1月16日外盘头条：高盛将通过发债募资160亿美元 华尔街大银行2025年派息和股票回购创下纪录最高水平

Group 1 - The U.S. Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on Ali Larijani, the Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, and 18 individuals and entities linked to a shadow banking network, including Crystal Gas and other companies associated with Iran [4][21] - The sanctions are related to previous actions against Iran's national bank and Shahr Bank [4][21] Group 2 - Federal Reserve official Jeff Schmid stated that interest rates should remain at a level that continues to exert pressure on the economy to further cool inflation, indicating a preference for maintaining a moderately restrictive monetary policy [7][24] - Schmid noted that while the labor market has cooled, some degree of cooling may be necessary to avoid worsening inflation prospects [7][24] Group 3 - Goldman Sachs plans to raise $16 billion through the issuance of investment-grade bonds, marking the largest such issuance in Wall Street history [9][26] - This transaction will also be the largest issuance of high-rated bonds in the U.S. for 2026, following the quarterly earnings reports from the six major Wall Street banks [9][26] Group 4 - Major Wall Street banks are expected to return over $140 billion to shareholders in dividends and stock buybacks in 2025, surpassing the previous record set in 2019 [12][29] - JPMorgan Chase repurchased over $30 billion in stock, setting a record for Wall Street banks, and this amount is more than three times the bank's buyback amount from two years ago [12][29] Group 5 - Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee emphasized that the primary focus of the Federal Reserve should be on reducing inflation, with a target of bringing the inflation rate back to 2% [14][31] - Goolsbee indicated that there is potential for interest rate cuts later this year, contingent on convincing evidence that inflation is on a downward trajectory [14][31] Group 6 - The number of initial jobless claims in the U.S. fell to 198,000, the lowest level since November of the previous year, and below all economists' expectations [17][34] - The four-week moving average of new claims also dropped to 205,000, marking the lowest level in two years [17][34]