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Black Friday 2025: Consumer Hesitancy Meets Early Holiday Momentum in a Shifting Retail Landscape

Black Friday 2025: Consumer Hesitancy Meets Early Holiday Momentum in a Shifting Retail Landscape

As Black Friday 2025 unfolds, U.S. retailers are banking on a “holiday halo effect” to offset consumer caution amid inflation, tariffs, and economic uncertainty, with in-store foot traffic and online sales showing signs of resilience....

Gerik

Asian Markets Mixed As Rate-Cut Optimism Eases And Global Rally Loses Steam

Asian Markets Mixed As Rate-Cut Optimism Eases And Global Rally Loses Steam

Asian stock markets were mixed on Friday, taking in slightly positive signals from Europe and no guidance from Wall Street due to the Thanksgiving holiday.

IC Markets

AUDUSD Climbed Above 0.6500

AUDUSD Climbed Above 0.6500

The AUDUSD rate is moderately rising, having consolidated above the 0.6500 level. The Reserve Bank of Australia does not plan to cut rates in the near term. Discover more in our analysis for 28 November 2025.

Blue River

German Labour Market Improves In November

German Labour Market Improves In November

German unemployment dropped by 25,700, bringing the unemployment figure to 2.885 million, a surprisingly positive outcome.

ING

Ukraine Updates: Orban To Meet Putin In Moscow

Ukraine Updates: Orban To Meet Putin In Moscow

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said he will travel to Moscow to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Justin

Euro Area And Scandies In Spotlight As Investors Assess Outlook

Euro Area And Scandies In Spotlight As Investors Assess Outlook

In the euro area, the inflation flash estimates are released for Germany, France, Italy, and Spain which together will reveal almost entirely how inflation in the euro area fared ahead of the aggregate data next week.

Winkelmann

Waiting For A Peace Deal Breakthrough

Waiting For A Peace Deal Breakthrough

Dollar crosses have traded in tight ranges as the Thanksgiving holiday dried up flows. Volatility shouldn't pick up materially today, even though the dollar remains vulnerable to a convergence lower towards short-term swap rates.

ING

Trump Intensifies Immigration Agenda With Call for “Reverse Migration” and Expanded Restrictions

Trump Intensifies Immigration Agenda With Call for “Reverse Migration” and Expanded Restrictions

President Donald Trump issued sweeping new statements calling for “reverse migration,” proposing broad suspensions of immigration from developing nations and intensified legal scrutiny of migrants already in the U.S....

Gerik

Asian Markets Trade Mixed in Quiet Session as Tech Weakens and Fed Expectations Loom

Asian Markets Trade Mixed in Quiet Session as Tech Weakens and Fed Expectations Loom

Asian equities were broadly mixed on Friday during a holiday-thinned session, with investor sentiment weighed down by tech sector losses and cautious optimism around U.S. monetary policy....

Gerik

Oil Heads for Longest Monthly Losing Streak Since 2023 Amid Market Surplus, Technical Glitch, and Geopolitical Shifts

Oil Heads for Longest Monthly Losing Streak Since 2023 Amid Market Surplus, Technical Glitch, and Geopolitical Shifts

Oil prices are poised to record a fourth consecutive monthly decline, the longest since mid-2023, as supply concerns resurface and geopolitical uncertainty looms ahead of the OPEC+ meeting and potential developments in the Russia-Ukraine conflict....

Gerik

China Seeks French Support Amid Rising Diplomatic Tensions with Japan Over Taiwan

China Seeks French Support Amid Rising Diplomatic Tensions with Japan Over Taiwan

Beijing has reached out to France to gain diplomatic backing in its ongoing dispute with Japan following remarks by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi about Taiwan...

Gerik

Trump Says He Could Cut Income Tax ’completely’ Through Tariff Revenue

Trump Says He Could Cut Income Tax ’completely’ Through Tariff Revenue

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday his administration could slash federal income taxes "substantially" or even eliminate them "completely" within the next few years, relying on soaring tariff revenues.

James Whitman

The Race To Deploy Russia’s Frozen Assets Is Heating Up

The Race To Deploy Russia’s Frozen Assets Is Heating Up

It's been months since the European Union started working on a legal framework to use frozen Russian assets for a €140 billion ($162 billion) loan to Ukraine to bolster its war effort.

Samantha Luan

Trump: US To 'soon' Take Action Against Venezuela 'by Land'

Trump: US To 'soon' Take Action Against Venezuela 'by Land'

Donald Trump said the next move is to halt Venezuelan drug trafficking "by land"

James Whitman

Debt Auction, Growth Data To Decide Trajectory For India Bonds

Debt Auction, Growth Data To Decide Trajectory For India Bonds

Indian government bonds are set to open flat to marginally lower on Friday, continuing from the previous session's moves as traders brace for fresh debt supply via weekly auction, which would be followed by the nation's economic growth data.

Winkelmann

Asia-Pacific Markets Mixed as Tokyo Inflation Beats Forecast, Raising Rate Hike Prospects

Asia-Pacific Markets Mixed as Tokyo Inflation Beats Forecast, Raising Rate Hike Prospects

Asian stocks traded with limited direction as Tokyo's core inflation unexpectedly rose above expectations, raising speculation over a potential policy shift by the Bank of Japan. Investors also awaited India’s Q2 GDP data for fresh cues....

Gerik

U.S. Stocks Face Uncharacteristically Weak November Amid Tech Slump and Global Uncertainty

U.S. Stocks Face Uncharacteristically Weak November Amid Tech Slump and Global Uncertainty

U.S. markets are set to end November in negative territory, breaking a months-long winning streak and diverging from historical trends, as tech sector weakness and geopolitical tensions weigh on investor sentiment....

Gerik

China Demands Malaysia, Cambodia Clarify Trade Deals With US

China Demands Malaysia, Cambodia Clarify Trade Deals With US

China complained to Malaysia and Cambodia about the trade deals they signed with the US last month, underscoring the delicate balance countries must strike in the rivalry between Beijing and Washington.

Justin

Switzerland Delays Crypto Tax Info Sharing Until 2027

Switzerland Delays Crypto Tax Info Sharing Until 2027

Switzerland will enshrine a global crypto tax shSwitzerland has delayed implementing rules that would automatically exchange crypto account information with overseas tax agencies until 2027 and is still deciding which countries it will share data with.

Samantha Luan

Petrobras Cuts Dividend, Investment Projections In New Five-year Business Plan

Petrobras Cuts Dividend, Investment Projections In New Five-year Business Plan

Brazilian state-run oil firm Petrobrashas lowered its dividend forecast and cut expected investments by almost 2% in a new five-year business plan announced Thursday, as it grapples with lower crude prices.

Samantha Luan

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