New York, March 17, 2025 (AFP) - US stocks gain as market looks ahead to Fed

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2025-03-17

Wall Street stocks rose for the second straight day on Monday following better US retail sales data as markets awaited a Federal Reserve decision later this week. US retail sales for February showed a 0.2 percent increase from the previous month, less than the 0.7 percent expected by analysts, but a step above January's 1.2 percent decline. The data was good enough to keep alive the market's momentum from Friday. "We've priced in a lot of the con......

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