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New York Fed: U.S. household net worth increased by $6.064 trillion in the third quarter.

Minnesota officials have requested the FBI to share evidence from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) investigation into the shooting.

On Friday, January 9th, the German DAX 30 index closed up 138.30 points, or 0.55%, at 25264.21; the UK FTSE 100 index closed up 81.71 points, or 0.81%, at 10126.40; the French CAC 40 index closed up 118.62 points, or 1.44%, at 8362.09; the Euro Stoxx 50 index closed up 93.54 points, or 1.58%, at 5997.86; the Spanish IBEX 35 index closed up 5.47 points, or 0.03%, at 17642.77; and the Italian FTSE MIB index closed up 59.80 points, or 0.13%, at 45731.50.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessenter: The government is investigating four money services companies in the Greater São Paulo area.

On January 10th, it was reported that on January 9th local time, the Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada (parliament) of Ukraine, Stefanchuk, announced on his official social media platform that Defense Minister Shmyhal and Digital Transformation Minister Fedorov had submitted their resignations to the Verkhovna Rada. He stated that the Verkhovna Rada would review these applications as soon as possible according to established procedures. Previously, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy had announced a series of personnel changes.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessenter: The IRS will establish a special task force to investigate fraud related to COVID-19 tax breaks.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessenter: Met with several financial institutions on Friday regarding the fraud investigation.

Euronext: The evening trading session for commodity futures, originally scheduled to launch on February 2, will be postponed to April 13.

Euronext: The evening trading session for commodity futures, originally scheduled to end at 20:30 Central European Time, has been rescheduled to end at 20:15 Central European Time.

U.S. officials arrived at the U.S. Embassy in Venezuela.

White House economic advisor Hassett: It is an honor to be on Trump's shortlist of candidates for Federal Reserve Chair.

White House economic advisor Hassett: We have very detailed contingency plans for tariffs.

On January 9th, National Economic Council Director Hassett stated that the Trump administration is prepared to utilize other powers to quickly reimpose tariffs should the Supreme Court rule President Trump's global tariff policies unconstitutional. Hassett said on Friday, "Our expectation is that we will win, and if we don't, we know we have other tools that can achieve the same goal." In a separate interview with Fox Business, Hassett stated that the administration is "absolutely" prepared with a contingency plan that would allow for the "almost immediate re-implementation" of these tariffs should the Supreme Court rule against it. The Supreme Court could rule as early as Friday on the legality of the president's use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose comprehensive tariffs (including so-called reciprocal tariffs and fentanyl-related charges), with the ruling to be released at a later date.

According to Fox News: Eni, Aspect, and Tallgrass Energy will attend the White House oil conference.