American Market Recap: Fed's Bowman still concerned about labor market, says recent jobs report 'a bit strange'

Wednesday, 18 Feb, 2026 Central Banks Fed's Bowman still concerned about labor market, says recent jobs report 'a bit strange' Fed Governor Michelle Bowman is an interesting case as she turned dovish last year as she as being considered for Fed Chair. She hasn't abandoned that position but highlighted something that many in t Cryptocurrency Bitcoin Technicals:The price of bitcoin is consolidating in a narrow range w/a lower bias. Bitcoin remains in a consolidation phase , with price action compressing after the prior directional move. On the hourly chart, the market has been tracking along an upward-sloping trendline that conn Learn more Central Banks NY Fed in the White House crosshairs, also says inflation is accelerating White House economic advisor Kevin Hassett crossed a line today when he said the authors of a paper who said US companies were paying tariffs should be 'disciplined'. The paper in question concluded t Stocks The Nasdaq & S&P indices are having a solid day. What are the technicals telling traders? Both the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ are posting solid gains today, with the S&P up 0.85% and the NASDAQ higher by 1.25% . After recent consolidation and downside probes, buyers are stepping back i News Atlanta Fed Q4 GDPNow 3.6% vs 3.7% prior The GDPNow reading has slowly been sliding after getting much fanfare from politicians when it was above 5% on shutdown-affected data. The latest reading trims another 0.1 pp from the reading as we ne News Another Conservative defection effectively gives Mark Carney's Liberals a majority Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that Conservative MP Matt Jeneroux has opted to join the Liberals. In last year's Federal election, the Liberals won 169 seats, which is just shy of the 1 Technical Analysis USDCHF Technicals: The USDCHF is showing modest bullish buying. Awaits the shove. The USDCHF has been stuck in a relatively tight 80-pip trading range over the last five to six trading days. For a full week of activity, that's fairly compressed price action. When volatility contrac News The drums of war are sounding for oil and gold today Yesterday oil and gold prices sank after Iran's foreign minister had an upbeat take following meetings with US officials but today a leak is sending the opposite signal. WTI crude oil is up $2.18 to $ Learn more Stock market update Tech sector powers ahead: Nvidia surges while financials stabilize Sector Overview The technology sector is making significant strides today, led by semiconductor giant Nvidia (NVDA), which has soared by 2.01% . The semiconductor segment, despite some declines such

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