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Wall Street Jumps To All-Time Highs On Soft Inflation, Bond Yields Tumble, Bitcoin Soars, Meme Stocks Face Carnage: What’s Driving Markets Wednesday?

The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq 100 indices rose to fresh record highs during morning trading on Wednesday following a broadly in-line inflation report and cooler-than-expected retail sales data for April, as traders increased their rate cut bets.

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Trump’s China Tariff Hikes Could Smother US Economic Growth: Fitch Ratings Sounds Alarm

Fitch Ratings warns of economic fallout from Trump's proposed trade tariffs if he wins 2020 election. US GDP could decline by 0.4-1.1%, and inflation may decrease in long term. US trading partners could see even greater declines, with China, Canada, and Mexico at risk. Trade imbalance blamed on savings and investment disparity, not tariffs.

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