Wednesday, December 31, 2025
General
- S&P 500 moves slightly as benchmark gets set to close out 2025 with 17% gain: Live updates
- Copper Set for Biggest Annual Gain Since 2009 on Supply Bets
- Markets in 2025: Gold, Goldilocks and the dollar bears
- US applications for jobless benefits fell below 200,000 last week with layoffs historically low
- A rough year for journalists in 2025, with a little hope for things to turn around
- China factory activity picks up in December as orders rebound ahead of holidays
- Xi Declares China’s Economy Set to Hit 5% Growth Goal in 2025
- Japan CEOs Halt Annual China Trip for First Time in 13 Years
- Taiwan stays on high alert as Chinese ships pull back after massive drills
- China announces it ‘successfully completed’ Taiwan military maneuvers
- A.I. Held Up Wall Street in 2025. Will That Continue?
- Inside China’s Six-Decade Campaign to Dominate Rare Earths
- Six Stories That Show How Trump’s Trade War Changed the World Economy
- Boston Went Big on Luxury Condos. The Buyers Didn’t Show Up.
- Five Takeaways From China’s Military Drills Around Taiwan
- Iran replaces central bank head in effort to contain cost-of-living protests
Evening
- Stock futures are little changed, as Wall Street readies to close out 2025: Live updates
- December interest rate cut was a close call for some Fed officials, minutes show
- Fed saw December rate cut as close call with 'some time' before next rate cut
- What to know about the "super flu" and the unprecedented spike in flu cases
- Fed Survey Sees About $220 Billion in Bill Buying Over 12 Months
- Deep Divide Inside Fed Raises Questions About Timing of Further Rate Cuts
- Trump Upended the Federal Government. The Full Scope of the Impact Is Still Unclear.
- Japan Steps Up on Military Spending
- Federal Reserve minutes highlight deep fissures at US central bank
- How the AI ‘bubble’ compares to history