Morning News: December 17, 2024

The Housing Affordability Crisis Is Going Global

China Plans Around 5% Growth Goal, Higher Deficit, Reuters Says

German Business Mood Hits Postpandemic Low, Stoking Recession Jitters

Germany’s Stumbling Economy Stalls Property Market Recovery

Bank of Spain Raises 2025 Growth Forecast on Domestic Demand

2024 the ‘Year of the Bond’ as Record Inflows Top $600 Billion

Debt Risks That Lured Bessent to US Treasury Now Loom Large

Calling an End to Fed Rate Cuts Is Premature

Bracing for a Fed Pullback

T. Rowe Raises Prospect of 6% Treasury Yields on Fiscal Risk

New World Disorder Is Disrupting Business as Usual

Trump Plays Chicken With the Madman Theory

High on Hope, Wall St. Hears What It Wants From Trump

Crypto Got What It Wanted in November’s Election. Now What?

Dealmakers Await Trump After Bouncing Back With $3 Trillion Haul

The Property Brothers Say Hold Off on the Big Home Renovation in 2025

Weather Derivatives Are Booming in an Unpredictable Climate

Climate Change Is Stealing Weeks of Winter, Unnerving Ski Area Owners

Broadcom’s ‘Nvidia Moment’ Has Arrived. Now It Needs to Deliver

Can the US Power Industry Meet AI’s Steep Energy Demands?

Gamers Won’t Accept Underwhelming Virtual Reality Goggles

Walmart’s DEI Compromise Holds Lessons for Corporate America

Food Fight With Kroger Spells Trouble for Albertsons

Giant Companies Took Secret Payments to Allow Free Flow of Opioids

Pfizer Sees 2025 Revenue in Line With Wall Street Views

‘Life-Changing’ Psychedelics, for When Life Is Ending

Sandoz Agrees on $275 Million Settlement in U.S. Price-Fixing Case

Here’s a Hollywood Twist: Streaming Success Runs Through Theaters

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Posted by on December 17th, 2024 at 7:06 am


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