Global stocks edged higher while U.S. Treasury yields dipped on Tuesday as markets weighed data showing a persistently tight labor market, and prospects of interest rate cuts after comments from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.
The Fed needs more data before cutting rates to ensure recent weaker inflation readings properly reflect underlying price pressures, Powell told a conference in Portugal on Tuesday.
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