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The Chinese flag flies above the China Customs building at the Yantian Port terminal in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China, October 30, 2025.Wang Tingju | ReutersThe U.S. trade deficit widened in December, capping a year in which imbalances remained essentially unchanged despite efforts by the Trump administration to close the wide gap.Capping off a tumultuous year in global markets, the Commerce Department reported Thursday that shortfalls in goods and services totaled $70.3 billion in December. That’s an increase of $17.3 billion from November and well above the Dow Jones consensus estimate of $55.5 billion.For the full year, the United States had…

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WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is sending a number of additional weapons to the Middle East, including more warships, air defenses and submarines, in preparation for a possible military attack on Iran if President Donald Trump decides to do so, according to U.S. officials and public tracking information. The increase in military equipment comes as the United States and Iran continue diplomatic talks that could lead to averting conflict. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said there had been “good progress” after indirect talks with President Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner in Geneva on Tuesday. White House press…

Eight people were killed Tuesday in an avalanche during a backcountry skiing expedition on the California side of Lake Tahoe, authorities said in an update Wednesday.Officials said six other members of the group survived and one person, presumed dead, remains missing as search teams searched in near-whiteout conditions. “We have spoken with the families of those whose cases remain unresolved and have advised them that our mission has shifted from rescue to recovery,” Nevada County Sheriff Shannan Moon told reporters. “It’s hard to have a conversation with someone you love.”Officials said the avalanche was about the length of a football…

White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said Wednesday that the authors of a recent New York Fed paper that found U.S. businesses and consumers shoulder the lion’s share of the tariff burden should be “reprimanded.”In an interview with CNBC, the head of the National Economic Council trashed the report, saying the central bank’s researchers ignored important aspects of how the mandate would work and instead focused solely on prices. Hassett said the study should have also included the upward effects on wages and benefits that U.S. companies are seeing from increased domestic production.”So this paper is embarrassing,” Hassett said in…

Photostorm | E+ | Getty ImagesWelcome to “Boom Session”.This term is a combination of “boom” and “bust.” Creator Matt Stoller said the film highlights how average Americans don’t feel like they’re reaping the benefits of an economy that’s working well on paper.Although economic output and stock markets are surging and consumers are spending big, the post-pandemic recession that many expected did not materialize. But with debt at an all-time high and many people worried about their finances, a majority of Americans mistakenly believe the country is in an economic slowdown.”Traditionally, the economy has been very strong,” said Stoller, an antitrust…

Cryptocurrencies, particularly stablecoins, will rapidly move from early experimentation to mainstream for African merchants over the next two to three years. As the regulatory fog clears, customer familiarity with stablecoins will accelerate as banks and major platforms adopt them and normalize crypto payments. From July 2024 to June 2025, cryptocurrency activity in sub-Saharan Africa recorded a 52% year-on-year increase, with on-chain value exceeding $205 billion, ranking it the third fastest-growing cryptocurrency market in the world. Of this, South Africa accounted for an estimated $35-40 billion, driven by strong stablecoin usage and significantly increased participation by institutional investors. Stablecoins currently account…

Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed herein belong solely to the authors and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news editorials. Privacy has been a recurring theme in the cryptocurrency space for years. Just a few weeks after Bitcoin (BTC)’s launch, Hal Finney pointed out this issue in only his second tweet about Bitcoin (BTC), but the concept did not gain widespread attention until the arrival of Monero (XMR) in 2014. Since then, privacy has repeatedly re-emerged as a core promise of decentralized money, especially in moments of heightened concerns around regulatory pressure and financial oversight. summary Opt-in…

A customer looks at products on a supermarket shelf on January 15, 2025 in London, England. Dan Kitwood | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesUK inflation fell to 3% in January, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).Economists polled by Reuters had expected the consumer price index to fall to 3% from 3.4% in the 12 months to December.Core inflation, which excludes energy, food, alcohol and tobacco, was 3.1% in January, down from 3.2% in December. In comments on X, ONS chief economist Grant Pfitzner said the decline in inflation to its lowest annual level…

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