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Here’s what changed in the new Fed statement
This is a comparison of Wednesday’s Federal Open Market Committee statement with the one issued after the Fed’s previous policymaking meeting in October. Text removed from the October statement is in red with a horizontal line through the middle. Text appearing for the first time in the new statement is in red and underlined. Black text appears in both statements. […]
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Fed still forecasts just one rate cut for next year
The Federal Reserve logo is visible on the William McChesney Martin Jr. Building on December 9, 2025 in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images News | Getty Images The Federal Reserve still sees just one rate cut in 2026, unchanged from its last forecast about three months ago. The central bank’s so-called dot plot, which […]
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Dow gains 150 points as investors hope for Fed rate cut and more easing ahead: Live updates
A trader works, as a screen broadcasts a press conference by U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell following the Fed rate cut announcement, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., Oct. 29, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose on Wednesday as investors […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Photronics, AeroVironment, Maplebear, GE Vernova & more
Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: Photronics — The maker of flat panel display components rallied more than 37% on better-than-expected results for its fiscal fourth quarter. Photronics’ first-quarter earnings guidance also exceeded estimates. Maplebear — The grocery delivery platform stumbled 6% after Amazon announced in a blog post that its same-day […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: GameStop, AeroVironment, Cracker Barrel & more
Check out the companies making the biggest moves before the bell: AeroVironment — The drone maker slid more than 4% on the back of a fiscal second-quarter earnings miss. AeroVironment earned 44 cents per share, well below an LSEG estimate of 78 cents per share. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store — The restaurant stock dropped […]
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IMF’s Georgieva urges China to speed up ‘long-overdue’ shift away from relying on exports for growth, so as ‘not to provoke’ other countries
Key Points China needs to speed up its decades-long plan to increase its reliance on consumption as a driver of growth, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva told reporters Wednesday. She said such a move was needed “so as not to provoke other countries to take measures to curb down Chinese exports.” The IMF on Wednesday […]
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‘Not much the government can do’ on IndiGo crisis: Aviation expert
ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email Harsh Vardhan, Chairman of Starair Consulting, evaluates the impact of the government’s actions against IndiGo on the carrier and India’s continuously growing aviation sector. Source
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Supply chain diversification away from China is progressing from talks to action, EU chamber says
Unmanned trucks transport containers at Dapukou Container Terminal in Zhoushan Port, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China, on December 9, 2025. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images BEIJING — Supply chain diversification away from China is about to move from just talk to action. That’s what Jens Eskelund, president, European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, told reporters […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: AeroVironment, GE Vernova, Cracker Barrel and more
Check out the companies making headlines in after-hours trading. AeroVironment — Shares of the defense technology provider slid more than 4% after its second-quarter earnings missed analyst expectations, coming in at 44 cents per share on an adjusted basis. That’s well below the 78 cents per share that analysts surveyed by LSEG estimated. The company’s […]
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A biotech stock for investors scared to invest in the risky industry
Citigroup thinks investors should consider Ligand Pharmaceuticals for a more conservative bet on the biotech industry. The bank initiated the biotech stock at a buy rating and price target of $270, implying upside of 46% from Ligand’s Monday closing price of $184.67. Shares have soared nearly 79% this year. LGND YTD mountain LGND YTD chart […]
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