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According to Fox News: U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessant stated that Trump will meet with three candidates for Federal Reserve Chair after Thanksgiving. I can say with certainty that I will not become the Federal Reserve Chair.According to Fox News: U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessant said that President Trump may announce the next Federal Reserve Chairman before Christmas.1. All three major U.S. stock indexes closed lower. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.07% to 46,091.74 points, the S&P 500 fell 0.83% to 6,617.32 points, and the Nasdaq Composite fell 1.21% to 22,432.85 points. Home Depot fell 6%, and Amazon fell more than 4%, leading the decline in the Dow. The Wind U.S. Tech Big Seven Index fell 1.82%, Nvidia fell nearly 3%, and Microsoft fell more than 2%. Chinese concept stocks were mixed, with Amer Sports rising more than 8% and Daqo New Energy falling more than 6%. Both the Dow and the S&P 500 recorded their fourth consecutive day of decline. 2. All three major European stock indexes closed lower. The German DAX fell 1.85% to 23,153.92 points, the French CAC40 fell 1.86% to 7,967.93 points, and the UK FTSE 100 fell 1.27% to 9,552.3 points. 3. US Treasury yields fell across the board. The 2-year Treasury yield fell 2.93 basis points to 3.572%, the 3-year Treasury yield fell 4.17 basis points to 3.567%, the 5-year Treasury yield fell 4.02 basis points to 3.686%, the 10-year Treasury yield fell 2.52 basis points to 4.113%, and the 30-year Treasury yield fell 0.20 basis points to 4.733%. 4. International precious metals futures generally closed lower. COMEX gold futures fell 0.17% to $4067.40 per ounce, and COMEX silver futures fell 0.34% to $50.54 per ounce. 5. Rosnefts Ryazan refinery suspended crude oil processing since the November 15 drone attack. The WTI crude oil futures contract closed at $60.57 per barrel; the Brent crude oil futures contract rose 0.93% to $64.8 per barrel. 6. London base metals all fell, with LME aluminum down 0.85% to $2,789.50/ton, LME copper down 0.75% to $10,698.00/ton, LME lead down 0.52% to $2,027.00/ton, LME zinc down 0.12% to $2,990.50/ton, LME tin down 0.07% to $36,860.00/ton, and LME nickel down 0.03% to $14,645.00/ton.November 19th - According to CMEs "FedWatch": The probability of the Federal Reserve cutting interest rates by 25 basis points in December is 48.9%, and the probability of keeping rates unchanged is 51.1%. The probability of the Fed cumulatively cutting rates by 25 basis points by January next year is 49.7%, the probability of keeping rates unchanged is 31.9%, and the probability of cumulative rate cuts of 50 basis points is 18.4%.Moodys affirmed Lebanons rating at "C" and maintained a stable outlook.
