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8+ min ago (482+ words) Global liquidity and a rare India-Bitcoin correlation adds pressure to what is already a fragile setup. Bitcoin'is heading into FOMC week looking unusually fragile. The market is dealing with weak liquidity, rate-cut expectations that haven't played out cleanly in the past, and a surprising new macro driver that's now one of Bitcoin's [BTC] strongest correlations. Add in miner stress and slow numbers, the market that may be closer to a major inflection point than it appears. The odds are firmly pointing to a rate cut: markets are pricing in an 87.2% chance of a drop to 3.50%-3.75%, with just 12.8% expecting no change. But if the last two cuts were any guide, traders should stay cautious. Ahead of the September and October decisions, BTC saw small pre-FOMC rallies, a brief post-announcement bounce, and then a slide. The setup this time looks similar. Exchange…...

22+ min ago (1086+ words) At its meeting on October 30-31, the Fed decided to end QT on December 1, citing tighter liquidity; and it mentioned the concept of "reserve management purchases" and their potential composition, which it said it would further discuss in future meetings, which opened the new era of post-QT. So we're going to hear more about the balance sheet and "reserve management purchases" at the meeting this week, if not in the statement, then at least in the press conference; and if not voluntarily offered by Powell in his prepared remarks, then in his reply to the slew of questions from reporters about it. Liquidity has been getting tighter after the Fed shed $2.4 trillion in securities during QT. That tightness in liquidity became apparent in September and October with turmoil in the repo market. During the years of mega-QE and still during much…...

26+ min ago (385+ words) Bitcoin fell below the $95,000 mark on December 8, 2024, continuing a downward trend that started over the weekend. The largest cryptocurrency by market cap dropped 3.5% in the past 24 hours. As of early trading hours, Bitcoin was changing hands around $94,800. The digital asset reached a high of $98,200 just two days earlier before the selloff began. Ethereum experienced a steeper decline during the same period. The second-largest cryptocurrency fell 5.2% to trade at approximately $3,750. Other major cryptocurrencies showed mixed results during the trading session. XRP declined 2.8% while Solana dropped 4.1% over the past day. Cardano bucked the trend with a modest gain of 1.3%. BNB remained relatively flat with only a 0.2% decrease. The total cryptocurrency market capitalization decreased by roughly $120 billion. Trading volume increased by 15% as investors responded to the price movements. Stock markets opened in negative territory on December 8. The S&P 500 index fell 0.4% in early…...

33+ min ago (646+ words) A strange new phenomenon is taking place in U.K. skies. Paralyzed Indians are flying into the country needing wheelchairs and then quite happily springing up and walking away from their seats cured as soon as they set foot on blessed British soil. The fakirs-cum-fakers may sound like canny operators, but if they truly knew how to swing the lead and exploit the generosity paid for and provided by others, they would have remained rooted to their chairs, before shamelessly asking for yet more free goodies besides; that's what everyone else on the make in Great Britain is doing these days. The cumulative tax burden will rise to 38 percent of national income, a record high. It is estimated the cost in sickness and disability benefits alone will increase by 33 percent across five years to reach "104B; that compares to a U.K. defense budget of…...

38+ min ago (1238+ words) Dec 08, 2025, 01:14 PM | Updated 01:14 PM IST Avid readers of economics and finance, often come across one of the most abused terms of modern Indian economic history, the "Hindu Rate of Growth. The term evidently refers to poor economic fundamentals including sluggish growth, muted investment rate, poor public expenditure (both domestic and capital) and a lack of demand which in turn is held responsible for low production rate of goods and supply, fanning a vicious cycle that doesnt let the economy flourish." While oft used in academic culture and by prominent economists, on a closer inspection, one realises that the term is one borne out of academic prejudice, lack of economic rationality, as well as a subtle attempt to blanket the actual reasons behind the failure of Indian economic growth pre-liberalisation which were not rooted in Hindu culture but rather had their…...

55+ min ago (596+ words) Bitcoin is trading at a critical technical level that could determine its price direction in the coming weeks. Crypto analyst Daan Crypto Trades identified the 0.382 Fibonacci retracement zone as a key area that bulls must defend. $BTC Still holding on to that .382 area from the entire bull market so far. I think this is a key area for the bulls to defend. It's also pretty much the last major support before testing the April lows again, which would break this high timeframe market structure. " Daan Crypto Trades (@DaanCrypto) December 7, 2025 Bitcoin experienced another leverage flush late Sunday. The price dropped below $88,000 briefly before bouncing back above $91,500. Trader Bull Theory called the move "another example of manipulation on the low-liquidity weekend." The volatility wiped out leveraged positions on both sides of the market. The Federal Open Market Committee meets Tuesday and Wednesday…...

1+ hour, 1+ min ago (311+ words) Australians suffering under soaring power bill inflation will not see any further relief as the government confirms it will not extend energy rebates. The Albanese government will not extend its energy bill rebates after recent inflation data showed power costs shot up 37 per cent in the year to October. Treasurer Jim Chalmers confirmed Labor will not continue with the cost of living relief measure as millions of Australians suffer electricity hardship. Mr Chalmers said the Cabinet agreed to "one difficult decision" in not extending the rebate ahead of next week's mid-year budget update. Australian households have benefited from $450 in Commonwealth energy rebates since the Albanese government first introduced the measure in 2024. Households were first given $300 for the 2025 financial year and the government handed out another $150 per household for the second half of 2025. While Labor's relief has assisted some households with…...

1+ hour, 1+ min ago (520+ words) Australians suffering under soaring power bill inflation will not see any further relief as the government confirms it will not extend energy rebates. The Albanese government will not extend its energy bill rebates after recent inflation data showed power costs shot up 37 per cent in the year to October. Treasurer Jim Chalmers confirmed Labor will not continue with the cost of living relief measure as millions of Australians suffer power bill hardship. Mr Chalmers said the Cabinet agreed to "one difficult decision" in not extending the rebate ahead of next week's mid-year budget update. Australian households have benefited from $450 in Commonwealth energy rebates since the Albanese government first introduced the measure in 2024. Households were first given $300 for the 2025 financial year and the government handed out another $150 per household for the second half of 2025. The power bill relief will come to…...

1+ hour, 5+ min ago (698+ words) BANGKOK -- Shares are mixed in Asia as investors tread cautiously ahead of an interest rate decision this week by the Federal Reserve. U.S. futures and oil prices rose. Flaring Japan-China tensions also were weighing on sentiment, as traders remained cautious. Japan and Australia urged calm on Sunday after Chinese military aircraft locked radar on Japanese fighter jets, weeks after a remark about Taiwan by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi stirred tensions with Beijing. Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said Japan had formally protested the incident, calling it "an extremely regrettable" act and "a dangerous" one that "exceeded the scope necessary for safe aircraft operations." Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index slipped 0.2% to 50,581.94 after the government reported revised government data showing that Japan's economy contracted at an annual pace of 2.3% in the July-September period, not the 1.8% annual rate earlier reported. Japanese exports suffered from the impact…...

1+ hour, 8+ min ago (682+ words) Market Overview Analysis by Khasay Hashimov covering: . Read Khasay Hashimov's latest article on Investing.com China's Export Rebound Signals Renewed Strength in Global Trade China's exports delivered a stronger-than-expected recovery in November as outbound shipments rose 5.9 percent after a 1.1 percent contraction in October. The result beat the 3.4 percent consensus estimate and lifted regional sentiment, with Asian equities moving modestly higher and the offshore renminbi holding near 7.11 per dollar. The rebound is notable because it arrives despite a deep contraction in U.S. shipments, which fell 28.6 percent and extended October's 25.2 percent decline. The ability to expand exports even as U.S. demand weakens shows how aggressively China has diversified its trade flows. The surge in shipments to the European Union, up 14.8 percent in November after less than 1 percent growth in October, highlights the scale of rerouting underway. Export growth to ASEAN slowed from 11 percent to…...