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On Friday, China’s central bank, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), decided to maintain its main benchmark lending rates amid efforts to support economic growth while managing a weakening yuan. The one-year loan prime rate (LPR) remains at 3.1%, while the five-year LPR is steady at 3.6%, influencing corporate loans, household lending, and mortgages. This decision aligned with expectations from a Reuters poll of 27 economists, CNBC reports. Also Read: Amazon’s Project Kuiper In Talks With Taiwan

Slight upward revision to forecast comes in spite of mixed picture in regional markets.

The council expressed concerns about firms’ capacity to deliver high-quality audits, particularly as audit fees rise.

The benchmark US stock measures were tracking in the red before Friday's open as traders await the p

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Investors are expecting more gains for the U.S. stock market in 2025 after two straight standout years, fueled by a solid economy supporting corporate profits, moderating interest rates and pro-growth policies from incoming president Donald Trump. The benchmark S&P 500 is up over 23% year-to-date, even with a recent speed bump, and is on pace for its second straight year of gains exceeding 20%, lifted by megacap tech stocks and excitement over the business potential of artificial intelligence. Investors are more confident about the economy than this time a year ago, with consumers and businesses having absorbed higher interest rates and the Federal Reserve now lowering them - albeit by not as much as hoped.