Chinese tech’s big return? | MarketTalk: What’s up today? | Swissquote

Federal Reserve (Fed) Chair Jerome Powell’s testimony yesterday went smoothly and in line with the previous remarks that the Fed is not in a hurry to cut the rates. All eyes are on today’s US inflation update. The US headline inflation is expected to steady near 2.9% y-o-y in January, core inflation may have eased from 3.2% to 3.1%. A set of softer-than-expected inflation numbers could help sooth inflation worries and encourage a deeper retreat in the US dollar and a further advance across the major peers. While a stronger-than-expected set of inflation figures could fuel worries, back a further rise in the US yields and the dollar, and weigh on risk appetite. Elsewhere, Chinese tech stocks are surfing on the DeepSeek wave and stocks in Hong Kong didn’t look this promising in a while. Listen to find out more!