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Notably, Trump described the January decision to hold rates steady – which looks set to be the Fed's stance for some time — as "the right thing to do."

Canada's largest bank is bracing for the impact of a threatened U.S. 25% tariff on imports from north of the border. But the cloudy 2025 outlook was offset by strong results last quarter.

The Department of Government Efficiency says it has saved $55 billion in federal spending so far, but its website only accounts for $16.6 billion of that.

While executives this week signaled they could accept policies that put pressure on the economy, analysts said the lighter regulatory touch is unlikely to offset Trump's tariff regime.

Trump's Small Business Administration told probationary staff members it had mistakenly sent them termination notices, then informed some of them the next day they were fired after all.

The nation's central bank held interest rates steady in its first decision of the year.

The Federal Reserve's monetary policy group is expected to hold rates steady, but the chairman will face a litany of questions about the year ahead and on the inflationary impact of implications of the Trump administration's early policy moves.

Circle and other payment executives say Trump's stated support for digital assets will remove hurdles that have held back support from merchants and consumers.

The final vote was 68-29 in favor of Senate the confirmation of the billionaire hedge fund manager.

President Donald Trump and the first lady released their own cryptocurrencies. Experts compare them to Beanie Babies and dogecoin.

The executive order also calls for regulations to be written for the digital asset industry.

Texas and nine other Republican-led states are ratcheting up pressure on Wall Street's diversity programs, asking firms about their policies on hiring and supplier selections as the Trump administration moves to gut DEI.

President Donald Trump levied a surprise broadside against Bank of America's Brian Moynihan at the World Economic Forum, chiding the CEO and catching him off-guard, accusing his lender of limiting business with conservative clients.

House Republicans are in talks over raising the cap for state and local tax deductions after winning pledges to include it in a must-pass tax bill this year.

Senate Republicans would like to do a large bill on immigration and energy first and then tackle tax reform in a second bill. House Republicans prefer one large bill.

The order calls on federal agencies to support more forms of digital identity documents and could lead more states to adopt digital driver's licenses.

Shift4, whose CEO Jared Isaacman has been nominated by President-elect Trump to head NASA, will pay $750,000 to resolve claims that the fintech didn't report payments to the relatives of its executives.

The president-elect has announced members of his senior leadership team at the Treasury, who'll work alongside Scott Bessent, his pick for secretary.

The Federal Open Market Committee cut the fed funds target again in December but signaled fewer cuts in 2025. There was some dissent. The markets are watching to see if the Federal Reserve pauses its easing cycle in January. Brian Rehling, head of global fixed-income strategy at Wells Fargo Investment Institute, recaps and parses the previous day's FOMC meeting and Fed Chair Jerome Powell's press conference.

The Federal Reserve is poised to make several key decisions during the year ahead that will impact monetary policy both in the near term and for years to come.