ECB keeps interest rates on hold despite eurozone inflation fears Key deposit rate kept at 2% even as recovery starts to drive up price growth across bloc The Guardian - UK · Oct 30, 2025
ECB keeps interest rate at 2% as growth holds up against trade tension With inflation subdued and growth steady, the ECB maintained rates at their lowest level in more than two years, matching market expectations. Euronews · Oct 30, 2025
Europe's economy shows modest growth of 0.2%, held back by laggard Germany Europe's economy has grown by a modest 0.2% in the third quarter, according to official figures released Thursday The Independent UK · Oct 30, 2025
Fed Rate Cut: How Will It Lower Your Credit Card and Mortgage Payments? Jerome Powell's 29 Oct Fed rate cut drops benchmark to 3.75%-4% – explore credit card APR lower, mortgage rates drop, savings yield decline impacts on auto loans, student debt amid inflation International Business Times UK · Oct 30, 2025
US and China Seek Trade Progress Amid Fentanyl and Inflation Concerns Trump may ease China tariffs in exchange for a fentanyl crackdown as US-China talks resume, amid rising inflation and layoffs impacting the US economy. International Business Times UK · Oct 30, 2025
Fed cuts key rate yet Powell says future reductions are not locked in Powell suggested the Fed increasingly sees inflation as less of a threat as the central bank cut its key rate to a range of 3.75% to 4%. Euronews · Oct 30, 2025
Meta, Alphabet, Chipotle, Microsoft And Starbucks: Why These 5 Stocks Are On Investors' Radars Today Major stock indexes traded mixed on Wednesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipping nearly 0.2% to 47,632 and the SP 500 holding steady at 6,890.59, while the Nasdaq gained 0.55% to 23,958.47.The Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 3.75%-4.00% and announced it would… Benzinga · Oct 30, 2025
Aussie shares drag as investors shrug off trade talks The Australian stock market has extended its losses following a surprise inflation spike that has crushed hopes of further interest rate cuts in 2025. AAP · Oct 30, 2025
The Thrifting Boom: Why Nearly Half of Gen Z Now Buys Secondhand Monthly to Beat Inflation Gen Z isn’t just shopping differently—they’re redefining retail. According to recent surveys, nearly half of adults under 30 now buy secondhand at least once a... Saving Advice · Oct 29, 2025
Powell Cools Hopes For December Rate Cut: 'Far From A Foregone Conclusion' Fed Chair Jerome Powell threw cold water on investor hopes for another interest rate cut in December, stressing that the Federal Open Market Committee remains deeply divided and that the road ahead is clouded by data gaps and conflicting risks between the central bank’s objectives. Benzinga · Oct 29, 2025
What a Federal Reserve rate cut means for your finances The Federal Reserve has cut its benchmark interest rate by a quarter point for the second time since September The Independent UK · Oct 29, 2025
Powell warns not to count on a December rate cut just yet—the Fed is extremely divided, and a further cut is ‘not a foregone conclusion. Far from it’ The Fed will stop shrinking its $7 trillion balance sheet in December, but Powell stressed it’s a pause in quantitative tightening, rather than a new phase of easing. Fortune · Oct 29, 2025
Federal Reserve cuts interest rates for second time this year amid lagging job market The Federal Reserve decides to slash interest rates again, with inflation rising and unemployment ticking up The Independent UK · Oct 29, 2025
Fed Poised for Second Interest Rate Cut in 2025— What It Means for You The US Federal Reserve is expected to deliver its second straight interest rate cut, lowering the benchmark rate to 3.75%–4.00% amid easing inflation and ongoing economic uncertainty. International Business Times UK · Oct 29, 2025
Fortune · Oct 29, 2025 Powell cuts rates in the dark in historic move, with no jobs data and Trump heckling from abroad For the first time in modern history, the Fed cut rates without jobs data, acting amid a government shutdown, rising unemployment, and open pressure from the president, who wants Powell gone.
The Guardian - US · Oct 29, 2025 Fed cuts interest rates for second time this year amid economic uncertainty Central bank sets rates at range between 3.75% and 4% amid turbulence from government shutdown and Trump’s tariffs
AAP · Oct 29, 2025 Treasurer hits back as opposition slaps panic button The coalition has sought to link a recent rise in inflation and unemployment to the 1970s economic malaise, but analysts say there is no need to panic.
The Independent UK · Oct 29, 2025 Halloween candy prices have nearly doubled in five years as sticker shock continues to hit America A 100-count Halloween candy bag now costs $16, over triple inflation, FinanceBuzz reports
The Guardian - AU · Oct 29, 2025 So it’s goodbye to lower interest rates – to be honest, the RBA was always looking for an excuse not to cut The story this quarter was one of big jumps in electricity prices due to the end of the state subsidies
GOBankingRates · Oct 29, 2025 3 Budget Cuts Middle-Class Retirees Are Making Just To Stay Afloat in 2025 Middle-class retirees are making tough budget cuts in 2025 just to stay afloat. Find out which expenses they’re slashing to stretch their savings.
Benzinga · Oct 29, 2025 Fed Rate Cuts Help Bolster The Case For The ProShares Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF Ever since the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, a key headwind that has stymied multiple administrations is inflation. Sure, the economy has been able to bounce back from the worst of the crisis, but the response wasn't free of consequence. Like a calculated gambit in chess, policymakers essentially sacrificed materiel…
The Independent UK · Oct 29, 2025 Missing government data not likely to sway Federal Reserve from rate-cut path The Federal Reserve is expected to cut its short-term rate Wednesday for the second time this year despite an increasingly cloudy view of the economy it is trying to influence
GOBankingRates · Oct 29, 2025 Inflation Could Be a Key Driver of Holiday Spending This Year: 4 Ways Shoppers Can Combat It This holiday season, shoppers are clasping their wallets tighter. However, this year's sales are likely to get a boost from higher prices.
International Business Times UK · Oct 29, 2025 IRS Direct Deposit Stimulus: Will November IRS Checks Bring $1,400 Relief Boost? Debunking IRS direct deposit myths: No federal $1,400 relief in November 2025, but state inflation rebates like NY's $200 await
The Guardian - AU · Oct 29, 2025 Afternoon Update: more schools caught in exam bungle; inflation dashes hopes for rate cut; and who’s that Lily Allen song about? About 140 final year Queensland students had incorrectly been taught about Julius Caesar’s adopted son and heir, Augustus