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Federal Reserve News 28 December 2025 - 29 December 2025

JPMorgan stock slips ahead of Fed minutes and its Jan. 13 earnings report

JPMorgan stock slips ahead of Fed minutes and its Jan. 13 earnings report

NEW YORK, December 28, 2025, 20:12 ET — Market closed JPMorgan Chase & Co shares ended Friday down $1.26, or 0.4%, at $327.91, easing alongside other big U.S. financial stocks heading into the final week of 2025. Nasdaq The pullback comes with major U.S. indexes near record peaks and the S&P 500 about 1% from 7,000, a milestone investors are watching into year-end. Reuters What matters for bank shares now is the interest-rate path. The Federal Reserve has cut its benchmark rate by 75 basis points — a basis point is one-hundredth of a percentage point — over its last
29 December 2025
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Citi stock slips into year-end as traders eye Fed minutes and the next chair call

Citi stock slips into year-end as traders eye Fed minutes and the next chair call

NEW YORK, December 28, 2025, 19:57 ET — Market closed. Citigroup shares ended down 0.9% at $120.42 on Friday, snapping a short run higher in a muted, post-Christmas session. Citi The move matters heading into the final week of 2025 because bank stocks tend to be highly sensitive to shifts in the interest-rate outlook. Changes in rates can move banks’ net interest margin — the spread between what they earn on loans and what they pay on deposits. Reuters+1 Investors are also bracing for policy headlines that could steer rate expectations in the days ahead, including minutes from the Federal
29 December 2025
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Alphabet stock drifts lower into year-end as traders eye Fed minutes and key levels

Alphabet stock drifts lower into year-end as traders eye Fed minutes and key levels

NEW YORK, December 28, 2025, 18:50 ET — Market closed Alphabet’s Class C shares (GOOG) edged down 0.2% to $314.96 on Friday, drifting with a muted pullback in U.S. stocks after the Christmas holiday. Yahoo Finance The move matters because the market is entering its final trading days of the year with indexes near record highs and liquidity still thin. Strategists have warned that year-end portfolio adjustments can exaggerate price swings, especially in megacaps. Reuters Investors are also looking to this week’s U.S. data and Federal Reserve communication for direction, with rate expectations shaping valuations for large technology stocks. Reuters+1
29 December 2025
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Oracle stock holds near $200 as year-end Fed minutes loom and AI spending worries linger

Oracle stock holds near $200 as year-end Fed minutes loom and AI spending worries linger

NEW YORK, December 28, 2025, 18:53 ET — Market closed Oracle (ORCL.N) shares last closed up 0.25% at $197.99 on Friday, hovering just below the $200 level in a light, post-holiday session. The stock last traded at $196.90 in after-hours dealing. StockAnalysis With just three trading days left in 2025, Oracle has become a key test of investor appetite for big-ticket AI infrastructure bets. The company’s plans to expand cloud data center capacity have kept traders focused on funding needs and payoffs, not just topline growth. That matters now because liquidity typically thins into year-end, and small headlines can move
29 December 2025
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AMD stock ends flat heading into Fed minutes and a New Year’s shutdown

AMD stock ends flat heading into Fed minutes and a New Year’s shutdown

NEW YORK, December 28, 2025, 18:43 ET — Market closed Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.O) shares ended little changed in the latest U.S. session, slipping 0.02% to $214.99 on Friday. The muted move keeps the chipmaker tied to the market’s year-end tone, with investors adjusting portfolios at a time when lighter volumes can exaggerate price swings. Reuters Minutes from the Federal Reserve’s Dec. 9-10 meeting are due at 2 p.m. ET on Tuesday, and investors are looking for clues on how quickly policymakers may cut rates next year after lowering the benchmark rate to 3.50%-3.75 over the last three meetings. Federal
29 December 2025
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Microsoft stock barely budges as year-end trading turns to Fed minutes and January earnings

Microsoft stock barely budges as year-end trading turns to Fed minutes and January earnings

NEW YORK, December 28, 2025, 18:37 ET — Market closed Microsoft Corp shares were little changed at the end of the holiday-shortened week, with U.S. markets closed on Sunday and investors turning attention to the final three trading days of 2025. The software maker’s stock last traded at $487.71, down 0.04% from the prior close, giving it a market value of about $3.85 trillion. Why this matters now is less about company headlines and more about positioning. Trading volumes tend to thin out into year-end, and small shifts in sentiment can swing the biggest index weights. Technology shares have been
29 December 2025
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Palantir slips 2.8% into year-end as markets turn to Fed minutes and 7,000 on the S&P 500

Palantir slips 2.8% into year-end as markets turn to Fed minutes and 7,000 on the S&P 500

NEW YORK, December 28, 2025, 18:28 ET — Market closed. Palantir Technologies (PLTR.O) shares fell 2.8% on Friday, closing at $188.71 as U.S. markets headed into the final stretch of the year. The Wall Street Journal The decline stood out in a muted, post-Christmas session that left Wall Street little changed and trading volumes light, a setup that can magnify moves in momentum stocks. Reuters That matters now because investors are weighing year-end positioning and a fresh slate of macro catalysts, including Federal Reserve minutes due Tuesday, Dec. 30, that could shape expectations for 2026 rate cuts. Reuters Palantir traded
29 December 2025
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Micron stock cools off near highs as traders eye Fed minutes and AI-memory rally

Micron stock cools off near highs as traders eye Fed minutes and AI-memory rally

NEW YORK, December 28, 2025, 18:15 ET — Market closed Micron Technology (MU) shares ended the last U.S. trading session down 0.6% at $284.79. Yahoo Finance The move matters now because Micron has been one of the market’s clearest expressions of the rebound in AI-linked chip trades, with investors leaning on expectations that memory prices stay firm as data-center demand rises. Reuters+1 Macro risks have also moved back to the front of the screen, with minutes from the Federal Reserve’s Dec. 9-10 meeting due Tuesday and traders focused on the path of interest rates into 2026. Reuters Wall Street closed
29 December 2025
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Apple stock heads into year-end with Fed minutes in focus

Apple stock heads into year-end with Fed minutes in focus

NEW YORK, Dec 28, 2025, 18:16 ET — Market closed Apple Inc shares ended the last regular session down 0.2% at $273.40, with U.S. markets shut on Sunday. The iPhone maker heads into the final week of 2025 with investors focused on year-end positioning and the outlook for U.S. interest rates — a mix that can move heavyweight stocks even on light volume. Reuters Minutes from the Federal Reserve’s most recent policy meeting are due Tuesday, while year-end portfolio adjustments can add volatility when trading volumes are thin, Reuters reported. Reuters+1 Apple traded between $273.00 and $275.35 on Friday, and
29 December 2025
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Wells Fargo Stock (WFC) Weekend Update: Markets Closed as Investors Focus on Fed Minutes, Rate-Cut Expectations, and What’s Next for Big Banks

Wells Fargo Stock (WFC) Weekend Update: Markets Closed as Investors Focus on Fed Minutes, Rate-Cut Expectations, and What’s Next for Big Banks

NEW YORK, Dec. 28, 2025, 3:09 p.m. ET — Market closed Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) heads into the final full trading week of 2025 with U.S. stocks sitting near record territory and investors increasingly watching whether market leadership continues rotating toward financials. With the NYSE closed on Sunday, attention shifts to what could move Wells Fargo stock when trading resumes Monday: interest-rate expectations, the economic calendar, year-end positioning, and the bank’s next major catalyst—its Q4 earnings report scheduled for January 14, 2026. Reuters+1 Where Wells Fargo stock stands heading into Monday Wells Fargo shares last traded at $95.26,
28 December 2025
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Utilities Stocks in Focus: Fed Minutes, Treasury Yields, Winter Storm Risk—and the AI Power Boom Ahead of Monday’s Open

Utilities Stocks in Focus: Fed Minutes, Treasury Yields, Winter Storm Risk—and the AI Power Boom Ahead of Monday’s Open

NEW YORK, Dec. 28, 2025, 1:34 p.m. ET — Market closed Utilities stocks are heading into the final full trading week of 2025 with two narratives pulling the sector in different directions: the traditional “bond proxy” role that can rise or fall with interest-rate expectations, and a fast-evolving growth story tied to electrification and surging power demand from AI-driven data centers. With U.S. markets closed for the weekend, investors are using Sunday to assess what mattered most in the last 48 hours—and what could move utilities when trading resumes Monday: December FOMC meeting minutes, year-end liquidity conditions, and the latest
28 December 2025
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Real Estate Stocks Today: REITs Head Into the Final 2025 Sessions With Fed Minutes, Housing Data, and Rate-Cut Bets in the Spotlight

Real Estate Stocks Today: REITs Head Into the Final 2025 Sessions With Fed Minutes, Housing Data, and Rate-Cut Bets in the Spotlight

NEW YORK, Dec. 28, 2025, 1:29 p.m. ET, Market closed U.S. real estate stocks—especially publicly traded real estate investment trusts (REITs)—are entering the last three trading days of 2025 in an unusual spot: the broader market is hovering near record territory, yet real estate has been the notable laggard heading into year-end. With Wall Street closed for the weekend and set to reopen Monday morning, investors are using the pause to re-check the same three levers that have dominated real estate equities all year: interest rates, the direction of the economy, and the widening performance gap between “AI-adjacent” winners and
28 December 2025
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Stock Market Today

Apple stock price ends week higher as Dow hits 50,000; jobs and CPI loom next

Apple stock price ends week higher as Dow hits 50,000; jobs and CPI loom next

7 February 2026
Apple closed up 0.8% at $278.12 Friday, then slipped 0.3% after hours. The S&P 500 jumped 1.97% and the Nasdaq rose 2.18% as chipmakers rallied, while Amazon fell 5.6% on higher capex guidance. Investors await U.S. jobs data Feb. 11 and CPI Feb. 13. Apple’s next dividend is $0.26 per share, payable Feb. 12.
Broadcom Stock Gets a Google AI Spend Lift as Jefferies Sees 60% Upside

Broadcom Stock Gets a Google AI Spend Lift as Jefferies Sees 60% Upside

7 February 2026
Google raised its 2026 capital expenditure forecast to $175 billion–$185 billion, with most spending expected on data-center chips. Broadcom shares rose about 2% after the announcement, while Nvidia and AMD slipped. Jefferies reiterated a buy rating on Broadcom, maintaining a $500 price target, implying a 62% upside from Wednesday’s close.
No $2,000 IRS stimulus check is coming in February 2026 — but Trump’s tariff-check talk keeps the rumors alive

No $2,000 IRS stimulus check is coming in February 2026 — but Trump’s tariff-check talk keeps the rumors alive

7 February 2026
The IRS has not announced new federal stimulus payments for February 2026, and Congress has not approved fresh checks. Trump told NBC he is considering $2,000 tariff rebate checks but has not committed, saying any payout would likely come later in 2026. The IRS warns taxpayers to ignore texts and emails about “stimulus payments” and verify notices through official channels.
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