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Investing.com -- As we step into 2025, markets are navigating a delicate balance between optimism and caution.  The past year saw remarkable gains, with the posting its best two-year performance since the late 1990s.  The Federal Reserve’s rate cuts, a soft landing for the economy, and the relentless momentum of AI-driven growth created a backdrop

By Sheila Dang () -The U.S. Supreme Court justices on Friday expressed skepticism about a challenge from TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance against a law signed by President Joe Biden, which would force the sale or ban of the popular short-video app by Jan. 19 in the United States. Some of the justices

By Echo Wang, Tatiana Bautzer and Saeed Azhar NEW YORK () - Investment bankers are gearing up for a pickup in dealmaking activity in global equity capital markets this year, buoyed by a promising pipeline of anticipated initial public offerings of several high-profile companies.  Liquefied producer Venture Global, privately held medical supply giant Medline, and

By Davide Barbuscia NEW YORK () - A recent surge in U.S. Treasury yields may gain even more momentum after a strong jobs report reinforced expectations that interest rates will stay high for longer and raised the spectre of benchmark 10-year yields hitting 5% — a level that some fear could rattle broader markets. Friday’s

By Johann M Cherian, Sukriti Gupta and Carolina Mandl () -U.S. stocks sold off on Friday, with the erasing its 2025 gains, after an upbeat jobs report stoked fresh inflation fears, reinforcing bets that the Federal Reserve will be cautious in cutting interest rates this year. Wall Street's main indexes closed their second consecutive week

By David Lawder WASHINGTON () - The Internal Revenue Service said on Friday it will launch the 2025 tax filing season on Jan. 27 with expanded tools that cannot be adequately supported if the Republican-controlled Congress rescinds tens of billions of dollars in supplemental IRS funding. IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel said that should the IRS

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WASHINGTON () - The International Monetary Fund will forecast steady global growth and continuing disinflation when it releases its World Economic Outlook on Jan. 17, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva told reporters on Friday. Georgieva said the U.S. economy was doing "quite a bit better" than expected, although there was high uncertainty around the trade

On Friday, Macquarie economists said that the latest employment report from Canada deserves added caution. The report, which showed a significant increase of 91,000 jobs in December, was primarily driven by hiring among older workers. This surge in employment led to a drop in the unemployment rate to 6.7%, which partly reversed the sharp increase