Bitcoin's social sentiment has dropped to its lowest point of 2024, with the ratio of positive to negative comments falling to 4:5.
Trump Names Crypto-Friendly Stephen Miran as Chair of Council of Economic Advisers
The Council of Economic Advisors is tasked with providing the President advice on economic issues.
Singapore Nov core inflation at 1.9% y/y, lowest in almost 3 years
Singapore's key consumer price gauge rose 1.9% in November on a yearly basis, lower than economists' forecasts and the smallest rise in nearly three years, official data showed on Monday. The core inflation rate - which excludes private road transport and accommodation costs - was lower than the 2.1% forecast by a Reuters poll of economists and compared with a 2.1% rise seen in October. Headline inflation was 1.6% in annual terms in November, lower than the 1.8% expected in the poll.
Markets in 2024: Wall Street's high-octane rally keeps investors captive to the US
Markets that began the year with investors expecting a global stock rally to fizzle, swift U.S. interest rate cuts to boost Treasuries and soften the dollar and emerging market currencies to strengthen have firmly defied that consensus. That comes mostly thanks to a second year of huge gains for Wall Street stocks as artificial intelligence fever and robust economic growth sucked more global capital into U.S. assets and took the dollar up 7% against peers in 2024. U.S. exuberance rose after Donald Trump's Nov. 5 election win, as traders focused on the President-elect's plans for tax cuts and deregulation, with the surge in animal spirits propelling cryptocurrency bitcoin to a 128% annual gain.
Chinese Investors Buy Record Amount of Hong Kong Stocks Via Link
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Japan’s Bond Market Is Set to Absorb Biggest Supply in a Decade
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Santa, aka the IRS, might be dropping $1,400 into your stocking this year
Whether you were naughty or nice, if you never received your stimulus check in 2021, you are eligible for the Christmas cash infusion.