Why is Washington acting like the U.S. is in a recession? On paper, the economy is growing and unemployment is low. But federal government policymakers are behaving like there is an imminent crisis. Fortune · Oct 27, 2025
Trump 'Inherited This Terrible Affordability Crisis' From Biden, Says Scott Bessent: Says 'Overall' Inflation Has Come Down U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defended the Trump administration’s handling of inflation and the affordability crisis, which he said was inherited from the previous administration led by President Joe Biden. Benzinga · Oct 27, 2025
Dow futures jump 300 points as U.S.-China trade war heads for ceasefire while Wall Street eyes another Fed rate cut and earnings from AI giants Meta, Microsoft and Google parent Alphabet report on Wednesday, while Apple and Amazon report on Thursday. Fortune · Oct 26, 2025
Wall Street Braces For $6.6 Trillion Fed Shift Amid Bitcoin Price Surge Wall Street is discreetly gearing up for a significant alteration in the Federal Reserve’s $6.6 trillion balance sheet, coinciding with a sudden rise in Bitcoin‘s (CRYPTO: BTC) price. Benzinga · Oct 26, 2025
Earnings, Trade War and Other Can't Miss Items this Week This week brings an extraordinary convergence of market-moving events: Wednesday's virtually certain Fed rate cut and a blockbuster earnings lineup featuring all five mega-cap tech giants Barchart · Oct 26, 2025
US Inflation Hits 3% — How Will It Affect Your Grocery Bill, Rent and Savings? Inflation in the US climbs to 3%, driving up grocery bills, rents and eroding savings amid renewed cost-of-living pressure. International Business Times UK · Oct 26, 2025
I Asked ChatGPT What Will Happen To the Stock Market If the Fed Keeps Cutting Interest Rates: Here’s What It Said nvestors can't stop watching the Federal Reserve this year as it continues slicing interest rates to stimulate the slowing economy. GOBankingRates · Oct 26, 2025
Peter Schiff Warns Of Imminent Dollar Crisis As Gold Prices Surge: 'We're Looking At $20,000 Gold' At Minimum On a recent episode of Kerry Lutz's Financial Survival Network, Peter Schiff highlighted the potential for an impending dollar crisis. Schiff emphasized that the rising gold prices are a signal of systemic dollar weakness. Benzinga · Oct 26, 2025
Bitmine's Tom Lee Predicts Crypto Surge, Expects S&P 500 To Climb Up To Another 10%: Report Tom Lee, chairman of Bitmine Immersion Technologies (AMEX:BMNR), anticipates a crypto rally and further gains for the SP 500 by the end of 2025. Benzinga · Oct 26, 2025
Why Warren Buffett Now Holds More Cash Than the Fed — What That Signals About the Market Warren Buffett now holds more cash than the Federal Reserve—learn what this signals about market trends and how it could impact your investment strategy. GOBankingRates · Oct 25, 2025
Stocks Rally to Record Highs on Favorable US CPI Report The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Friday rose by +0.79%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) rose by +1.01%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) rose by +1.04%. December E-mini S&P futures (ESZ25 ) rose by +0.74%, and December E-mini Nasdaq... Barchart · Oct 24, 2025
October Fed Meeting: Live Updates and Commentary The October Fed meeting is a key economic event, with Wall Street waiting to see what Fed Chair Powell & Co. did about interest rates. Kiplinger · Oct 24, 2025
Dow Adds 472 Points After September CPI: Stock Market Today IBM and Advanced Micro Devices created tailwinds for the main indexes after scoring a major quantum-computing win. Kiplinger · Oct 24, 2025
America First? Trump Mantra Makes Exception For Argentina: Here's Why “America First,” President Donald Trump proclaimed in two inaugural addresses: 2016 and, again, in 2025—unless you’re Argentina. Benzinga · Oct 24, 2025
Benzinga · Oct 24, 2025 Oklo Stock Is Trading Higher Friday: What's Going On? Shares of nuclear startup Oklo Inc (NYSE:OKLO) are trading higher Friday afternoon, extending a rebound from a midweek sell-off. The stock, up over 500% this year, continues to attract investors despite its high-risk profile and recent volatility.
The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2025 Government shutdown likely means no inflation data next month for 1st time in decades The government shutdown likely means there won’t be an inflation report next month for the first time in more than seven decades, the White House said Friday, leaving Wall Street and the Federal Reserve without crucial information about consumer prices
International Business Times UK · Oct 24, 2025 Gold Price Plunge Baffles Investors: What Really Ended Its 9-Week Winning Streak? Gold prices fall nearly 3% after a 9-week rally, as profit-taking, dollar strength, and CPI fears unsettle investors.
Caixin Global · Oct 24, 2025 The Week Ahead (Oct. 27-Nov. 2): Xi, Trump to Pay State Visits to South Korea From Trump’s Asia trip to expected moves by the Fed and BOJ, the week ahead packs in market-moving decisions
MarketBeat · Oct 24, 2025 3 Regional Bank Stocks That Crushed Q3 Earnings Regional banking concerns were making headlines as earnings season began, but Q3 results have calmed the market, especially those from these 3 companies.
Benzinga · Oct 24, 2025 Fed Has Green Light To Cut Rates After Soft Inflation, Economists Say A wide range of economists say the Federal Reserve now has the green light to cut interest rates, following a cooler-than-expected inflation report that suggests price pressures are easing — and that monetary policy can shift focus toward the softening labor market.
Barchart · Oct 24, 2025 Dollar Pressured by Weaker-Than-Expected US CPI Report The dollar index (DXY00 ) today is trading slightly lower by -0.04%. The dollar was undercut by today's slightly-weaker-than-expected US CPI report, which gave the Fed a bit more lattitude to cut interest rates. The dollar is also being undercut by today's -1.4 bp decline in the US 10-year T-note...
Fortune · Oct 24, 2025 Top economist on the economy’s dirty truth: The only people who feel good are ‘making over $200,000’ and ‘have large stock portfolios’ Diane Swonk, chief economist at KPMG, sees a “creep instead of a surge” in inflation. Things are uneasy below the surface.
Benzinga · Oct 24, 2025 Inflation Landed Where Trump Wanted: These 10 Stocks Are Rallying September inflation data came in cooler than expected, reinforcing bets that the Federal Reserve will press ahead with interest-rate cuts — and giving President Donald Trump a narrative win as he touted that his tariffs aren't fueling broad-based price increases.
Barchart · Oct 24, 2025 Stocks See Support from Favorable CPI Report The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up +0.79%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.66%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +1.04%. December E-mini S&P futures (ESZ25 ) are up +0.68%, and December E-mini Nasdaq futures...
Kiplinger · Oct 24, 2025 The Delayed September CPI Report is Out. Here's What it Signals for the Fed. The September CPI report showed that inflation remains tame – and all but confirms another rate cut from the Fed.