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New economic projections from Federal Reserve officials this week will provide the most tangible evidence yet of how U.S. central bankers view the likely impact of Trump administration policies that have clouded a previously solid economic outlook. Top forecasters have marked down their expectations for growth this year, upped the perceived risk of recession, and anticipate higher inflation as President Donald Trump's stiff new tariffs on imports filter through global markets, with even broader levies anticipated next month. Starting from what some policymakers called a "sweet spot" of steady growth and balanced risks, more difficult scenarios are suddenly in play with a mounting sense of uncertainty around forecasts and tumbling stock markets.

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Global hedge funds started to add back U.S. equities to portfolios last week following a massive selloff in Wall Street's major indexes, an early indication of optimism about the country. Goldman Sachs said in a separate note that after unwinding positions in U.S. stocks on March 7 and 10, hedge funds started to add exposure to the world's largest economy back for the rest of the week through Thursday. The bank showed hedge funds added both long and short bets on U.S. stocks, adding hedge funds' global portfolios became more bearish, as the proportion of bets stocks will fall grew relative to long positions last week.

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Market gains that started last fall, when polls showed President Trump taking a narrow lead in the election, have been erased.

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The euro zone housing market has already recovered from its recent slump and prices are likely to rise further, challenging affordability in a potentially unhealthy development, the European Central Bank said in an Economic Bulletin article. House prices slumped from 2022 as surging inflation, high energy costs and rising interest rates all constrained a market that had been on an exceptional run in the preceding several years. But this downturn was shallow, with the peak-to-trough part of the cycle showing a cumulative decline of 3% over one and a half years, a smaller drop than during the global financial crisis and the sovereign debt crisis, when prices fell almost 5%, the ECB said on Monday.

Novanta’s stock price has taken a beating over the past six months, shedding 21.9% of its value and falling to a new 52-week low of $133.58 per share. This was partly due to its softer quarterly results and might have investors contemplating their next move.