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Wall Street equities rallied and the dollar tumbled after signs of sharply decelerating US inflation prompted bets that the Federal Reserve would raise interest rates at a slower pace than previously expected.

Treasury yields mostly pulled back from an earlier plunge as investors digested data showing that consumer prices did not rise in July as the cost of gasoline fell, delivering the first notable sign of relief for Americans who have watched inflation soar over the past two years.

But Augustine said that there was still a lot of uncertainty around what the Fed will do and the economic growth and earnings outlook for 2023. “We’re staying neutral here until we get a better view of next year,” he said. The pan-European STOXX 600 index closed up 0.89% and MSCI’s gauge of stocks across the globe gained 1.80%.

 

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