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Last week, the Federal Reserve got one big reason to consider an interest rate hike at its September meeting. This week could give it one more.

The August non-farm payroll report showed that the U.S. economy added 162,000 jobs. This was sharply higher than the upwardly revised 21,000-job gain in July and nearly triple its forecast number.

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The White House announced a ban on the imports of some dairy, alcohol and other products from Canada on Tuesday night, escalating a trade war against the neighboring country after it imposed retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods worth $20 billion in response to a 50% levy on a range of goods imposed by President Donald Trump earlier.

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The tech stocks are under huge selling pressure today. The Nifty IT Index is down 3% with big names like Infosys seeing as much as 4% cut in intra-day trade. The Nifty IT Index has slumped to nearly 1-month lows. Counters like TCS, Tech Mahindra, Wipro  and HCLTech have cracked 2-3%.

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A supply crunch is pushing India-listed global ETFs far above their underlying value, with analysts warning investors against paying steep premiums for international exposure.

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India is ramping up scrutiny of Wall Street traders with the nation’s securities regulator turning more aggressive in targeting even prominent foreign players like JPMorgan Chase & Co. in its $5 trillion stock market.

That push has been on display in recent days as the Securities and Exchange Board of India accused a Mauritius-based JPMorgan unit of executing manipulative stock trades.

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TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – The shock was barely felt in Indonesia. Yet global financial markets, particularly government bonds in advanced economies, were convulsed last week. Bond prices fell sharply and yields surged as investors reassessed the outlook for interest rates.

Fortunately, the turbulence subsided quickly and the panic did not persist.

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Goldman Sachs has issued a report suggesting that the U.S. Federal Reserve is no longer the primary driver of interest rate changes, with AI-related capital expenditures now playing a significant role in shaping monetary conditions. This perspective comes amid Goldman’s projections of U.S. AI investment reaching $581 billion by 2026, with global totals nearing $1 trillion.

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