(Reuters) – The New York Stock Exchange opened in dispersed order on Tuesday, investors continuing to assess the implications of the commercial policy of Donald Trump and any plans of the Federal Reserve (Fed) in terms of interest rate.
In the first exchanges, the Dow Jones index loses 23.26 points, or 0.05%, at 44,522.82 points and the Standard & Poor’s 500, wider, increased from 0.15% to 6.123.64points.
The Nasdaq Composite takes 0.28%, or 56.11 points, at 20,082.88.
The New York Stock Exchange returns from an extended weekend on the occasion of the commemoration of the birth of Georges Washington. The attention of investors is again focused on the trade policy of American president Donald Trump and its impact on inflation prospects and therefore on interest rates.
The president of the FED, Jerome Powell, aroused uncertainties as to the rate reduction plans in the United States when he declared to the congress next week that he was not in a hurry to reduce loan costs, While the figures showed an acceleration of inflation in January.
On Monday, two monetary policy officials have spoken out in favor of maintaining rates at the moment, even if one of them, Christopher Waller, said that his “basic” opinion was that the commercial restrictions announced by President Donald Trump would only have a modest impact on prices.
The president of the Philadelphia Fed, Patrick Harker, said that he saw no reason justifying an imminent change in monetary policy.
“I do not think that the Fed wants to make a political error by reducing rates too early, because if it does, the involuntary consequence would certainly be a return of inflation,” said Philip Blancato, of Ladenburg Thalmann Asset Management.
Investors will have the opportunity to learn more about the discussions within the institution on Wednesday with the publication of the report of the January meeting of the Fed, during which it left its unchanged rates.
In values, Intel takes more than 8% after the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday that its Taiwan competitors semiconductor manufacturing CO and Broadcom would each consider a buyout to share the American semiconductor group.
(Written by Diana Mandiá, edited by Kate Entringer)
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