to a week that could see more swings in financial markets, including key reports on U.S. consumer confidence and the job market.
At the end of its two-day policy meeting, the Bank of Japan maintained its monetary policy that takes a different track from the U.S. Federal Reserve and the world’s other major central banks, which have been tightening their monetary policies., raising the value of its overseas earnings, an overly volatile currency is a minus for the economy overall and decreases Japan’s purchasing power.
Big Tech soared much more than the rest of the market early this year, which helped to lift the S&P 500 but also meant big expectations for continued growth. Those expectations perhaps grew too large. On Wednesday will come the latest monthly update on the number of job openings across the country. One way the Fed could pull off the delicate balancing act of slowing the economy without creating a recession would be if the number of job openings cools without requiring waves of layoffs.
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