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Economic Policy News 26 November 2025 - 8 December 2025

China’s Record $1 Trillion Trade Surplus: How Beijing’s Export Machine Is Reshaping the Global Economy in 2025

China has just crossed a symbolic and controversial threshold: according to fresh customs data released on 8 December 2025, the country’s goods trade surplus for the first 11 months of the year has exceeded $1 trillion for the first time

8 December 2025

Zack Polanski’s Wealth Tax Gamble: How the Green Party’s New Economics Are Rewiring UK Politics

Three months ago, Zack Polanski was a relatively obscure Green politician. Today he is at the centre of Britain’s fiercest argument about tax, debt and the future of the left – hailed by some as the hopeful face of a

5 December 2025

Economic Policy · Green Party · Political Reform · UK Politics · Wealth Tax

Costco Stock (COST) in December 2025: Tariff Fight, Strong Sales and a High‑Valuation 2026 Buy Case

Costco stock sits at an odd crossroads as of December 4, 2025. Operationally, the warehouse giant is firing on almost all cylinders: sales are growing, e‑commerce is accelerating, and membership income keeps hitting records. At the same time, the company

4 December 2025

Economic Policy · Financial Analysis · Investment Strategies · NASDAQ:COST · Retail Industry · Stock Market

Trump’s Next Fed Chair: Markets Bet on Kevin Hassett While Economists Rally Around Chris Waller

Published December 3, 2025 As Donald Trump edges closer to naming the next chair of the US Federal Reserve, the contest has crystallised into a stark choice: Kevin Hassett, the president’s trusted economic lieutenant and the clear betting-market favourite, versus

3 December 2025

Economic Policy · Federal Reserve · Financial Markets · Leadership · NYSE:BLK · US Politics

Fed December 2025 Rate Cut Odds Surge as JPMorgan and BofA Flip, but Fed Remains Deeply Divided

As of December 1, 2025, financial markets are betting heavily that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates again at its December 9–10 meeting — even as the central bank itself looks more fractured than it has in years. Futures

1 December 2025

Banking · Economic Policy · Federal Reserve · Interest Rates · Market Analysis · NYSE:BAC · NYSE:JPM

Trump’s Fed Shake-Up: Hassett Emerges as Chair Favorite, Bessent Pushes a “Simplified Fed” and Bitcoin Reels from the $6.6 Trillion December Flip

Published December 1, 2025 Key points Hassett moves to the front of Trump’s Fed chair race With Jerome Powell’s term as Federal Reserve Chair set to end in May 2026, the Trump administration is signaling that a major shift at

1 December 2025

Cryptocurrency · Economic Policy · Federal Reserve · Financial News · US Politics

World Stock Markets Poised for December 1, 2025 Open as Fed Ends QT and Rate‑Cut Bets Surge

As the final month of 2025 begins, global investors head into Monday’s open with equity indices near record levels, central banks pivoting toward easier policy, commodities sending mixed signals, and fresh data out of China and Europe challenging the bullish

30 November 2025

Economic Policy · Federal Reserve · Global Markets · Interest Rates · Market Trends

UK Stock Market Wrap, 28–29 November 2025: FTSE 100 Ends Winning Streak as Reeves’ Budget and AI Bubble Fears Loom

LONDON — 29 November 2025 The UK stock market has closed out a highly charged week in which tax hikes, credit‑rating warnings and talk of an AI‑driven equity bubble collided with hopes of interest‑rate cuts and a weaker inflation outlook.

29 November 2025

AI Bubble · Economic Policy · FTSE 100 · Market Recap · UK Stocks

Wesfarmers (ASX:WES) Share Price Today, 27 November 2025: Capital Return, GST Debate and Market Outlook

Wesfarmers Limited (ASX:WES) is trading softer on Thursday, 27 November 2025, after a strong run into this week’s inflation-driven market rally and ahead of a major $1.50-per-share capital management payout due next week. At the same time, the conglomerate features

27 November 2025

ASX News · Economic Policy · Financial Analysis · Investment · Stock Market

APRA Caps High‑Debt Home Loans as $4bn National Storage Bid and Rio’s US Asset Sale Shake Australian Markets

Sydney | 26 November 2025 Australia’s housing and equity markets were hit by a powerful trio of developments today: the banking regulator’s first-ever national cap on highly leveraged home loans, a record A$4.02 billion takeover bid for self‑storage giant National

27 November 2025

Banking · Economic Policy · Finance · NYSE:RIO · Real Estate · Stock Market

UK Budget 2025: Income tax thresholds frozen, ISA limit cut and new levies in £26bn tax raid after OBR leak

LONDON – 26 November 2025 – Chancellor Rachel Reeves has unveiled a sweeping package of UK tax changes in the Autumn Budget, hours after an extraordinary blunder saw the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) publish key details early on its website. The

26 November 2025

Budget 2025 · Economic Policy · Personal Finance · Taxation · UK Politics

Budget 2025: Rachel Reeves Faces ‘Growth Emergency’ as OBR Leak Reveals Tax Freeze and Slower Growth

London, Wednesday 26 November 2025 — Hours before Rachel Reeves stands at the despatch box for her first full Budget as chancellor, Britain’s economic and political stakes have been dramatically raised by a leak of official forecasts and warnings of

26 November 2025

Budget 2025 · Economic Growth · Economic Policy · Taxation · UK Politics

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