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Ray Dalio says ‘a little bit of everything’ is needed to prevent a debt crisis—but it won’t happen anyway

Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio said averting $38 trillion national debt crisis requires bipartisan support—which will never happen,

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For Wall Street, pandemic-level bad news for jobs is good news for stocks—it pushes the Fed further into cutting territory

Fed rate-cut odds surge toward 90% as weak labor data, ADP losses, and Challenger layoffs fuel Wall Street hopes for a December move despite a divided...

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Two months into the new fiscal year and the U.S. government is already spending more than $10 billion a week servicing national debt

Tariffs will bring in $300 billion to $400 billion a year, which would help to pay a fraction of the interest payments of more than $1 trillion in...

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Trump’s pick for chairman isn’t enough to threaten Fed independence, says Bank of America—especially if Jerome Powell decides to stick around

"The question then becomes, will Powell leave as a governor?"

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Warren Buffett used to give his family $10,000 each at Christmas—but when he noticed how fast they were spending it, he started buying them shares instead

Something to consider as the $83 trillion inheritance wave kicks in.

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‘The Fed went to sleep’ says top economist Mohamed El-Erian, who wants to see the central bank reformed and presidents to ‘cool it’

Mohamed El-Erian calls for a visionary, less reactive Fed just as Trump settles on his next chair, with Hassett leading and independence fears...

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Elon Musk says only AI and robotics can solve the ‘insanely high’ $38 trillion national debt crisis—but it would cause ‘significant deflation’

After clashing with Trump on spending, Musk argues AI and robotics are the only path to easing record U.S. debt costs—and may even trigger future...

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National debt crisis will be averted by governments ‘mobilizing and encouraging’ private wealth to fill budget holes, says UBS

"Governments have long mobilized private wealth to support public finances. There are several approaches," UBS chief economist, Paul Donovan, outlined...

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Futures and Treasuries markets on CME black out overnight, after a glitch at an all-important data centre

"BrokerTec EU markets are open and trading. All other CME Group markets remain halted due to a data center cooling issue at CyrusOne," CME told...

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The labor market feels so awful right now because companies are doing everything bar announcing mass layoffs, says the Fed

Why job seekers feel the slowdown: Beige Book shows “low-hire, low-fire” trends, AI limiting new roles, before a 2026 rebound.

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Scott Bessent wants the era of Fed-watching to end: They should ‘move back into the background’ and make fewer speeches, he says

The Fed didn't want to get embroiled in politics in 2025—or ever. But Bessent wants them even further out of the public eye.

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Wall Street is on tenterhooks over the Fed’s ‘rare, genuinely suspenseful’ December meeting—the committee is unsure of the data, and each other

A divided Fed meets amid mixed jobs and inflation signals, leaving Powell with a suspenseful December.

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I chatted to Ray Dalio’s AI doppelgänger: It claims there’s a 75% chance the AI bubble bursts in 2026, isn’t so worried about national debt—and wouldn’t say which stocks to avoid

"One thing I’ve learned over the years," the freshly-launched bot muses, "Is that rapid, debt-financed build-outs often precede sharp adjustments.

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‘Don’t sell just because there’s a bubble,’ says Ray Dalio, but be prepared for low returns over be next 10 years

"I think the picture is pretty clear in that we are in that territory of a bubble, but we don't have the pricking of the bubble yet," Dalio said.

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The latest Fed minutes read like another nail in the coffin for a December interest rate cut

It's looking increasingly likely that Jerome Powell's Christmas gift to markets will be an economic lump of coal, rather than what's on Wall Street's...

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‘A deadly confluence of wrong-way news’ is what’s causing the global market selloff, says top economist, and don’t expect it to get better anytime soon

Hopes for an interest rate cut from the Fed are fading despite a global slowdown and a spike in the VIX.

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Odds of President Trump paying out $2,000 tariff rebate checks now sit at just 2%

In the days since President Trump made the pledge, members of his cabinet have poured cold water on the plans.

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America’s path out of $38 trillion national debt crisis likely involves pushing up inflation and ‘eroding Fed independence,’ says JPMorgan Private Bank

The government could "tolerate stronger growth and higher inflation, allowing real interest rates to fall and the debt burden to shrink over time,"...

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Trump blames ‘Too Late Powell’ for a housing crisis—but top analysts say low rates ‘snapped the trap shut’ on Millennial and Gen Z homeowners in the first place

What’s driving the housing affordability crisis—from decades-low mortgage rates that inflated prices to today’s record spreads limiting Fed influence.

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Butchered jobs and inflation data add fuel to the fire of uncertainty already blazing in the markets

A worldwide selloff accelerates as patchy U.S. data clouds the Fed’s next move, sending Wall Street tumbling and volatility surging into the end of...

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In just 15 years, the average U.S. homebuyer went from 39 to 59 years old: Top analyst reveals how the housing market has warped in one generation

The first-time homebuyer just hit 40 years old for the first time ever, but the average homebuyer is nearly a senior citizen.

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Welcome to the era of ‘low-hire, more-fire,’ warns top economist—the days of talent hoarding are over

"As the focus among businesses now turns to efficiencies and increasing productivity, we expect layoffs to increase, causing unemployment to rise."

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Bill Gates believes Alzheimer’s blood tests should be part of routine medicals—such prevention means you could work into your 90s if you wanted to

"Going after a few diseases, where Alzheimer's is number one by quite a bit, the imperative is very, very clear," Gates added.

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The S&P 500 is also in a K-shaped economy, says Apollo, with a widening gap between the winners and losers

Part of the growing divide between the rich and the average worker can also be traced back to where these households derive their wealth—namely,...

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Even as stocks slide, Wall Street is at ‘historically extreme valuations,’ warns Apollo chief economist

The latest data underlines a broader concern among analysts that a reckoning is looming for the markets.

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For Gen Z, it’s ‘not enough to work hard’ if you want to succeed, says Jamie Dimon—specific skills are the way to get ahead

"In the old days, you could be in 10th grade, go get a factory in Detroit, and eventually you could afford a family, a home, a car, and that may not...

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Novo Nordisk wants to keep its crown leading the weight loss drugs pack—despite outlook downgrades and lawsuits, its CFO has a plan

"The ultimate defence in our industry is in innovation," Knudsen told Fortune in an exclusive interview.

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Goldman Sachs CEO says AI-induced growth offers a ‘path out’ of America’s $38 trillion debt crisis

"The path out is a growth path," Solomon said. "The difference between compounding growth of 3% and 2% is monstrous in terms of dealing with this...

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For now, data ignorance is bliss on Wall Street as investors are warned not to rely too heavily on private surveys

"The danger with this data is that its message will be given unwarranted credibility by the absence of proper economic data," said UBS's chief...

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Brian Moynihan warns the economy risks ‘malaise’ due to government shutdown, as deals slow and Federal workers pull back on spending

"Ultimately it's going to slow down the economy," he says.

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Governments are likely to pillage the $80 trillion ‘Great Wealth Transfer’ to fund their national debts, says UBS

"It seems unrealistic to suppose that governments will just sit idly by as this wealth moves around. We would expect governments to attempt to...

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You can expect a 0.25% cut from the Fed, says Wall Street, but little economic insight from Powell—after all, he’s not got much to go on

"Chair Powell’s press conference will pivot away from economic data—given its scarcity—and instead focus on balance sheet policy, the policy...

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AI stock valuations aren’t wrong—they’re just not right … yet, says JPMorgan assets boss

"The question is how fast will we grow into those multiples?" JP Morgan's Mary Callahan Erdoes told an audience at the Fortune Global Forum.

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Ray Dalio says America is developing a ‘dependency’ on the top 1% of workers, while the bottom 60% are struggling and unproductive

"I think the issue is very much that you can't look at the U.S. as a whole nowadays," the Bridgewater Associates founder said at the Fortune Global...

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Why is Washington acting like the U.S. is in a recession?

On paper, the economy is growing and unemployment is low. But federal government policymakers are behaving like there is an imminent crisis.

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Europe at risk of becoming a ‘geopolitical playground’ warns Croatia’s former president, and says Trump’s 2018 NATO threat was justified

At Fortune Global Forum, Croatia's former president Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović says Europe is at this critical “inflection point.”

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Trump shutting down trade talks with Canada could give Beijing another advantage

If Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney has any frustrations he wants to share about his southern neighbor, he could do so with China's President Xi as...

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AI boom is making your utility bills more expensive, says BofA, and they’re likely to keep going up

BofA has bad news for consumers: "There is likely further upside ahead."

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U.S. national debt hits $38 trillion and Washington is ‘numb to our own dysfunction,’ budget committee warns

America's debt mountain is eye-watering. The interest alone costs $1.21 trillion annually— 17% of total federal spending.

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RGA CEO Tony Cheng: Americans are living longer—adding risk for insurers—but the real danger is people outliving their savings

As life expectancy continues to rise globally, RGA CEO Tony Cheng exclusively told Fortune that the growing risk of individuals outliving their...

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Ray Dalio says his AI clone will be able to give you investment and career insights whenever you want

Ray Dalio has a waitlist for “Digital Ray,” an AI clone designed to talk to the public.

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This is the worst the jobs market has looked (outside of a recession) in 50 years, says Goldman Sachs, meaning bullish GDP estimates are too optimistic

Jan Hatzius warns America’s job market slump could drag down growth, with frontloaded orders and AI disruption skewing GDP signals.

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America’s healthcare system is working out how to function with fewer immigrants and an aging population—it’s not going particularly well

Skilled foreign-born workers need clarity and confidence when it comes to American immigration policy, say healthcare professionals, who are needed to...

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Trump’s hand in the tariff war he started gets weaker as China GDP comes in ahead of growth forecasts

President Trump’s tariff leverage over China faces new strain as Beijing’s economy posts stronger-than-expected growth and diversifies exports.

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Warren Buffett plowed more than $1 billion into three stocks, and it says a lot about where he sees consumers’ priorities right now: Houses, beer, and gas

Berkshire Hathaway's 2025 investments focus on consumer-driven brands like Lennar, Chevron, and Constellation.

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The $9 trillion ‘sideways succession’ of women inheriting money has begun—but 93% say they don’t need the cash

Three in four women say they're well on track to achieve their financial milestones without receiving any inheritance from family or spouses.

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Powell says exactly what Wall Street wants to hear as Trump provokes soybean battle with China

Investors heard enough of what they wanted to remain bullish on further cuts.

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America is ‘going broke slowly’ says JPMorgan, as national debt balloons and tariff revenue looks shaky

The risk is "that we move from going broke slowly to going broke quickly," Kelly says.

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Trump bet China would face ‘tremendous difficulties’ without U.S. consumers—Beijing just focused on the rest of the world instead

China's trade diversification has been so successful that its export market is growing significantly despite the trade war.

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Ray Dalio says the U.S. is headed for civil war, with either side exerting ‘tests of power’ on their rivals

Dalio said there are two outcomes for America: Either the nation pulls together and rises above, or conflicting sides exert as much pain on the other...

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