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Yen in Focus Ahead of Takaichi–Ueda Meeting

Meanwhile, the Japanese yen remained in focus ahead of a highly anticipated first meeting between Prime Minister Takaichi and Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda. The meeting will reportedly take place at 0630 GMT, with the BoJ’s policy outlook and the effects of yen weakness on the economy likely to be the talking points.

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What Is a Liability-Driven Investment?

A liability-driven investment (LDI) is designed to match financial obligations (liabilities) with appropriate income-generating assets. It’s primarily used by defined-benefit pension plans and insurance companies that guarantee payouts, now and in the future. Common LDIs are government bonds and inflation-linked bonds.

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President Trump vowed to issue tariff dividends sometime before the 2026 midterms during an Oval Office event touting his administration’s work bringing the FIFA World Cup to the US.

“We’re gonna be issuing dividends later on, somewhere prior to — the middle of next year, a little bit later than that,” he said,

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President Donald Trump said Monday that Americans could see payment checks funded by tariff revenues as soon as next year, promising that “hundreds of millions of dollars in tariff money” would be distributed as dividends by mid-2026.

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President Donald Trump on Monday announced that Americans could receive checks funded by tariff revenues as soon as next year, touting “hundreds of millions of dollars in tariff money” that he said would be distributed as dividends by mid-2026.

“We’ve taken in hundreds of millions of dollars in tariff money. We’re going to be issuing dividends probably by the middle of next year,

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The Oracle of Omaha has dumped almost 465 million shares of Bank of America stock since mid-2024, and has purchased shares of a consumer-facing juggernaut for five consecutive quarters.

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