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Emerging Market Currencies Get Relief Rally From Softening Trump Threats

(Bloomberg) -- Emerging-market currencies are gaining during the first week of Donald Trump’s second term, helped by a softer than expected rollout of US tariffs and no new levies on Chinese imports. Most Read from BloombergWhat Happened to Hanging Out on the Street?How Sanctuary Cities Are Preparing for Another Showdown With TrumpBillionaire Developer Caruso Slams LA Leadership Over WildfiresTexas HOA Charged With Discrimination for Banning Section 8 RentersHoboken PATH Station Will Close for A

Fed's rate-cut view set to test resurgent US stocks rally

The Federal Reserve's first meeting of 2025 in the coming week stands to test the resurgence in U.S. stocks as investors gauge the extent of more equity-friendly interest rate cuts in the months ahead. Stocks swooned after the Fed's last meeting in December, when the central bank downgraded its forecast for rate cuts as it braced for firmer inflation this year. The Fed is broadly expected to pause its easing cycle when it gives its monetary policy statement on Wednesday, with investors instead focused on "what would need to happen for them to start talking about resuming the rate cuts," said Angelo Kourkafas, senior investment strategist at Edward Jones.

Corporate Insiders Dump Shares at Record Pace Amid S&P 500 Rally

(Bloomberg) -- Shares of US companies roared to a record this week, seemingly shrugging off worries about tariffs, immigration and inflation. Yet, company executives are doing something decidedly less bullish — they’re selling their stocks at a rapid pace. Most Read from BloombergWhat Happened to Hanging Out on the Street?How Sanctuary Cities Are Preparing for Another Showdown With TrumpBillionaire Developer Caruso Slams LA Leadership Over WildfiresTexas HOA Charged With Discrimination for Banni

Wall Street Watchdogs Quietly Scrub DEI Pages After Trump Orders

(Bloomberg Law) -- Federal banking and securities regulators, including several intended to operate independently from the White House, are starting to delete references to internal diversity and inclusion offices from their websites following executive orders from President Donald Trump.Most Read from BloombergWhat Happened to Hanging Out on the Street?How Sanctuary Cities Are Preparing for Another Showdown With TrumpBillionaire Developer Caruso Slams LA Leadership Over WildfiresTexas HOA Charg