Trading Day: Thumping job revisions, looming inflation
Anglo American and Teck Resources are to merge in a $53 billion deal, marking the second-biggest mining M&A deal ever and creating the world's fifth-biggest copper company. Investors in both firms liked it - Anglo shares rose 9% and Teck shares leaped 11%.But what, if anything, does that mean for Fed policy? One might have thought it would strengthen bets for a 50 basis point rate cut next week. But that probability actually shrank a bit, around 5 bps of easing was taken out of the 2026 curve, and the dolla ...