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Economic Impact News 16 June 2025 - 11 November 2025

Vanguard’s Crypto U-Turn: $10T Giant Opens Doors to Bitcoin ETFs

Bitcoin Price Today, Nov 11, 2025: BTC Holds Around $105K as U.S. Shutdown Deal Advances and ‘Death Cross’ Risk Looms

Updated 12:30 UTC — Tuesday, November 11, 2025 Key takeaways BTC price today (midday UTC) At 12:30 UTC, bitcoin changed hands near $104,947, down modestly on the session. The coin has traded between $104,733 (low) and $107,355 (high) so far today, reflecting a tight consolidation band after last week’s choppiness. CoinDesk’s midday market update notes a similar picture: BTC hovering around $105,000 as traders “brace for the next big move,” with ether near $3,550. CoinDesk What’s moving bitcoin on Nov 11, 2025 1) Shutdown deal boosts risk appetite—cautiouslyLate Monday the U.S. Senate approved a stopgap funding package (60–40) to end
11 November 2025
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Carl’s Jr. Drops $1 Meals Across SoCal as Shutdown Breaks Record—Who Qualifies, Where to Go, and What It Means for Fast‑Food Stocks

Carl’s Jr. Drops $1 Meals Across SoCal as Shutdown Breaks Record—Who Qualifies, Where to Go, and What It Means for Fast‑Food Stocks

Key facts (updated Nov. 5, 2025): What’s happening With Washington’s budget impasse stretching to Day 36, the federal shutdown has officially broken the U.S. record. Negotiations sputtered again overnight, as senators floated outlines of a deal but failed to advance a measure to reopen the government. CBS News+1 Against that backdrop, Carl’s Jr. franchisee Akash Management LLC launched a $1 kids meal at select Southern California locations “to help individuals and families affected by the ongoing federal government shutdown.” The meal includes a kids hamburger, small fry and kids drink. Eligibility requires a federal employee ID, military ID or a
5 November 2025
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Merger Showdown: Union Slams Crédit Agricole–Banco BPM Deal Over Job Cuts and “Deserted” Towns

Merger Showdown: Union Slams Crédit Agricole–Banco BPM Deal Over Job Cuts and “Deserted” Towns

Union Sounds Alarm on Bank Merger Italian bank workers’ union First CISL has delivered a stark warning about the rumored merger between Banco BPM and Crédit Agricole Italia. On October 31, the union publicly rejected the potential deal, saying it would come at a high social cost. “An eventual Crédit Agricole–Banco BPM operation will bring a new wave of branch closures [and] heavy cuts to jobs,” cautioned First CISL Secretary General Riccardo Colombani firstcisl.it. He stressed that hundreds of bank branches could shut if the two lenders combine, hurting not only bank employees but also local communities and small businesses
3 November 2025
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Coffee Crisis Brewing: How a ‘Totally Avoidable’ Tariff is Spiking Prices

Coffee Crisis Brewing: How a ‘Totally Avoidable’ Tariff is Spiking Prices

How We Got Here: A Perfect Storm of Costs The confluence of tariffs, bad weather, and supply-chain woes set the stage for the current coffee cost crisis. By mid-2025, global coffee benchmark prices were already climbing due to poor harvests. Brazil, the world’s largest coffee producer, suffered weather setbacks – from drought that stressed crops to an unexpected frost – curbing output baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-staging.web.arc-cdn.net spokesman.com. Other key producers like Vietnam and Central America also saw lower yields, meaning fewer beans available worldwide spokesman.com. This tightening supply drove up the international price for green coffee beans dramatically (arabica futures up ~50% on
25 September 2025
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The Economic Impacts of Blue Origin’s Spaceflights

The Economic Impacts of Blue Origin’s Spaceflights

As of mid-2025, New Shepard had completed about 32 flights (12 crewed) and carried over 60 passengers. Blue Origin’s New Glenn heavy orbital rocket achieved its first successful orbital launch in January 2025. One New Shepard seat was effectively selling for about $1.3 million, well above Virgin Galactic’s roughly $450,000 per seat. NASA awarded Blue Origin a $3.4 billion fixed-price contract in 2023 to develop a Human Landing System for Artemis V. Blue Origin has secured about $8 billion in Space Force National Security Space Launch contracts, including roughly $5.6B in Lane 1 and $2.4B in Lane 2. In early
16 June 2025
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