Major US indexes continued to rise yesterday as investors’ concerns were allayed by the
ongoing talks to resolve the situation in West Asia. The Dow Jones Industrial Average
increased by almost 0.6%, the S&P 500 increased by 0.6%, and the Nasdaq Composite index
increased by more than 0.8%.
In terms of the economy, the real gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 0.5% annually in the
fourth quarter of 2025, which is less than the previous projection of 0.7%. Real GDP grew by
4.4% in the third quarter of last year, according to the US Bureau of Economic Analysis’s (BEA)
third estimate. According to a different BEA report, both the core and headline Personal
Consumption Expenditures (PCE) price index had monthly increases of 0.4% in February.
While the headline inflation index rose by 2.8% annually, core PCE inflation grew by 3%, down
from 3.1% in January
