World Stocks Eye 4th Week of Gains on Fed Outlook

World Stocks Eye 4th Week of Gains on Fed Outlook
A man wearing a protective mask, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, walks past an electronic board displaying stock market data outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, on Feb. 25, 2022. Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters
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LONDON/TOKYO—World stocks headed for a fourth straight week of gains on Friday as investors scaled back views on how far U.S. interest rates and inflation can climb, while oil recouped some of the previous week’s losses.

A slight easing of inflation readings drove global stocks higher and capped a rising dollar this week, though a string of Fed speakers dampened expectations of the central bank going slow on further policy tightening.