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Asian Markets Rally on Wall Street Momentum as Fed Rate Cut Bets Strengthen

Asian Markets Rally on Wall Street Momentum as Fed Rate Cut Bets Strengthen

Asian stocks advanced following Wall Street’s fourth consecutive day of gains, driven by growing optimism that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates in December...

Gerik

Kiwi, Aussie Power Ahead While Dollar Sinks

Kiwi, Aussie Power Ahead While Dollar Sinks

New Zealand Dollar’s broad-based rally extended through today’s Asian session as a run of solid domestic data continued to bolster confidence in the country’s recovery. Strong retail sales in Q3 suggested the rebound is already underway, while the surge in business confidence and activity pointed to a more durable...

Michelle

Were The Brits Behind Bloomberg’s Russian-US Leaks?

Were The Brits Behind Bloomberg’s Russian-US Leaks?

Bloomberg shared what it claimed to be the transcripts of calls between Trump’s Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Putin’s top foreign policy aide Yury Ushakov as well as between Ushakov and Putin’s other advisor Kirill Dmitriev about the Ukrainian peace process.

Andrew Korybko

Canada Tightens Steel Tariffs as Trade Tensions With U.S. Escalate and Global Pressures Mount

Canada Tightens Steel Tariffs as Trade Tensions With U.S. Escalate and Global Pressures Mount

Canada will impose a new 25% tariff on steel derivative imports worth C$10 billion starting December 26, including many U.S. products, while expanding aid for domestic steel and lumber sectors...

Gerik

Oil Prices Slide Amid Ukraine Peace Diplomacy and OPEC+ Output Freeze Speculation

Oil Prices Slide Amid Ukraine Peace Diplomacy and OPEC+ Output Freeze Speculation

Crude oil prices dropped as markets focused on potential peace talks between the U.S. and Russia over Ukraine, and anticipated OPEC+ decisions on output restraint...

Gerik

Industrial Profits in China Post Sharp October Decline Amid External and Domestic Pressures

Industrial Profits in China Post Sharp October Decline Amid External and Domestic Pressures

China’s industrial profits fell 5.5% year-on-year in October 2025, marking the sharpest monthly drop since June. This decline highlights growing pressures from U.S.-China trade tensions....

Gerik

Australia’s Landmark Environmental Law Overhaul Balances Protection and Progress

Australia’s Landmark Environmental Law Overhaul Balances Protection and Progress

Australia is on track to pass a transformative environmental bill that tightens ecological protections while fast-tracking approvals for key projects in renewable energy and mining...

Gerik

BOJ’s Dovish Member Holds Off on Adding to December Hike Bets

BOJ’s Dovish Member Holds Off on Adding to December Hike Bets

Those developments brought closer market attention to Noguchi's view after his speech in September came as a surprise, especially after he voted against the rate hikes in March and July last year.

Glendon

Trump Snubs South Africa From G-20, Citing Genocide Allegations and Diplomatic Rift

Trump Snubs South Africa From G-20, Citing Genocide Allegations and Diplomatic Rift

President Donald Trump announced that South Africa will not be invited to the 2026 G-20 summit in Miami, escalating a deepening diplomatic clash...

Gerik

Oil Prices Drop on Expectations of Ceasefire in Ukraine Unlocking Russian Supply

Oil Prices Drop on Expectations of Ceasefire in Ukraine Unlocking Russian Supply

Oil prices fell on Thursday on expectations of a Ukraine‑Russia ceasefire which could pave the way for the unwinding of Western sanctions against Russian supply, though trading was set to remain thin due to the US Thanksgiving holiday.

Michelle

New Zealand’s Housing Cooldown Challenges Economic Stability and Investor Confidence

New Zealand’s Housing Cooldown Challenges Economic Stability and Investor Confidence

New Zealand’s property market downturn has eroded a decades-long wealth strategy, dragging the economy into multiple quarters of contraction and dampening expectations for future returns...

Gerik

GBP/JPY Nears 15-Month Peak in Rally ; Intervention From Bank of Japan?

GBP/JPY Nears 15-Month Peak in Rally ; Intervention From Bank of Japan?

GBP/JPY is a very popular pair in Forex trading as it captures both risk-on/risk-off dynamics, geographic trends, and rate differential trends.

Blue River

China's Top Paper Urges US to Rein in Japan Over Taiwan

China's Top Paper Urges US to Rein in Japan Over Taiwan

China urged the U.S. on Thursday to rein in Japan and prevent any "actions to revive militarism" in an editorial published by the newspaper of the ruling Communist Party, as a war of words with Tokyo grows over the Japanese prime minister's remarks on Taiwan.

Glendon

Trump's Ukraine Plan Triggers Outrage From Republican Lawmakers

Trump's Ukraine Plan Triggers Outrage From Republican Lawmakers

Several congressional Republicans are harshly criticizing President Donald Trump's White House over its handling of a proposed Ukraine peace plan they say favors Russia, a sharp departure for a party that has adhered closely to almost all of Trump's initiatives.

Olivia Brooks

Fed’s Beige Book Finds Softening Job Market

Fed’s Beige Book Finds Softening Job Market

The job market weakened a bit this month as some employers cut back on hiring plans or reduced employees' hours and others shed jobs, according to the Federal Reserve's latest anecdotal Beige Book.

Olivia Brooks

Nvidia Says it Isn't Using 'Circular Financing' Schemes. 2 Famous Short Sellers Disagree

Nvidia Says it Isn't Using 'Circular Financing' Schemes. 2 Famous Short Sellers Disagree

The biggest tech companies are spending billions in a rush to build AI data centers ahead of demand.

Manuel

Canada's Prime Minister Announces Supports for Lumber, Steel Sectors Hit by U.S. Tariffs

Canada's Prime Minister Announces Supports for Lumber, Steel Sectors Hit by U.S. Tariffs

U.S. President Donald Trump has imposed 50% tariffs on steel and softwood lumber, long subject to U.S. tariffs, is currently taxed at 45% after the Trump administration’s hike last month.

Manuel

Pentagon Cited Alibaba on China Military Aid in Oct. 7 Letter

Pentagon Cited Alibaba on China Military Aid in Oct. 7 Letter

The letter was written prior to the Oct. 30 summit between Trump and Xi in South Korea, where they agreed to a package of measures including lower tariffs and commitments to pause certain export controls.

Manuel

US Economic Activity Little Changed Ahead of Next Fed Meeting, Beige Book Report Shows

US Economic Activity Little Changed Ahead of Next Fed Meeting, Beige Book Report Shows

Published two weeks ahead of each Fed policy meeting, the report is meant to help central bankers assess the U.S. economy's health with more timely, and often more colorful, insight than is available in the official statistics.

Manuel

Why Texas is Buying Bitcoin From BlackRock Before Building a Real Reserve

Why Texas is Buying Bitcoin From BlackRock Before Building a Real Reserve

Operational challenges prompt Texas's strategic use of an ETF as a temporary measure while building sovereign-grade custody.

Manuel

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