Japan raises interest rates to highest level in 30 years  Financial Times The Bank of Japan Raised Rates. Here’s Why You Should Care.  The Wall Street Journal Morning Bid: Japan's savers get to party like it's 1999  Reuters Japan’s 10-Year Bond Yield Hits 2% for First Time Since 2006  Bloomberg.com USD/JPY Forecast: What’s Next for the Yen After the BOJ Decision?  FOREX.com

China's ByteDance signs deal to form joint venture in step to avoid US TikTok ban  Reuters TikTok has signed the deal to spin off its US entity with American investor group  CNN TikTok Signs Agreements With Investors in Step Toward Avoiding a U.S. Ban  The New York Times Scoop: TikTok signs deal for U.S. unit after yearslong saga  Axios TikTok signs deal to give U.S. operations to Oracle-led investor group  NPR

Monetary policy statement (with Q&A)  European Central Bank ECB upgrades growth outlook, closing door to more cuts  Reuters Here are four key takeaways from Europe's central banks' final rate decisions of 2025  CNBC ECB Holds Rates With Growth Firmer and Inflation Near Target  Bloomberg.com Monetary policy decisions  European Central Bank

Inflation cools slightly in November as worries about affordability grip Americans  NPR November consumer prices rose at a 2.7% annual rate, lower than expected, delayed data shows  CNBC US Treasuries Head for First Weekly Gain Since November  Bloomberg.com US says price increases eased last month but data may be distorted and Americans aren't feeling it  AP News Inflation cooled in November to 2.7%, but economists say to take it with ‘the entire salt shaker’  CNN

Trump Media announces $6 billion merger with nuclear fusion company  ABC News Trump Media to Merge With TAE Technologies, a Nuclear Fusion Firm, in a $6 Billion Deal  The New York Times Trump Media announces $6bn merger plan with fusion power company  The Guardian Why Trump’s social media company is merging with a fusion power firm  The Washington Post Trump Media announces $6 billion merger with fusion company TAE Technologies; DJT stock soars 33%  CNBC

‘Uniquely evil’: Michigan residents fight against huge data center backed by top tycoons  The Guardian Oracle and OpenAI Win Michigan Approval to Power New Data Center  Bloomberg.com Michigan regulators sign off on DTE agreement for massive data center  Detroit Free Press MPSC meeting happening in Lansing Thursday to discuss DTE's contract with Saline Township Data Center  WXYZ Channel 7 Bills would target water use, utility costs tied to Michigan data center boom  MLive.com