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Dow Soars to Record as the Fed Signals Rate Cuts Next Year

WSJ What’s News

The Wall Street Journal

Daily News, News

4.14.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

P.M. Edition for Dec. 13. The Federal Reserve held rates steady at its final meeting of the year, and signaled rate cuts in 2024. And the Dow tops 37,000 for the first time ever. Plus, how China is rewriting the playbook on handling international debt crises. Bankruptcy reporter Alexander Saeedy explains. Annmarie Fertoli hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The federal The Federal Reserve holds rates steady and pencils in three rate cuts in 2024. And the Supreme Court will decide on access to the abortion pill Mifaprasstone.

0:45.0

Plus, how China is rewriting the playbook on handling international debt crises.

0:50.0

China still very much thinks of itself as a developing country.

0:55.0

It only very recently has become this wealthy country that lent billions of dollars to the developing world.

1:03.0

So from its perspective, it doesn't necessarily need to accept the rules of these

1:07.4

rich Western countries, which they are trying to impose on to Beijing.

1:12.1

It's Wednesday, December 13th.

1:14.0

I'm Anne Marie Fertoli for the Wall Street Journal.

1:16.4

This is the PM edition of What's News,

1:18.6

the top headlines and business stories that

1:20.5

moved the world today.

1:30.0

The Federal Reserve held interest rate steady, ending its final policy meeting of the year.

1:32.0

The Central Bank signaled that inflation is improving more quickly than expected,

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