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Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Wednesday's News Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Gold Hits Record Above $5,300 as Trump Dollar Comments Aid Rally

[CNBC] S&P 500 climbs ahead of Fed decision, major tech earnings: Live updatess

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Trump’s Embrace of Weaker Dollar Fuels Bets on New Downtrend

[AP] Federal Reserve may keep rates unchanged for months as economy shows signs of health

[MSN/WSJ] Trump Has Four Finalists to Run the Fed. None of Them Are Exactly What He Wants.

[MSN/Reuters] For Fed, Uptick in Bank Lending May add to Case Against Rate Cuts

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Rick Rieder’s Donations to MAGA Rivals Tests Trump’s Fed Chair Demands

[CNBC] Mortgage demand drops 8.5%, as interest rates swell to the highest level in 3 weeks

[Axios] Companies rush to refinance as credit looks good

[Reuters] A year into Trump presidency, 'pivot to China' gathers pace

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Chinese Silver Fund Halts Trading as Frenzy Drives Up Premium

[Axios] Trump warns Iran "time is running out" for talks, threatens "far worse" attack

[AP] A month after Iran protests began, worry pervades Mideast over possible US strike

[Politico] Mark Rutte is on collision course with European capitals over NATO

[Politico] ‘It’s not like the SS are coming’: Italy bids to quell ICE furor before Winter Olympics

[Bloomberg] Trump’s Embrace of Weaker Dollar Fuels Bets on New Downtrend

[Bloomberg] Pentagon Official Visits Japan as US Seeks More Defense Spending

[Bloomberg] China’s Four-Year Energy Spree Has Eclipsed Entire US Power Grid

[NYT] Fed Meeting Comes at Pivotal Moment for Central Bank’s Independence

[NYT] What to Watch as the Federal Reserve Meets

[NYT] A Municipal Debt Boom Is Driving Public Projects and Tax Breaks for Investors

[WSJ] Trump Has Four Finalists to Run the Fed. None of Them Are Exactly What He Wants.

[WSJ] These Are the 12 Fed Officials Who Will Vote on Interest Rates This Year

[WSJ] These Billion-Dollar AI Startups Have No Products, No Revenue and Eager Investors

[WSJ] BOJ Officials Signal More Caution on Yen Risk to Inflation

[WSJ] The Deflation Doom Loop Trapping China’s Economy

[WSJ] Australia Inflation Pressure Stokes Rate-Hike Speculation

[WSJ] Key Gulf Allies Say They Won’t Aid U.S. in an Iran Strike, Limiting Trump’s Options

[FT] Investors bet on ‘hot’ US economy heading into midterm elections

[FT] Swiss franc surges to decade high as traders seek last ‘reliable’ haven

[FT] Trump warns Iran ‘time is running out’ for deal to avert US military action

[FT] Nato without America: Europe ‘thinks the unthinkable’

[FT] Xi Jinping’s purge of top general sends China’s military into uncharted waters