The Federal Reserve made a small cut to the interest rate but signaled more cuts may come. Rate cuts can be good for taking on loans but mixed for investments.

The gold market continues on its record run early Wednesday morning as the US government shuts down - again.

UK shop prices rose 1.4% in September, the fastest rate since early 2024, as non-food items like DIY and gardening goods moved out of prolonged deflation.

The government shutdown could delay the jobs report and inflation data, as well as Social Security's COLA announcement for next year.

Australia’s efforts to secure domestic gas supply have failed to ease long-term shortages, with the ACCC warning that government interventions may be discouraging future investment.

Higher domestic output more than offset by falling overseas volumes.

Decline reflects weakening domestic and overseas demand.

Here's how this shutdown could be different

The US government shutdown for the first time in six years at midnight on Wednesday, after Congress failed to pass a funding bill. The stalemate leaves agencies without money as the new fiscal year begins and threatens wide disruption, from air travel to

The Fed’s most recent rate cut initially provided a modest boost to Bitcoin, but investors say the path forward depends less on past easing than on Powell’s Tuesday speech and upcoming jobs data that is scheduled to be released on Friday.

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The rally has been supported by central-bank buying, and rising holdings in gold-backed exchange-traded funds as the Federal Reserve resumed interest-rate cuts. Monthly ETF inflows in September were the largest in three years, according to data compiled

The European Central Bank noted that food prices are increasing faster than inflation on average in the bloc.View on euronews

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