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Fed, breaking with practice, has yet to report 2024 financial results

The Federal Reserve has broken this year with its long-standing practice of releasing an annual preview of its finances for the preceding year. The U.S. central bank has released a preliminary statement detailing its annual profit or loss in early January since at least 2006, but has yet to release the numbers for 2024. A Fed spokesperson said the audited version of the financial statement will be released later this month.

Chinese stocks, emerging market debt see large inflows in February, says IIF

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Foreigners added nearly $16 billion to their emerging market portfolios in February, with investors loading up on Chinese stocks as well as debt across developing economies, a report from a finance trade group said on Thursday. Chinese stocks sucked in $11.2 billion, but selling elsewhere meant emerging market equity portfolios saw a net outflow of $2.1 billion last month. The picture was the reverse in fixed income, where Chinese bonds posted a $15.1 billion outflow even as emerging market debt elsewhere raked in $33.2 billion.