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Amanda Cooper
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Reuters journo and markets geek🤓 Running🏃‍♀️ books📚puzzles 📝dogs 🐕assorted random stuff. Live in London with husband and kids.
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🗽EXCLUSIVE: Donald Trump sat down with @reuters.com for a 30-minute interview in the Oval Office yesterday
Below are five key take-aways.
💪Trump's doing it his way
🦾Backing ICE
🕊️Peace is hard
🙌Holding pattern on Iran
🗳️Managing expectations for the midterms
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Five takeaways from the Reuters interview of President Trump
Reuters sat down with U.S. President Donald Trump for an interview in the Oval Office on Wednesday. Here are some takeaways from the 30-minute exchange:
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January 15, 2026 at 6:36 AM
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😅 This aged well: "US eases regulations on Nvidia H200 chip exports to China"

🔊TODAY EXCLUSIVE: China's customs agents told Nvidia H200 chips not permitted, sources say

"The wording from the officials is so severe that it is basically a ban for now," one of the people said.
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Exclusive: China's customs agents told Nvidia's H200 chips are not permitted, sources say
Chinese customs authorities told customs agents this week that Nvidia's H200 artificial intelligence chips are not permitted to enter China, according to three people briefed on the matter.
www.reuters.com
January 14, 2026 at 10:09 AM
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💴Japan's yen is sinking. Traders believe Takaichi's proposed fiscal plans will further strain the country's finances and interest rates may take longer to rise.

👀Traders are considering 160 as a line in the sand for intervention. But it's more about the volatility than the level
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Japan yen hits 18-month low; traders weigh up chances of intervention
The yen fell to its weakest level in a year-and-a-half against the dollar on Wednesday on speculation of a snap election that could pave the way for fiscal stimulus, prompting traders to consider the ...
www.reuters.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:59 AM
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🌞Morning! Japan's snap election is turbocharging the "Takaichi trade" and the yen is sinking, putting traders on intervention watch (again).
🌏China logs $1.2T 2025 trade surplus tariffs
🔥At least 2571 killed in Iran protests
💴JPY weakest since July 2024
✨Gold hits record $4639
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Morning Bid: Turbocharged 'Takaichi trade' puts markets on yen watch
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee
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January 14, 2026 at 7:22 AM
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🎙️ On today's Morning Bid #podcast we get into:
🛢️ Trump threatens 25% tariffs on anyone trading with #Iran
🛒 3 former Fed Chairs decry Trump's attacks on central bank independence... hours before December CPI
💴 Why traders from Tokyo to Tampa need to watch the #yen
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FedExes deliver a message
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January 13, 2026 at 11:06 AM
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👩‍⚖️With everything else that's going on, I had legit completely forgotten about this
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BBC seeks to have Trump's $10 billion lawsuit dismissed
The BBC will file a motion to dismiss U.S. President Donald Trump's $10 billion lawsuit over its editing of a speech that made it appear he had directed supporters to storm the U.S. Capitol.
www.reuters.com
January 13, 2026 at 10:07 AM
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If you want to know more about why the Trump administration's attacks on the Fed matter, take a look at this explainer!

My favourite bullet point: "Is this normal?"
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Donald Trump versus the Federal Reserve - what you need to know
Jerome Powell, head of the U.S. Federal Reserve, said on Sunday the Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation against him for allegedly misleading Congress about a building renovation pro...
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January 13, 2026 at 7:02 AM
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🌞Morning! The #Trump administration's attack on Powell has sparked outcry. Former Chairs Yellen, Bernanke and Greenspan say interference with cenbank independence typical of "emerging economies with weak institutions"
🚧Trump: nations trading w #Iran face 25% tariff
💴JPY nears 159
📉 Futures weaker
January 13, 2026 at 6:52 AM
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😨 With #Trump ramping up threats against #Greenland, investors are looking for new ways to hedge what was once thought to be a very distant risk. Here is a great read from Alun John, Laura Matthew and Lewis Krauskopf, with the adept editing of @dhara.bsky.social !
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Trump Greenland threat triggers search for shelter beyond gold, defence
Investors have piled fresh bets on gold and European defence stocks in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to take control of Greenland, fearing a geopolitical rift that could end NATO, ...
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January 12, 2026 at 10:12 AM
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🌞Morning! Looks like we're going to have another normal one today. #Trump has launched a new attack on the Fed, this time with the DOJ threatening to indict #Powell over building renovations
💵USD down broadly
🪙Gold +1.6% at $4582
⛰️Swiss franc +0.4%
📉Futures -0.5-0.8%
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Morning Bid: Powell's punch back jolts markets
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee
www.reuters.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:13 AM
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💥EXCLUSIVE: Trump administration mulls payments to sway Greenlanders to join US
"While the exact dollar figure and logistics of any payment are unclear, U.S. officials, including White House aides, have discussed figures ranging from $10,000 to $100,000 per person"
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Exclusive: Trump administration mulls payments to sway Greenlanders to join US
The idea of directly paying residents of Greenland, an overseas territory of Denmark, offers one explanation of how the U.S. might attempt to "buy" the island of 57,000 people.
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January 9, 2026 at 7:19 AM
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🌞Morning! Markets get a double-whammy of ... well..something today!
👷‍♂️US nonfarm #payrolls:
👩‍⚖️#SCOTUS may rule on #tariffs
📈#Stocks near record highs, #oil back above $60

"A complete invalidation would USD-negative by weakening tariffs as a coercive trade tool"-DBS

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Morning Bid: A one-two payrolls, tariff sucker punch?
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee
www.reuters.com
January 9, 2026 at 6:50 AM
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🚨#Venezuela

RUSSIAN NEWS OUTLET RT CITES SOURCE AS SAYING A HELICOPTER IS TRYING TO LAND WHAT ARE THOUGHT TO BE U.S. MILITARY FORCES ON VENEZUELA-LINKED OIL TANKER ' MARINERA'

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Exclusive: US seizing Venezuela-linked oil tanker after weeks-long pursuit
The United States is attempting to seize a Venezuela-linked oil tanker after a more than two-week-long pursuit across the Atlantic, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Wednesday.
www.reuters.com
January 7, 2026 at 12:52 PM
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🌞 Today, it's all about employment. We get ADP JOLTS and a measure of service-sector jobs via ISM nonmanufacturing
📊 Dec ADP: forecast +47K vs -32K
📊 Nov JOLTS: forecast 7.6 mln vs 7.67 mln
📊 Dec ISM nonmfg: forecast 52.3 vs 52.6
*Nov Employment component was 48.9
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AMERICAS It's all about the jobs
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets by Amanda Cooper.
www.reuters.com
January 7, 2026 at 11:41 AM
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🎙️On today's Morning Bid #podcast we chat about:
🛠️ 'Double dose" jobs day, with Nov and Oct US payrolls
🕓NASDAQ filing for 24/7 trading
🚗 Ford's $19.5 bln writedown on its EV business
🎧Listen, ➡️follow and leave us a review😍!

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No sleep for Wall Street
Wall Street faces a double dose of payroll data.
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December 16, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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📺Who is going to tell him the BBC's entire yearly funding is about half that....? 🤔

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Trump seeks up to $10 billion in damages from BBC over editing of January 6 speech
President Donald Trump sued the BBC for up to $10 billion in damages over edited clips of a speech that made it appear he directed supporters to storm the U.S. Capitol, opening an international front ...
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December 16, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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👓For a great read, check out this Reuters special report on #Meta allowing huge #fraud from #China on its platforms to protect revenue

"The levels that you’re talking about are not defensible. I don’t know how anyone could think this is okay." - former Facebook exec

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Meta tolerates rampant ad fraud from China to safeguard billions in revenue
A Reuters investigation reveals the owner of Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp decided to accept high levels of fraudulent advertisements from China. Internal company documents show Meta wanted to mini...
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December 16, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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🌞Morning! It's "Double-Dose Jobs Day" with Nov and Oct nonfarm payrolls. F'cast for Nov is +50K while for Oct, it's ~100K.
🤓 Ave job growth Jan-Sept =+76K, the lowest outside of crisis years 2020 and 2009 since 2010.
📊 30% chance of a Jan Fed cut, but today's data could be too noisy to shift that
December 16, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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💡If you're watching US consumer #inflation, this is a really good read.
rickjnewman.bsky.social Rick Newman @rickjnewman.bsky.social · Dec 8
Why the lower gas and egg prices Trump brags about don't move the needle

The nice artwork is by @dfostergraphics.bsky.social

Full story ~ www.thepinpointpress.com/p/why-low-ga...
December 12, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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🤖 #AI mania gets a visit from Mr Gravity in December, particularly after Oracle and Broadcom serve a reminder of why actual fundamentals like profit/sales/margins matter.
MTD:
📉#AIQ ⬇️1%
📉#BAI ⬇️1.4%
📈#SPX equal weight ⬆️3% - market breadth is improving as the AI trade takes a breather
December 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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🤖 Investors are fretting about when companies' spending on #AI will pay off
📈 The mounting debt and increasingly complex products deployed to finance the #datacentre buildout are on everyone's radars
💡My colleague @lucyraitano.bsky.social has unpacked some of these key metrics 👇
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Five debt hotspots in the AI data centre boom
As AI fever has propelled global stocks to record highs, the data centres needed to power the technology are increasingly being financed with debt, adding to concerns about the risks.
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December 12, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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⛴️I'm not sure if they needed a bigger boat or what...

The U.S. is preparing to intercept more ships transporting #Venezuela #oil following the seizure of a #tanker this week, according to 6 sources familiar with the matter.

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Exclusive: US preparing to seize more tankers off Venezuela's coast after first ship taken, sources say
The U.S. is preparing to intercept more ships transporting Venezuelan oil following the seizure of a tanker this week, as it increases pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, six sources fami...
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December 12, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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🎉TGIF! US futures under a touch of pressure after #Broadcom offered upbeat Q1 forecasts but said margins to fall on a higher mix of AI revenue
⌨️AVGO shares ⬇️5% in Europe
💷GBP soft after surprise ⬇️in UK GDP
🥉FTW! Copper hits record high on hopes for China stimulus
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Morning Bid: Copper edges past silver to take gold
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Gregor Stuart Hunter
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December 12, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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🏦 Tick tock... The Fed delivers its decision on rates later today and updates the dot plot. September's dots showed policymakers expected 1 cut in 2026, whereas markets are pricing 2.

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Stocks recoil as nerves mount ahead of Fed decision, key AI earnings
Global stocks dipped on Wednesday as crunch time neared for a divided Federal Reserve policy board and earnings results that could test sky-high valuations in the AI sector.
www.reuters.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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🌞Morning! It's #Fed day! A 25bp cut is on the cards for what may be the most divided #FOMC ever. 2 cuts priced for 2025, but does the Fed agree?
🤖ORCL, AVGO AMC: options market pricing ~10% moves
🥈#Silver tops $60: demand from solar, EVs & datacentres supporting
🏯#JPY takes a hit
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Morning Bid: Dazed yen hogs limelight before Fed
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Rae Wee
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December 10, 2025 at 7:43 AM