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BOJ’s Clear Guidance on Rate Hike Calms Markets But May Backfire

(Bloomberg) -- Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda raised interest rates to the highest level since 2008, avoiding market turmoil by carefully signaling his plans to investors. But that strategy carries its own risks.Most Read from BloombergWhat Happened to Hanging Out on the Street?How Sanctuary Cities Are Preparing for Another Showdown With TrumpBillionaire Developer Caruso Slams LA Leadership Over WildfiresTexas HOA Charged With Discrimination for Banning Section 8 RentersHoboken PATH Station W

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Vanguard’s S&P 500 Fund Is About to Become World’s Largest ETF

(Bloomberg) -- A seemingly unstoppable flood of money has Vanguard Group Inc. on the brink of claiming a crown that State Street Corp. has held for decades. Most Read from BloombergWhat Happened to Hanging Out on the Street?How Sanctuary Cities Are Preparing for Another Showdown With TrumpBillionaire Developer Caruso Slams LA Leadership Over WildfiresTexas HOA Charged With Discrimination for Banning Section 8 RentersHoboken PATH Station Will Close for Almost a Month on Jan. 30Nearly $18 billion

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Verizon Tops Wall Street Estimates With Mobile, Broadband Gains

(Bloomberg) -- Verizon Communications Inc. reported fourth-quarter financial results that beat analysts’ estimates, including gains in new mobile-phone and broadband customers. Most Read from BloombergWhat Happened to Hanging Out on the Street?How Sanctuary Cities Are Preparing for Another Showdown With TrumpBillionaire Developer Caruso Slams LA Leadership Over WildfiresTexas HOA Charged With Discrimination for Banning Section 8 RentersHoboken PATH Station Will Close for Almost a Month on Jan. 3

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Emerging Market Currencies Get Relief Rally From Softening Trump Threats

(Bloomberg) -- Emerging-market currencies are gaining during the first week of Donald Trump’s second term, helped by a softer than expected rollout of US tariffs and no new levies on Chinese imports. Most Read from BloombergWhat Happened to Hanging Out on the Street?How Sanctuary Cities Are Preparing for Another Showdown With TrumpBillionaire Developer Caruso Slams LA Leadership Over WildfiresTexas HOA Charged With Discrimination for Banning Section 8 RentersHoboken PATH Station Will Close for A

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Fed's rate-cut view set to test resurgent US stocks rally

The Federal Reserve's first meeting of 2025 in the coming week stands to test the resurgence in U.S. stocks as investors gauge the extent of more equity-friendly interest rate cuts in the months ahead. Stocks swooned after the Fed's last meeting in December, when the central bank downgraded its forecast for rate cuts as it braced for firmer inflation this year. The Fed is broadly expected to pause its easing cycle when it gives its monetary policy statement on Wednesday, with investors instead focused on "what would need to happen for them to start talking about resuming the rate cuts," said Angelo Kourkafas, senior investment strategist at Edward Jones.

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