Positive US labor market data boosted confidence that the regulator will be able to keep rates high all year long

Traders have less faith in a Fed rate cut in 2026

The heads of leading central banks around the world have expressed solidarity with the head of the US Federal Reserve, a criminal investigation has been launched against Jerome Powell in the States

'Own goal': investment fund managers on risks over Trump's fight with the Fed

Bank of America Corporation

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Citigroup Inc.

American Express Company

Visa Inc.

Mastercard Incorporated

Risks to Fed independence could lead to a short-term lag in U.S. markets, JPMorgan says

The S&amp;P 500 and the Dow have turned around and hit records. Is the market not afraid of a case against Powell?

Gold broke through $4400 per ounce for the first time in history. What is driving the market?

The European Central Bank, as expected, on Thursday, December 18, kept the interest rate unchanged and raised some forecasts for economic growth and inflation, which is likely to strengthen investor forecasts for the absence of further rate cuts, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/ecb-keeps-rates-steady-nudges-up-growth-forecast-2025-12-18/">writes</a> Reuters. The ECB keeping the rate unchanged can be considered a signal of confidence in the current state of the eurozone economy: growth exceeds expectations, and inflation, despite external trade shocks, remains close to the regulator's target benchmarks, the agency notes.

ECB keeps interest rate unchanged for the fourth time in a row

Oracle Corporation

Adobe Inc.

Photronics, Inc.

Marvell Technology, Inc.

Daily review and forecast of events on the U.S. stock market from Mikhail Denislamov, Deputy Director of Freedom Capital Markets Research.

New York Morning: Oracle may wake up the "bears"

Last year's Oppenheimer forecast for U.S. stocks proved prophetic, what will happen next year?

The investment bank that predicted the U.S. rally has given the S&amp;P 500 its most bullish outlook for 2026

At the same time, strong price pressures in the services sector are offset by falling energy prices

Eurozone inflation unexpectedly accelerated in November

On Oct. 29, the Fed cut interest rates by 25 bps for the second time this year

"There's a lot of tension ahead of us": what's being said on Wall Street in the wake of the Fed's decision

All three major U.S. stock indices went from the growth they were showing after the publication of the Fed's rate decision to falling. The S&amp;P 500, for example, was falling at the moment by almost 0.6%, although it then cut its losses. Investors took negatively the words of Fed chief Jerome Powell that a rate cut at the December meeting was "far from a foregone conclusion". The market was hoping for the continuation of monetary policy easing.

A rate cut in December is "far from a foregone conclusion", Powell said. Stocks in the U.S. fell

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

Morgan Stanley

The rate has fallen to a range of 3.75-4%

The Fed cut rates for the second time this year. The balance sheet reduction program will be completed

Central banks' move from cutting to raising rates will make markets "shudder", says ARK Invest head

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