Jerome Powell says the AI hiring apocalypse is real: 'Job creation is pretty close to zero.’ Powell said the Fed is walking a tightrope as AI-fueled investment props up growth but erodes hiring. Fortune · Oct 30, 2025
Powell comments about future rate cuts reflect growing division within the Fed Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell this week acknowledged "strongly differing views" on the committee about a December rate cut. Axios · Oct 30, 2025
Bitcoin Sells Trump-Xi Deal, Fed Rate Cut: Is A Breakdown To $93,000 Next? Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) is trading below $108,000 after the Federal Reserve's 25-basis-point rate cut failed to lift markets, with charts pointing to deeper losses. Benzinga · Oct 30, 2025
Powell Taps The Brakes In The Fog, But Traders Keep Hitting The Gas Fed Chair Jerome Powell firmly pushed back against market expectations for a December rate cut on Wednesday, cautioning that it's more prudent to slow down when visibility is low—yet his remarks only modestly dented investor optimism, with traders still essentially betting on another move by the end of the year. Benzinga · Oct 30, 2025
A Divided Fed Plus: "Freeze the rent" hypocrisy, B-52s near Caracas, the Armani class votes Mamdani, and more... Reason · Oct 30, 2025
Powell gave traders a green light to double down on AI—but the markets punished Meta and Microsoft anyway The market declined to demonstrate irrational exuberance despite upbeat remarks from the Fed. Fortune · Oct 30, 2025
Eurozone GDP beats forecasts: Portugal emerges as growth leader Eurozone gross domestic product rose 0.2% in the third quarter of 2025, compared to the previous quarter. Within member states, Portugal recorded the highest growth rate at 0.8%. Euronews · Oct 30, 2025
The AI boom isn't going anywhere The longer the boom can keep carrying the economy, the more it can offset other structural changes. Axios · 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
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
Asian shares, oil prices fall back following Trump's meeting with Chinese leader Xi Asian shares have retreated after President Donald Trump's meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping The Independent UK · Oct 30, 2025
Bitcoin, Ethereum dip after Fed chair hints that 25-point rate cut may be last of 2025 The total market capitalization of all cryptocurrencies dropped 1.8% on Wednesday. Fortune · Oct 30, 2025
Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Dogecoin Dip As Fed Chair Powell Pours Cold Water On December Rate Cut Hopes: Analyst Says Watch Out For These Key BTC Levels Leading cryptocurrencies fell alongside major stock indexes on Wednesday as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said that a year-end interest rate cut is “not a foregone conclusion.” Benzinga · Oct 30, 2025
Stocks Slide As Powell Cools Rate-Cut Hopes: These 15 Stocks Are Feeling The Pinch Stocks sold off late Wednesday after Fed Chair Jerome Powell pushed back on expectations for another interest rate cut in December, warning that such a move is "far from a foregone conclusion” as the Federal Open Market Committee remains divided and incoming data remains clouded by shutdown-related gaps. Benzinga · Oct 29, 2025
Fortune · Oct 29, 2025 Powell says that, unlike the dotcom boom, AI spending isn’t a bubble: ‘I won’t go into particular names, but they actually have earnings’ However, the Fed chair noted that the growth is unevenly distributed and concentrated among only a few companies.
Kiplinger · Oct 29, 2025 Dow, S&P 500 Slip on December Rate Cut Worries, Nvidia Boosts Nasdaq: Stock Market Today Nvidia became the first company ever to boast a $5 trillion market cap, but it wasn't enough to lift the Dow and the S&P 500.
Benzinga · Oct 29, 2025 Rocket Companies (RKT) Stock Is Sliding Wednesday: What's Going On? Rocket Companies Inc (NYSE:RKT) shares are trading lower on Wednesday afternoon, caught in a broader market sell-off fueled by comments from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Here’s what investors need to know.
Benzinga · 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.
Fortune · 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.
Axios · Oct 29, 2025 Fed cuts rates again but throws cold water on a December rate cut The move comes as the ongoing government shutdown restricts the release of critical economic data.
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
Fortune · Oct 29, 2025 You can expect a 25 bps cut from the Fed, says Wall Street, but little economic insight from Powell—after all, he doesn’t have much to go on “Chair Powell’s press conference will pivot away from economic data—given its scarcity—and instead focus on balance sheet policy, the policy framework review, and financial stability,” Deutsche Bank says.
Fortune · Oct 29, 2025 Wall Street is in a risk-on mood as it waits for Powell to deliver on the ‘Fed put’ “Earlier this month, markets shifted more towards a ‘central bank put’ regime,” Christian Mueller-Glissmann at Goldman Sachs wrote in a note to clients.
Fortune · Oct 29, 2025 Everyone thinks AI is replacing factory workers, but Amazon’s layoffs show it’s coming for middle management first As Amazon slashes 14,000 white-collar roles and the U.S. approaches a million job cuts this year, AI’s first major labor casualty might be emerging.