*EUROPEAN STOCKS DECLINE TO KICK OFF NEW WEEK AS RUSSIA TURMOIL DAMPENS GLOBAL MOOD 🇪🇺🇩🇪🇫🇷🇮🇹🇪🇸🇳🇱🇬🇧
"Geopolitical events have caused markets to take a 'tread carefully' approach to start the week," Tim Waterer, chief market analyst at KCM Trade said in a note to clients.
"And while events in Russia over the weekend seem to have calmed down again for the time being, it has had the effect of putting safe-haven assets back on the radar." A recent rally in U.S. stocks sputtered last week after Fed Chair Jerome Powell's testimony in which he signaled more interest rate hikes ahead but vowed the central bank would proceed with caution.
Most policymakers see at least two more quarter-point rate increases by the end of this year, while traders expect one more rate hike in July and see the Fed holding rates steady through the end of 2023, according to CMEGroup's Fedwatch tool. The tech-heavy Nasdaq snapped its eight-week winning streak on Friday, its longest since March 2019, while the benchmarkA slew of economic data including a key inflation gauge, durable goods and University of Michigan's consumer sentiment index will be released this week. Powell is also set to speak again later this week.
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