Liberation Day, DeepSeek, Trump's memecoin, record-breaking rates in Japan, US government shutdown, and Buffett's goodbye: The stories that shaped 2025

The US economy keeps booming, Japan issues yen intervention warning, and Nvidia makes a $20b acquisition

Cooling inflation in the US and UK, mixed jobs data, and another earnings disappointment from Nike

A dovish rate cut from the Fed, a hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros., and big earnings drops for Oracle and Broadcom

Mixed US jobs data, the end of QT, cool-ish PCE, and Netflix to acquire Warner Bros.

Serious Russia-Ukraine peace talks, a record-breaking Black Friday, and Kevin Hassett to replace Powell?