The Bank of Japan has comprehensively raised its inflation forecast for fiscal year 2024 to 2026 and lowered its economic growth forecast for fiscal year 2024
The Fed is not expected to achieve its 2 per cent inflation target until 2026, Mr. Schmid said. The final phase of a 2 per cent decline in inflation is likely to be the most challenging for monetary policy. The Fed's quantitative tightening is partly at odds with interest rate cuts. The Fed's balance sheet stance is still holding yields down. It will now oppose a halt to the Fed's balance sheet reduction. It is not desirable that moves to shrink the balance sheet cause volatility.
Andrew Kang wrote on the X platform that 2025 will be the year of the agent, 2026 will be the year of the humanoid robot, and 2027 will be the year of the fusion of humans and artificial intelligence.
Magic Eden General Counsel Joe Doll recently said that David Sacks has only 2 years to push for pro-cryptocurrency policies before the 2026 U.S. midterm elections. The threat of a government stalemate could stifle regulation, and the current administration must push for pro-cryptocurrency policies while still controlling both houses of Congress. "The House majority is very slim, and it's very likely to flip, because the House almost always flips. So you could run into a divided government, in 2....
On December 26th, Tesla has reached an energy storage battery supply agreement with Yiwei Lithium Energy. Yiwei Lithium Energy's Malaysian factory plans to start supplying energy storage batteries to Tesla in the United States in 2026. We checked with Yiwei Lithium Energy on this news, and Yiwei Lithium Energy replied that "the company's business is subject to the company's announcement." Tesla has relied on increasing the number of suppliers to control the pricing power of batteries this year.
On December 25, the 13th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress voted to pass the Value-Added Tax Law, which will come into force on January 1, 2026.
NASA said that the Artemis Lunar Landing Program 2 mission has been moved to April 2026, and the 3 mission has now been moved to mid-2027.
Fitch said it no longer expects the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates further in 2026.