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MORTGAGE APPLICATIONS SPIKE TO THEIR HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE FEBRUARY 2023


CONSUMER CREDIT APPLICATIONS ARE NOW BEING REJECTED AT NEARLY 25%, THE HIGHEST REJECTION RATE EVER RECORDED


MADURO ORDERS A “SPECIAL PLAN” FOR THE RETURN OF VENEZUELANS STRANDED IN OTHER COUNTRIES AFTER FLIGHT SUSPENSIONS DUE TO U.S. WARNINGS ABOUT VENEZUELAN AIRSPACE


CREDIT CARD DEBT HIT A RECORD $1.23 TRILLION IN Q3 2025 — THIS PAIRS WITH AVERAGE CARD RATES ABOVE 20% •Total U.S. credit-card debt reached US $1.233 trillion in the third quarter of 2025, the highest amount since tracking began.


MORGAN STANLEY, CITIGROUP & GOLDMAN: INDIA MARKETS EXPECTED TO BOUNCE BACK NEXT YEAR


JAPAN’S FINANCE MINISTER SAYS IT IS “CLEAR” THE YEN SWINGS AREN’T “MOVING BASED ON FUNDAMENTALS”


U.S. FACES A GROWING SAILOR SHORTAGE DESPITE MARITIME JOBS OFFERING BIG PAY AND SIGNIFICANT PERKS: WSJ


AMERICANS ARE JUMPING ON OPPORTUNITIES TO REFINANCE THEIR MORTGAGES — BUT THE MARKET COULD MAKE THEM PAY A PRICE •Many U.S. homeowners — especially those who locked in mortgages during 2023–2024 at higher rates — are refinancing now that rates have dipped, hoping to reduce…


SURPRISE HEIRS EMERGING FROM DNA TEST KITS ARE CAUSING CHAOS FOR FAMILIES SETTLING ESTATES


TEENAGERS ARE DIVING INTO STOCK MARKETS — WITH MANY ENCOURAGED BY PARENTS WHO WISH THEY’D START INVESTING EARLIER : WSJ


ELON MUSK CALLS FOR THE U.S. TO STRIP EVERY FOREIGNER OF THEIR CITIZENSHIP “IMMEDIATELY” IF THEY BREAK THEIR OATH TO AMERICA


CHINA’S FACTORY ACTIVITY IMPROVED BUT REMAINED IN CONTRACTION IN NOVEMBER, MARKING A RECORD STREAK OF DECLINES AS THE ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN DEEPENS


IF YOU’RE IN YOUR TWENTIES A COLLEGE DEGREE NO LONGER HELPS YOU FIND A JOB FASTER PER BLOOMBERG


TRUMP TOLD MADURO THE U.S. WOULD CONSIDER FORCE IF HE DIDN’T LEAVE WILLINGLY — WSJ


U.S. Department of Homeland Security: Arrest of Afghan after threatening to carry out an explosion in Texas


Democrats accuse Trump of fueling the conflict with Venezuela


BLACKROCK SAYS BITCOIN ETFS ARE ITS TOP SOURCE OF REVENUE


AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER ANTHONY ALBANESE MARRIES PARTNER JODIE HAYDON, BECOMING THE FIRST LEADER TO WED WHILE IN OFFICE


NEARLY HALF OF AMERICANS EXPECT TO RETIRE WITH UNDER $500,000 EVEN THOUGH MANY BELIEVE THEY NEED $1.28 MILLION TO COVER RISING COSTS: SCHRODERS SURVEY


SCOTT BESSENT SAYS EXPECT MORE JOBS HIGHER REAL INCOMES STRONG NON INFLATIONARY GROWTH IN 2026 PLUS LARGER REFUNDS IN Q1


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