time, the S&P 500 scaled nearly 68% — reaching all-time highs.

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Here are the five key takeaways from this week’s Fed meeting

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Key Points Federal Reserve policymakers kept their key interest rate at a range of 3.5% to 3.75% at the conclusion of their March meeting. At his press conference, Fed Chair Jerome Powell faced questions about the oil price shock since the Iran war. The Fed’s dot plot suggests a rate cut could be in the […]

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Fed still expects to cut rates once this year despite spiking oil prices

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