Stocks in the U.S. went up a little bit on Wednesday.

The S&P 500 went up a little. The Dow Jones went up a lot. The Nasdaq went up a little too.

Stock markets went up and down today.

Talks between the U.S. and China start this weekend.

The economy goes up and down a lot.

Jerome Powell said the bank can wait to change interest rates.

Powell said, "We don't know many things." The Fed is waiting to see what happens with Trump's trade war and his taxes on goods.

This is true because the trade war is changing, Powell said. The US is talking more about trade with other countries.

The Fed said taxes on goods could make jobs bad and prices high.

Powell said, 'If taxes stay high, things will cost more. The economy will not grow fast, and more people will not have jobs.'

This could make the economy slow and prices high.

Big US companies made a lot of money early in 2025. They made more money than people thought.

Disney's shares went up a lot. The company made more money than they thought. Also, many people started watching their videos online.

But companies say it is hard to know how much money they will make because the economy is not good.

Marvell Technology stock went down 8%.

Stocks went up today. The S&P 500 rose a little. The Dow Jones and Nasdaq also went up.

After the Fed talked, the price of government bonds went down a little.

Markets in Europe went down. Markets in Asia went up. China helped its economy.