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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell downplayed dissenting votes against Wednesday’s decision to lower interest rates again, but a slew of finer details from the meeting revealed just how divided the central bank has become.

Chinese policymakers pledged to intensify their efforts to stabilize the housing market at a key economic meeting, reaffirming policies issued last year but stopping short of the measures some economists think are needed to revive the sector.

Turkey’s central bank cut interest rates for the fourth time in a row, following favorable inflation data in November.

Federal Reserve officials delivered a third consecutive interest-rate reduction and maintained their outlook for just one cut in 2026.

The European Central Bank’s new forecasts next week will probably feature a more optimistic outlook for economic growth, according to President Christine Lagarde.

Unter erschwerten Bedingungen hat die US-Notenbank ihre Zinsentscheidung getroffen: Der Leitzins wurde zum dritten Mal in Folge gesenkt. Notenbank-Chef Powell steht weiter unter massivem Druck.

President Donald Trump said Russia is in a stronger military position in its war on Ukraine and chided European leaders for what he called excessive dialog that’s produced scant results in his latest broadside against allies on the continent.

The Trump administration is poised to allow Nvidia Corp. to sell its H200 artificial intelligence chip to China, according to people familiar with the matter, a move that would mark a major lobbying win for the world’s most valuable company and potentially let it regain billions of dollars of business lost in a key global market.

Silver topped $60 an ounce for the first time as traders bet on further monetary easing by the Federal Reserve and continued supply tightness. Gold also climbed.

From Australia to Europe and the US, traders are betting that monetary easing from central banks will slow or stop altogether.

EZB-Direktoriumsmitglied Isabel Schnabel hat erklärt, sie sei bereit, das Amt der Präsidentin zu übernehmen, wenn die Amtszeit von Christine Lagarde in weniger als zwei Jahren endet.

Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel is comfortable with investor bets that the European Central Bank’s next interest-rate move will be an increase.

French President Emmanuel Macron called for a change in approach to monetary policy at the European Central Bank to boost the single market and protect it from the risks of financial crisis.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon called out slow bureaucracy in Europe in a warning that a “weak” continent poses a major economic risk to the US.

The S&P 500 has climbed more than 16% in 2025, while Bitcoin is down 3% — the first time since 2014 that stocks have rallied while the token is down, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

Optimism is building that a second-half rally in Europe’s luxury-goods sector can extend into the new year as signs point to better times for the continent’s flagship equity sector.

India and Russia discussed expanding nuclear energy cooperation during President Vladimir Putin’s first official visit since the start of the war in Ukraine in 2022.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin pledged to widen economic ties in the face of pressure from US President Donald Trump to slam the brakes on an oil trade that surged after the Kremlin’s war on Ukraine.

Risks of euro-area inflation easing are at least as significant as those of an acceleration, and the European Central Bank would act if there’s a persistent undershoot of its 2% target, according to Governing Council member Francois Villeroy de Galhau.

Das Linzer Familienunternehmen Stiglechner mit 140 Tankstellen und 640 Mitarbeitenden steht unmittelbar vor der Insolvenz. Verhandlungen mit einem möglichen Investor und Banken sind gescheitert, berichteten die „Oberösterreichischen Nachrichten“ am Donnerstag (Onlineausgabe). Betroffen seien die Julius Stiglechner GmbH und die Stiglechner Tankstellen GmbH.

Moore Threads Technology Co., a leading Chinese artificial intelligence chipmaker, surged in its Shanghai trading debut after raising 8 billion yuan ($1.13 billion) in the year’s second-largest onshore IPO.

Die Frage nach der Finanzierung der von Bundeskanzler Christian Stocker (ÖVP) angekündigten Energiekostenentlastung von 500 Millionen Euro ist nun geklärt: 200 Millionen Euro sollen vom Verbund kommen, weitere 200 Millionen liefert die Bundesimmobiliengesellschaft (BIG), 100 Millionen stammen aus einem noch nicht an den Bund ausgeschütteten Bilanzgewinn aus Dividendenerträgen der Staatsholding ÖBAG, hieß es am Donnerstag in einer Aussendung des Wirtschaftsministeriums.

The European Union is reviewing tariffs on an electric SUV that Volkswagen AG produces in China, raising the prospect of relief for the German automaker from the bloc’s heightened levies.

Inflation in the euro area will probably remain near the European Central Bank’s goal for the time being, though the outlook is still clouded by the situation around tariffs, according to President Christine Lagarde.

Swiss inflation unexpectedly stalled in November and an underlying measure slowed to a four-year low, a setback for central bank officials just days before their final interest-rate decision of 2025.