Thursday, December 26, 2024
Evening
- US stocks tread water in thin trade, benchmark US yield backs off new high
- Repo Rates Rise Even After Fed Tweak Meant to Dampen Volatility
- US holiday retail sales stronger than last year, Mastercard says
- 36% of Americans took on holiday debt this year — averaging $1,181 — survey finds. These tips can help
- Argentina Sells Most FX Reserves Since 2019 on Importer Demand
- South Korea’s Business Confidence Tumbles by Most Since Pandemic
- Putin Says Any Deal to Ship Gas Via Ukraine Will Be Difficult
- Dollar Dominance Is the Key to US Debt and Deficits
- Holiday Sales Reveal a Split in Consumer Spending
- The AI Boom May Be Too Good to Be True
- Deadly Ambush, Protests Challenge Syrian Leaders’ New Power
Afternoon
- Stock Rally Stalls in Sleepy Wall Street Session: Markets Wrap
- Gold advances in thin trade as investors mull Fed rate outlook
- Mortgage rates rise again, finishing the year at 6.85% — just about the way they started
- Russia accused of shooting down Azerbaijan passenger plane
- Finland seizes Russian shadow fleet oil tanker after cable-cutting incident
- The reshaping of the Middle East
General
- Stock Lower After Jobless Claims: Markets Wrap
- Oil Holds Gain on China Stimulus, US Stockpiles Drop
- US applications for unemployment benefits hold steady, but continuing claims rise to 3-year high
- Americans are exhausted by political news. TV ratings and a new AP-NORC poll show they’re tuning out
- Trump's first day frenzy: Everything he promised to do on "day one"
- How America lost control of the bird flu, setting the stage for another pandemic
- Japan Plans Record Budget With Ramped-Up Defense Spending
- In American Debt We Trust — But for How Long?
- Russia Rejects Trump Call for Ukraine Truce, But Ready for Talks
- China Ousts Two Military Lawmakers as Xi’s Defense Purge Widens
- Xi May Be Facing a No Good, Very Bad 2025
- A New Year’s Resolution for the Federal Reserve
- America’s Big Natural-Gas Footprint Is About to Get Even Bigger
- It Was a Bad Year for the World’s Autocrats
- Finland probes Russian shadow fleet oil tanker after cable-cutting incident
- India roars ahead of China to top Asian IPO rankings