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The Federal Reserve decided to decrease interest rates by a quarter of a point after its meeting on December 18th. This rate cut was widely anticipated by markets. Markets may not have been expecting details released in comments following the meeting that indicated only two cuts were now forecast for 2025. This is less than the four cuts that officials had hinted at previously.

Movement in cotton benchmarks was mixed, with some values flat, decreasing, or rising over the past month.

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The days around Thanksgiving are traditionally rank among the busiest of the year for U.S. retailers. This year, Thanksgiving (celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November) was later than usual, which means there are fewer days for shopping between Thanksgiving and Christmas (five fewer days between the holidays this year than there were last year).

The 2024 Cotton Sustainability Summit, hosted by Cotton Incorporated in La Jolla, CA, brought together sustainability leaders from major fashion brands and retailers for engaging panel discussions and thought-provoking conversations on critical sustainability topics.