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Black Friday Spending Fueled Fed Rally Hopes

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This episode examine the immediate economic aftermath of Thanksgiving 2025, focusing on a robust consumer market indicated by record Black Friday online spending totals. This strong performance, alongside growing expectations for a future interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve, fueled a significant rally in the U.S. stock market, allowing major indexes to register their best weekly gains since June. Despite this broad market optimism, the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite still recorded its first monthly loss since March, reflecting ongoing investor anxiety regarding the elevated valuations of AI-related stocks. Providing broader context, a business intelligence source details the concurrent difficulties facing international commerce, specifically noting global shipping chaos and a general trade volume decline across the freight market. Finally, this source highlights the continued investment by logistics leaders in automation and the expanding influence of technology on the modern trade finance landscape.

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