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- Stocks dropped Tuesday, with the Dow sliding more than 160 points and the Nasdaq shedding more than 120.
- Moody’s bank downgrades late Monday added to the uncertain macroeconomic landscape.
- Bank stocks moved lower, and investors will look ahead to Thursday’s CPI report.
US stocks declined on Tuesday, with Moody’s downgrade of nearly a dozen US lenders pulling bank stocks lower.
The ratings giant also put a handful of larger banks on review notice, including US Bancorp, Bank of New York Mellon, and Northern Trust. The smaller lenders that Moody’s officially downgraded include Pinnacle Financial, Webster Financial, and M&T Bank.
“US banks continue to contend with interest rate and asset-liability management (ALM) risks with implications for liquidity and capital, as the wind-down of unconventional monetary policy drains systemwide deposits and higher interest rates depress the value of fixed-rate assets,” Moody’s analysts wrote in a Monday note.
Meanwhile, corporate earnings continue to surprise to the upside. Already, 89% of S&P 500 companies have reported for the second quarter, and nearly 80% have beaten Wall Street expectations, FactSet data shows.
On Thursday, investors will get the Consumer Price Index report for July, which will help inform the Federal Reserve’s next policy move.
Here’s where US indexes stood as the market closed 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday:
Here’s what else is going on:
In commodities, bonds, and crypto:
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