Goldman CEO Sees Capital-Markets Activity Accelerating Into 2025

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer David Solomon said policies expected to be enacted under Donald Trump’s administration are poised to provide a further boost to already improving capital markets.

David Solomon

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“I think it is going to accelerate more,” he said in a CNBC interview Wednesday. “We are seeing things in our business, and when I talk to clients, that indicate that after waiting for valuations to move and for time to pass, people are ready to be more active.”

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