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Morning bid: Markets soar as Powell brings back 'transitory'

Wall Street rallied sharply and Treasury yields fell on Wednesday as investors bet that the Federal Reserve will look through rising price pressures and continue cutting interest rates this year, after new projections showed that officials now expect lower growth and higher inflation. While the median projection of two more rate cuts this year is still policymakers' base case, the underlying 'dot plot' forecasts shifted up closer towards only one. Investors ignored that, however.

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Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) Posts Better-Than-Expected Sales In Q4, Next Quarter’s Sales Guidance is Optimistic

Discount retailer Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) reported Q4 CY2024 results beating Wall Street’s revenue expectations, with sales up 4% year on year to $1.39 billion. Guidance for next quarter’s revenue was optimistic at $915 million at the midpoint, 2.2% above analysts’ estimates. Its non-GAAP profit of $3.48 per share was 3.3% above analysts’ consensus estimates.

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Why United Airlines (UAL) Stock Is Trading Up Today

Shares of airline company United Airlines Holdings (NASDAQ:UAL) jumped 6.4% in the afternoon session as stocks rebounded to start the session amid continued market volatility and moved slightly higher after the Federal Open Market Committee kept rates at 4.25% to 4.50% in its March 2025 meeting. The Jerome Powell-led committee also hinted at two more rate cuts for the year, saying, "Uncertainty around the economy has grown."

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