BOJ SUMMARY: ONE MEMBER SAID KEEPING REAL RATES AWAY FROM EQUILIBRIUM COULD DISTORT RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND HURT SUSTAINED GROWTH, ADDING THAT JAPAN’S REAL POLICY RATE IS THE LOWEST GLOBALLY AND RATE HIKES ARE APPROPRIATE GIVEN FX-DRIVEN INFLATION IMPACTS
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BOJ SUMMARY: CABINET OFFICE SAID BOJ DECISION AIMS TO STABLY ACHIEVE PRICE TARGET BUT VIGILANCE IS NEEDED ON CAPEX AND PROFITS, ONE MEMBER SAID REAL WAGES MAY TURN POSITIVE IN THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT YEAR, AND GOVERNMENT STIMULUS COULD SUPPORT GROWTH FOR ONE TO TWO YEARS
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BOJ SUMMARY: CABINET OFFICE SAID IT HOPES BOJ GUIDES APPROPRIATE POLICY UNDER BOJ LAW AND JOINT STATEMENT, ACKNOWLEDGED THE DECISION AIMS TO STABLY ACHIEVE THE PRICE TARGET WHILE STAYING VIGILANT ON CAPEX AND PROFITS, AND ONE MEMBER SAID REAL WAGES MAY TURN POSITIVE IN THE FIRST
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FRANCE PRESIDENT Emmanuel Macron: WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS ON SECURITY GUARANTEES CENTRAL TO A JUST AND LASTING PEACE; ALONG WITH OTHER EUROPEAN LEADERS I SPOKE WITH Volodymyr Zelenskiy AND Donald Trump, AND THEN HELD A SEPARATE CALL WITH ZELENSKIY
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FRANCE PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON: WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS ON SECURITY GUARANTEES CENTRAL TO A JUST AND LASTING PEACE; ALONG WITH OTHER EUROPEAN LEADERS I SPOKE WITH VOLODYMYR ZELENSKIY AND DONALD TRUMP, AND THEN HELD A SEPARATE CALL WITH ZELENSKIY
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FRANCE PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON: WILL CONVENE COUNTRIES OF THE “COALITION OF THE WILLING” IN PARIS IN EARLY JANUARY TO FINALIZE EACH NATION’S CONCRETE CONTRIBUTIONS
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CHINA PBOC EXPECTED TO SET YUAN MID-POINT NEAR 7.0057 PER DOLLAR — SOURCE ESTIMATE
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CHINA TO HOLD MILITARY DRILLS AROUND TAIWAN AFTER US ARMS DEAL
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MUFG BANK FIXES YEN AT 156.47/DOLLAR, 0.04 STRONGER
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MIZUHO BANK FIXES YEN AT 156.47/DOLLAR, 0.04 STRONGER
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NOMURA FIXES YEN AT 156.47/DOLLAR, 0.01 STRONGER
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COPPER SURGES MORE THAN 5% IN LONDON TO HIT RECORD HIGH
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VIETNAM SETS DONG DAILY REFERENCE RATE AT 25,125 PER DOLLAR
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BARCLAYS NAMES MINOURA CHAIRMAN OF INVESTMENT BANKING IN JAPAN
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Silver overtakes Nvidia to become the second largest asset in the world by market cap.
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Explosions reportedly rock Russia's Khanskaya military airfield. Explosions reportedly rocked the Khanskaya military airfield near the southern Russian city of Maykop as air defenses were engaged early on Dec. 29.
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HONG KONG'S HANG SENG INDEX RISES 0.4% TO 25,928.89 AT OPEN
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TAIWAN CONDEMNS CHINA'S MILITARY DRILLS AROUND ISLAND
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PBOC INJECTS NET 415B YUAN IN OPEN MARKET OPERATIONS
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PBOC OPERATION NET AMOUNT BASED ON 7-DAY REVERSE REPO
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CHINA CSI 300 INDEX OPENS LITTLE CHANGED AT 4,658.27
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