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Open the economy dashboardThe Fed raised its target range to 3.75–4.00%, while the US 10-year finished Friday near 5%. US equity performance split: the S&P 500 slipped 0.08% for the week and the Nasdaq 100 gained 0.94%. This refresh also includes September 21 observations where Asian markets or futures have reopened; those rolling returns are not all Friday-to-Friday comparisons.
Technology gained 1.03% in the tracked S&P 500 heatmap. NVIDIA rose 1.82%, Apple 1.16% and AMD 8.46%, while Microsoft fell 0.37% and Broadcom 1.21%. Sector figures are index-weighted returns within the tracked sample, not official sector-index returns.
The latest rolling weekly crypto readings were positive: bitcoin gained 4.83%, ether 3.84%, solana 9.96% and BNB 4.68%. Within AI-related equities, Palantir gained 6.22%, Alphabet 3.26% and Meta 2.73%. These price changes do not establish investment-fund inflows or outflows.
The S&P 500 closed Friday at 7,650.50 and the Nasdaq 100 at 29,644.17. Friday-based weekly moves included Nikkei +1.57%, TSX +0.31%, FTSE 100 +0.08%, DAX -1.03% and CAC 40 -1.40%. The latest KOSPI and TAIEX readings include the September 21 session, so their rolling weekly gains of 4.60% and 4.05% cover a different window.
The US 10-year ended September 18 at 4.998%. Verified Friday readings were 5.2843% for the UK, 7.067% for India, 4.460% for South Korea and 5.273% for Australia. September 17 feeds put Canada at 3.830%, the ECB AAA euro-area proxy at 3.488%, Japan at 2.993% and South Africa at 8.765%. The ECB deposit rate is now 2.50%. Japan announced a rise to 1.25% effective September 24; its currently effective target remains 1.00%.
In the latest September 21 futures observations, Brent was $98.12/bbl and WTI $94.63/bbl, down 7.15% and 6.67% against their respective weekly anchors. Gold was $4,389.10/oz, up 0.85%, while silver gained 4.73% and copper 6.15%. Natural gas was $2.885/MMBtu. These observations may include an incomplete session.
The latest September 18 readings put the dollar index at 100.22, up 1.11% against its weekly anchor. EUR/USD was 1.1476 (-1.15%) and GBP/USD 1.3358 (-1.12%). USD/JPY rose 1.07% to 156.13, USD/CAD 1.12% to 1.3990 and USD/INR 0.11% to 95.7992. Higher USD/foreign-currency quotes indicate a stronger dollar; each series uses its own available observations.
The quarter-point increase responds to elevated inflation. The FOMC approved the move unanimously.
The new overnight call-rate guideline takes effect September 24; the currently effective target remains 1.00%.
The S&P 500 edged higher Friday but recorded a small weekly loss, while the Nasdaq Composite gained over the week.
Policymakers maintained the rate as volatile energy prices complicated the inflation outlook.
The deposit facility rate is now 2.50%, following the quarter-point increase announced September 10 and implemented September 16.
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