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New Spirit Airlines Notes Reveal Market’s Debt-Deal Anxiety

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Wall Street hopes rate cuts will force clients out of cash in 2025

Cash in money markets rose by about $824 billion this year, according to Crane Data, dashing expectations it would find a home in stocks or bonds as the Federal Reserve began cutting rates. Proponents of the asset class have said they are happy earning rates of around 4% - far above the near-zero return cash was paying only a few years ago - with comparatively little risk. Cash in money markets stood at $7.124 trillion as of Dec. 5, according to Crane Data.