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Dec. 30 (UPI) — A federal judge on Tuesday issued an order saying that the Federal Reserve must continue to fund the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Early in December, the court upheld a lower court’s injunction against closing the bureau while a lawsuit is pending. The suit was brought by the National Treasury Employees Union against Office of Management and Budget director Russell Vought.

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The Federal Reserve’s December meeting witnessed a split decision to cut interest rates, following a complex debate about the U.S. economy’s current risks. Despite widespread support for the cut, many officials admitted the decision was finely balanced, as per the meeting minutes released recently.

The economic projections that followed showed dissent among the Federal Open Market Committee members,

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In just 50 days since launch, XRP ETFs pulled in $1.3 billion with 43 consecutive trading days of positive inflows—the first and only zero-inflow day occurred on December 26, 2025. That pace ranks XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) among the fastest institutional adoption curves outside Bitcoin.

Institutional capital entered steadily even while XRP’s price fell 50% from its July 2025 peak of $3.56,

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OAKVILLE, Ontario, December 30, 2025–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Harvest Portfolios Group Inc. (“Harvest”) announces the final December 2025 cash distribution for the following distribution for the Harvest Canadian T-Bill ETF for the month ending December 31, 2025. The distribution will be paid on or about January 6,

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The US Federal Reserve agreed to cut interest rates at its December meeting only after a deeply nuanced debate about the risks facing the US economy right now, according to minutes of the latest two-day session.

Even some of those who supported the rate cut acknowledged “the decision was finely balanced or that they could have supported keeping the target range unchanged”,

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) sagged on Tuesday, declining around 100 points as equities grapple with holiday-constrained market flows and low end-of-year trading volumes. Moderate gains in energy sector stocks were offset by softness in the healthcare and financial services sectors.

Stocks split down the middle, Dow eases

The Dow Jones softened by around 100 points,

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Financial markets are closing Jan. 1 in observance of the new year.

The New York Stock Exchange will operate normal hours Dec. 31 — from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET and close the following day. Bond markets will close at 2 p.m.

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