U.S. Dollar Slips As Stocks Fluctuate

Hello MarketClub members everywhere. The market is relatively unchanged today after erasing earlier losses as real estate and technology turned higher and traders turned their eyes to comments from several Federal Reserve officials.

The U.S. central bank raised interest rates for the second time in three months last week, but the "dot plot" that shows each member's expectations for where rates will be in coming years changed little from the last meeting.

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How's Your Confidence?

Hello MarketClub members everywhere. The University of Michigan released its preliminary index of sentiment for March and it increased to 97.6 from 96.3 in February. Americans are more satisfied than any time in the previous 16 years with the current state of their finances and the economy.

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Bloomberg Consumer Confidence
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