In a move that reverberated from the floor of the Tokyo Stock Exchange to the trading desks of Wall Street, the Bank of Japan (BoJ) delivered a landmark interest rate hike on December 19, 2025. Under the leadership of Governor Kazuo Ueda, the central bank raised its benchmark short-term interest
As the sun sets on 2025, the financial markets are concluding their final full week of trading with a mixture of cautious optimism and structural repositioning. The week ending December 19, 2025, has been marked by significant volatility as investors digest a complex cocktail of Federal Reserve policy shifts, cooling
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Strong returns by precious metals this year can be attributed to ‘debasement trade’, in which investors move capital out of fiat currencies into hard assets like gold and silver, Brooks said.
The economist said Powell’s tone on inflation, acknowledgment of labor market softness, and the shift on the balance sheet point to a more accommodative direction.
The financial markets opened the week of December 15, 2025, with a palpable sense of anticipation, as major stock indices registered gains, signaling investor optimism ahead of a packed schedule of critical economic reports. This upward movement comes as traders position themselves for a deluge of data that promises to
