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Issues in the banking sector may influence Fed rate hike decisions, inflation rate moderates, retail spending and home sales decline.

The Q4 2022 season is now over, and the results were underwhelming. But the results, and estimates for the upcoming year, can help investors set expectations.

The Fed Chairman’s recent remarks about potentially “increasing the pace” of rate hikes offers clues about where interest rates will peak.

While tech and housing slow, hospitality and healthcare boom, women return to work in strong numbers, Fed hints rate increases to battle inflation

Stock buybacks can signal a number of things, from demonstrating confidence in the business to improving returning capital to shareholders.