The broad market exchange-traded fund SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) was down 0.02% and the actively traded Invesco QQQ Trust retreated 0.2% in Tuesday's premarket activity ahead of key economic data. US stock futures were also lower, with S&P 500 Index futures down 0.1%, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures slipping 0.03%, and Nasdaq futures retreating 0.2% before the start of regular trading.
ROSELAND, N.J., Dec. 16, 2025 ?For the four weeks ending November 29, 2025, U.S. private employers added an average of 16,250 jobs per week, according to the NER Pulse, a weekly update of the monthly ADP National Employment Report?.?. This continued strengthening during the second half of November signals a potential rebound in hiring after four weeks of job losses.
Both Kevin Warsh and Kevin Hassett are qualified to lead the Federal Reserve, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Tuesday, adding that any candidate President Donald Trump picks for the job needs to have "an open mind". "They are both very, very qualified," Bessent said in an interview with Fox Business Network.
With large language models parsing EMMA filings and investor relations sites, municipal issuers must modernize their disclosure so both humans and algorithms can accurately understand their credit story and avoid unintended red flags.
EXTON, Pa., Dec. 16, 2025 First Resource Bancorp, Inc. announced the completion of its $8 million subordinated notes offering. View original content to download multimedia:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/first-resource-bancorp-inc-completes-8-million-subordinated-debt-offering-302643184.html. SOURCE First Resource Bank.
Steady tariffs, easing policies and widening market opportunities define the path for the year ahead LOS ANGELES, Dec. 16, 2025 Capital Group, one of the world's largest and most experienced investment firms, today released its 2026 Outlook, pointing to a stabilizing global economy, improving corporate earnings, and a widening opportunity set across equities and fixed income.
CUSIP Global Services today announced the release of its CUSIP Issuance Trends Report for November 2025. North American corporate CUSIP requests totaled 8,572 in November, which is up 4.1% on a monthly basis. The aggregate total of identifier requests for new municipal securities ? including municipal bonds, long-term and short-term notes, and commercial paper ? fell 12.5% versus October totals.
* Accenture (ACN) rises as MS upgrades to "overweight" * B. Riley jumps after reporting Q2 profit vs year-ago loss. * Futures off: Dow 0.01%, S&P 500 0.05%, Nasdaq 0.13% By Johann M Cherian and Shashwat Chauhan.
US equity futures were tracking in the red on Tuesday as traders await the national employment situation report for November. The S&P 500 declined 0.2%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average edged down 0.1% and the Nasdaq was off 0.3% in premarket activity. The nonfarm payrolls report for November is scheduled to be released at 8:30 am ET.
The fiscal year 2026 deficit forecast of the Canadian province of Manitoba has roughly doubled, despite using up the $200 million contingency reserve set aside in the Spring Budget, said Scotiabank. The new deficit forecast for the FY26 budget balance is $1.7 billion, or 1.7% of nominal gross domestic product, compared with the Budget forecast of a $800 million deficit, or 0.8% of GDP.
Brazil's central bank said on Tuesday it has now "concluded" that holding interest rates for a very prolonged period is appropriate to ensure inflation converges to its target, pointing to a slowdown in the job market and services inflation.
Sterling has weakened alongside the US dollar at the start of this week, resulting EUR/GBP rising back up closer to the 0.8800 level after hitting a low of 0.8721 of last Tuesday, said MUFG. The bank expects sterling to weaken further as the Bank of England moves to lower rates on Thursday, stated MUFG.
* * BoJ policy decision in focus as a rate hike is priced in. * US data could reinforce expectations for a Fed pause in January. * Yuan hits 15-month high against dollar. By Stefano Rebaudo.
* Euro zone PMI weaker than expected on German industry. * UK PMI rises on budget relief. * Data points to modest growth momentum at turn of the year. * BoE is still seen cutting rates but ECB may be done. By Balazs Koranyi and Indradip Ghosh.
* Platinum rises to highest level since 2011. * US Nov non-farm payrolls, unemployment rate data due at 1330 GMT. * CPI and PCE data due later this week. By Pablo Sinha. Gold prices fell on Tuesday as investors grew cautious ahead of key U.S. jobs data due later in the day, as it is expected to shed light on future Federal Reserve interest rate cut prospects.
European stock markets were mostly declining midday Tuesday, with investors remaining cautious ahead of the US jobs data release. Asian markets declined at closing, while Wall Street futures were tracking lower hours before market open.
Sterling rose against the euro and the dollar on Tuesday after recent losses, as UK data left expectations for a Bank of England rate cut unchanged and traders shifted focus to U.S. figures due later in the session.
December 16, 2025-- ITT Inc. (ITT) today announced that leading ratings agencies Moody?s, S&P Global Ratings and Fitch Ratings have reaffirmed the company?s current investment grade credit ratings with a stable outlook following the announcement of its agreement to acquire SPX FLOW and the closing of its underwritten public offering of $1.31 billion of common stock.
Wall Street futures were declining premarket Tuesday pending the release of key US economic data, including the delayed jobs report. In the futures, the S&P 500 was down 0.2%, the Nasdaq was 0.3% lower, and the Dow Jones was off 0.1%. Asian markets closed Tuesday in the red, while major European bourses were also tracking lower midday.
* Futures off: Dow 0.13%, S&P 500 0.19%, Nasdaq 0.31% U.S. stock index futures slipped on Tuesday as caution set in ahead of a highly anticipated jobs report that could offer insight into the health of the economy and the potential path for interest rates next year.
Brazil's central bank highlighted on Tuesday its growing confidence in the disinflation process, noting that its restrictive monetary policy has played "a decisive role in the observed disinflation."
Hungary's central bank is very likely to leave rates unchanged at 6.50% on Tuesday, said ING. The main focus will be on MNB's new forecast and forward guidance, wrote the bank in a note to clients. More interesting is the impact of the extended and expanded price shield measures, as well as the increased fiscal targets, on the outlook for 2026 and beyond, stated ING.
* UK flash composite PMI beats all Reuters poll forecasts. * Euro zone flash PMI weakened in December. * Businesses reduce staff numbers, echoing weak official data. By William Schomberg. British businesses appear to be emerging from months of worry about tax increases in finance minister Rachel Reeves' budget in late November, a closely watched survey of the private sector showed on Tuesday.
* FTSE 100 down 0.3%; FTSE 250 flat. * UK labour market shows strain, unemployment rises to 5.1% * BoE expected to cut interest rates amid economic concerns. Dec 16 - London's FTSE 100 slipped on Tuesday, weighed by losses in energy and defence stocks, while investors assessed fresh jobs data that reinforced expectations for an interest rate cut by the Bank of England later in the week.
Central European currencies retreated slightly on Tuesday, with the forint easing 0.2% ahead of a Hungarian central bank meeting, which is expected to keep rates on hold, although investors are ...
* Dollar hovers near two-month low. * U.S. employment data due on Tuesday. * Palladium climbs to 2-month peak, platinum at 14-year high. By Sarah Qureshi. Spot gold rose to hover near a seven-week peak on Monday, bolstered by a softer dollar and expectations of U.S. interest rate cuts ahead of key jobs data, while silver held below a record high hit on Friday.
* * BoJ policy decision in focus as a rate hike is priced in. * US data could reinforce expectations for a Fed pause in January. * Yuan hits 15-month high against dollar. By Stefano Rebaudo and Gregor Stuart Hunter.
Euro zone business activity growth slowed more than expected at the end of 2025 as a contraction in manufacturing deepened while the expansion in the dominant services industry eased, a survey showed. The common currency bloc remained resilient for most of the year despite higher U.S. tariffs and elevated global uncertainties.
Willis Towers Watson (WTW) said late Monday its Willis North America unit priced a $1 billion debt offering, consisting of $700 million of 4.55% senior unsecured notes due 2031 and $300 million of 5.15% senior unsecured notes due 2036.
India's private sector activity expanded at its weakest pace in 10 months in December on a slowdown in new orders and hiring slowed to a near-standstill, according to a survey of private businesses on Tuesday. HSBC's Flash India Composite Purchasing Managers' Index, compiled by S&P Global, fell to 58.9 this month from 59.7 in November, marking the lowest reading since February.
The non-bank financial sector's share of global assets grew to 51%, or $256.8 trillion, last year and expanded at double the rate of the traditional banking industry, the Financial Stability Board said on Tuesday.
Zoetis (ZTS) said Tuesday it priced a private offering of $1.75 billion principal amount of 0.25% convertible senior notes due 2029. The underwriters were granted a 13-day option to purchase up to $250 million additional amount of notes. The notes will be convertible at an initial rate of $148.20 per share.
Euro zone bond yields were steady on Tuesday as traders awaited the currency bloc's composite PMIs and a closely watched U.S. jobs report for a potential steer on the Federal Reserve's policy outlook. A European Central Bank policy meeting is due later in the week, with the Bank of England and Bank of Japan also set to deliver rate decisions.
U.S. Treasuries seem increasingly anxious about 2026 and the bond market is already rebuilding risk premia ahead of the new year. On Monday, the Treasury yield curve steepened to its widest in four years on both the 2-10 year and 2-30 year segments, with the former surpassing the peaks of April when the initial tariff shock briefly sent Treasuries into a tailspin.
Substantially All of Net Proceeds Expected to Be Used to Repurchase Approximately $1.6 Billion of Common Stock and for Capped Call Transactions Zoetis Inc. (ZTS) today announced that it has priced its previously announced offering of $1.75 billion aggregate principal amount of 0.25% convertible senior notes due 2029 in a private offering to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional bu...
* Combined non-farm payrolls for October and November due Euro steady as markets weigh prospects for Ukraine peace deal Greenback weakest against Chinese yuan since October 2024. By Gregor Stuart Hunter.
* Fed Governor Stephen Miran says inflation closer to 2% target. * US Nov non-farm payrolls, unemployment rate data due at 1330 GMT. * US weekly jobless claims, PCE data due on Friday. By Ishaan Arora and Sherin Elizabeth Varghese.
* Investors await US jobs and inflation data for rate-cut clues. * Bitcoin at two-week lows as risk-off mood takes hold. * Focus on BoE, ECB, BOJ policy decisions this week. By Ankur Banerjee.
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee. Investors have hunkered down, unwilling to take on risky bets, ahead of a clutch of economic data from across the globe and central bank meetings in what is shaping up to be an eventful last full week of the year.
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee. Investors have hunkered down, unwilling to take on risky bets, ahead of a clutch of economic data from across the globe and central bank meetings in what is shaping up to be an eventful last full week of the year.
* Nonfarm payrolls are forecast increasing 50,000 in November. * Employment is expected to have declined in October due to federal government job losses. * Unemployment rate is estimated to come in at 4.4% in November. * There will be no jobless rate for October because the government shutdown prevented the collection of data. By Lucia Mutikani.
Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company, a leading global advisory, broking and solutions company, today announced the pricing of a registered offering by Willis North America Inc., an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, of $700,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.550% senior unsecured notes due 2031 and $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.150% senior unsecured not...
LITTLETON, CO / ACCESS Newswire / December 15, 2025 / Ur-Energy Inc. (URG) today announced the closing of its previously announced offering of $120 million aggregate principal amount of 4.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2031 in a private placement, which included the exercise in full by the initial purchasers of their option to purchase an additional US$20 million of notes.
US stocks started the week lower as investors awaited key economic data to be released later this week, including the November employment report. The Nasdaq Composite fell 0.6% to 23,057.4, closing lower for a third consecutive session. Most sectors ended higher, led by health care, while technology saw the steepest decline. The government's nonfarm payrolls report for November is out on Tuesday.
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