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Global investors changed their expectations on the global economy in the wake of Donald Trump's election win, and now see higher growth than they did before, as well as higher inflation, according to Bank of America's monthly fund manager survey. BofA polled 179 participants with $503 billion assets under management. Of those, 22% responded after the U.S. election, won by Republican former president Trump.

Investment firm Ark Invest has predicted that a second Trump presidency may bring a sea change in the crypto landscape of the United States.

Donald Trump’s election win is clouding the outlook for mortgage rates even before he gets back to the White House. The president-elect campaigned on a promise to make homeownership more affordable by lowering mortgage rates through policies aimed at knocking out inflation. Mortgage rates are influenced by several factors, including moves in the yield for U.S. 10-year Treasury bonds, which lenders use as a guide to price home loans.

Donald Trump's victory may be a political boon for Hungarian leader Viktor Orban but on the economy, Trump is bad news for Hungary - adding to inflationary risks due to a weak forint and lower output due to possible tariffs on Europe's auto sector. With the forint already on the back foot since the Hungarian central bank's latest rate cut in September, Trump's stunning win sent central Europe's worst-performing currency to levels last seen in 2022, when the bank launched emergency rate hikes.

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In an X post, Musk said that all Department of Government Efficiency actions will be posted online for maximum transparency.

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Shopify's surge added fuel to Canada's strong market rally, helping its benchmark index cross 25,000 for the first time.

Annual inflation may have risen in October for the first time in seven months, a sign that price increases might be leveling off after steadily cooling for more than two years. Measured month to month, prices are believed to have ticked up 0.2% from September to October, the same as in the previous month. Excluding volatile food and energy costs, so-called core prices are forecast to have risen 3.3% from a year earlier, unchanged from the previous month.

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