Economic Policy News 26 September 2025

Fed Cuts Rates, Stocks Soar — But U.S. Mortgage Rates Refuse to Budge

Fed’s Latest Move and Economic Context At its Oct. 28–29 meeting, the Federal Reserve cut the federal funds rate by 0.25% to a 3.75–4.00% range reuters.com, following a similar move in September.

29 October 2025

Bitcoin Plunges Below $107K as Crypto Markets Reset – Experts See “Controlled” Dip

Bitcoin Rockets Back Over $110K: Fed Cut Hopes and Trade Truce Fuel ‘Uptober’ Rally – Are $150K Targets Next?

Bitcoin Price Recovers After Uptober Highs and Sell-Off Bitcoin’s price has rebounded strongly in mid-October. After dipping to the low-$100Ks last week (around $104K) due to a sudden spike in trade-war tensions

22 October 2025

Bitcoin · Cryptocurrency · Economic Policy · Investment Strategies · Market Analysis · NASDAQ:COIN · NASDAQ:MARA · NASDAQ:MSTR · NASDAQ:RIOT

Cleveland-Cliffs Stock Skyrockets on Tariff Boom & Rare-Earth Pivot – Price Surges, Key Facts & Forecasts

Q3 Earnings: Tariffs Drive Rebound in Steel Sales Cleveland-Cliffs’ third-quarter 2025 results confirmed a boost in domestic steel demand thanks to protective tariffs. Revenue came in at $4.73 billion, up ~3.6% year-over-year ts2.tech,

20 October 2025

Company News · Economic Policy · Investing · Market Analysis · NYSE:CLF · Stock Market

Regional Bank Fraud Scare Sparks Panic – Is a Fed Rate Cut on the Horizon?

Surprise Loan Frauds at Regional Banks Shake Confidence Mid-sized banks shocked Wall Street this week with alarming disclosures of bad loans. Zions Bancorporation – a Utah-based regional lender – stunned investors by

17 October 2025

Banking · Economic Policy · Financial News · Interest Rates · Market Trends

Wall Street Whiplash: Trade War “Tariff Tantrum” and Liquidity Fears Jolt Markets

Trump’s Trade War Tantrum Shakes Markets After months of climbing to record highs, markets were blindsided in mid-October by an abrupt escalation in the U.S.–China trade conflict. On October 10, former President

17 October 2025

Economic Policy · Financial News · Market Volatility · NASDAQ:WAL · NASDAQ:ZION · Stock Market · Trade War

Bond Bombshell: Powell’s Dovish Tone Sends Treasury Yields Plunging – 2-Year Notes at 2022 Lows

Fed’s Dovish Signal Drives Rally After Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s Oct 14 speech to business economists in Philadelphia, U.S. bond markets surged. Powell confirmed the Fed’s intent to proceed “meeting-by-meeting” with policy

15 October 2025

Bond Market · Economic Policy · Federal Reserve · Interest Rates · Treasury Yields

Powell’s High-Stakes Speech Spurs Markets – Fed Signals More Rate Cuts in 2025

Sources: Fed Chair Powell NABE speech coverage (CNBC/WSJ/AP) apnews.com reuters.com; Reuters analysis of Fed outlook and expert quotes reuters.com reuters.com; Associated Press report on Powell’s remarks and Fed policy shift apnews.com apnews.com;

14 October 2025

Economic Policy · Federal Reserve · Financial News · Interest Rates · Market Analysis

Stimulus Check October 2025: Rumors Debunked – What to Know as Shutdown Continues

No New Federal Stimulus – Confirmed by IRS and Congress Despite hopeful chatter online, federal authorities have made clear that there is no new stimulus check approved for October 2025. Any nationwide

9 October 2025

Economic Policy · Financial News · Government Shutdown · Public Assistance · Stimulus Checks

Wall Street Braces for Shutdown: Stocks Rally as Fed Cuts Loom – Tech & Defense in Focus

Sources: Reuters, CNBC, Bloomberg, company filings reuters.com globenewswire.com reuters.com reuters.com reuters.com reuters.com reuters.com.

29 September 2025

Defense Industry · Economic Policy · Federal Reserve · NYSE:AZN · NYSE:GSK · NYSE:JEF · NYSE:STLA · Stock Market · Technology

No, You Won’t Get a Surprise $2,000 Stimulus Check in Late 2025 – Experts Debunk Viral Rumors

Viral Rumors vs. Reality In September 2025, a flurry of social-media posts claimed that American taxpayers were about to receive another round of cash payments – sometimes called a “fourth stimulus check”.

27 September 2025

Economic Policy · Fact Checking · Government · Personal Finance · Viral News

Commodity Shockwaves: Oil Soars, Gold Shines, Crops Sway as War, Weather & Policy Roil Markets

Key Facts: Energy: War Drives Oil Higher, Gas Steadies, Renewables Reshuffled Oil – War and Output Cuts: Crude markets rallied sharply to close the week, propelled by geopolitics. Brent oil settled at

27 September 2025

Agriculture · Commodities · Economic Policy · Energy Markets · Geopolitics · NYSE:FCX · NYSE:GS

August PCE Inflation Rises Again – Is the Fed’s Rate Cut Plan in Jeopardy?

PCE Inflation Report and Market Impact on September 26, 2025 PCE Inflation Climbs in August 2025 – Key Numbers The latest Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) inflation report shows that price pressures picked

26 September 2025

Economic Policy · Federal Reserve · Financial News · Inflation · Interest Rates

Economic Policy News 26 September 2025 - 29 October 2025