Markets rise on growing rate cut hopes

Legit | 13-08-2025 08:41pm |

Markets rose Wednesday on growing hopes of US interest rate cuts after soft inflation data, with Japan's Nikkei hitting a second record high in as many days. That boosted hopes among that the US Federal Reserve and its embattled chief Jerome Powell will cut interest rates next month.

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