Long-run inflation expectations soared to 3.3 percent, the highest level since June 2008, from 3.0 percent in December.

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The US central bank voted 11-to-1 in favor of cutting rates by a quarter of a percentage point at the meeting on December 17 and 18, reducing the bank's key lending rate to between 4.25 and 4.50 percent despite an uptick in inflation

Net revenue rose 33.9 percent to NT$2.9 trillion ($87.8 billion), the company said in a statement, ahead of the release of its complete earnings report next week.

Hiring in the world's biggest economy stood at 256,000 last month, up from a revised 212,000 in November, the Labor Department said.

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Sentiment was also clouded by data showing that Chinese consumer inflation remained almost non-existent despite a raft of stimulus measures in the final three months of last year.

For the whole of 2024 prices were up 0.2 percent, the same as the previous year.

Congress has had frequent battles in recent years over the best way to tackle growing spending commitments, with lawmakers divided over whether to tax more, spend less, or do both at the same time.

The announcement comes after the world's largest memory-chip maker issued a rare apology in October acknowledging it was facing a "crisis" and that questions had arisen about its "fundamental technological competitiveness and the future of the company".

With Trump set to take office later this month, trade imbalances in the world's biggest economy could again come under the spotlight.

Samsung is expected to estimate its operating profit rose to 8.2 trillion won ($5.6 billion) in the quarter ended December

Trump responded on his Truth Social platform after the Washington Post cited three sources familiar with the matter as saying that Trump aides were exploring a narrower approach to tariffs

Michael Barr, the Fed's vice chair for banking supervision, said in a statement that he would step down from his management role by February 28 at the latest

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Protests by Indian truck operators over online slot-booking issues caused the disruption

Revenue for Apple's biggest iPhone assembler jumped 15.2 percent to T$2.13 trillion ($64.72 billion), Foxconn said in a statement on Sunday

Even companies such as Netflix and Amazon, which until recently relied mainly on subscriptions, are getting in on the action

Beijing last year struggled to lift the economy out of a slump fuelled by a property market crisis, weak consumption and soaring government debt