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Economic Trends News 16 October 2025 - 24 October 2025

Target Shocks Workers: 1,000 HQ Jobs Cut Before Christmas – Retail Giant’s Woes Deepen

Target Shocks Workers: 1,000 HQ Jobs Cut Before Christmas – Retail Giant’s Woes Deepen

Layoffs Details & Rationale Target announced on Oct. 23 that its Twin Cities headquarters will shed about 1,000 corporate positions and close another 800 open jobs axios.com foxbusiness.com. About 80% of the cuts are U.S.-based, mostly managers foxbusiness.com. The company says this eliminates roughly 8% of HQ staff and is aimed at speeding up decision-making. “To better serve our guests, we’re prioritizing the need to work faster and reduce the complexity that has been created over time,” Fiddelke told employees foxbusiness.com axios.com. He wrote that “the truth is, the complexity we’ve created over time has been holding us back” –
24 October 2025
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Gold Bonanza 2025: Price Soars Past $4,400 as Diamond District Frenzy Hits New York – Is $5,000 Next?

Gold Price Freefall: Historic 12-Year Plunge Shakes Market – What’s Next?

Gold’s 2025 Rally Ends in a Jolt Gold was on fire in 2025, driven by inflation fears, wars and uncertainty. Investors piled into the metal as a safe haven – price rose from about $2,650 in Jan 2025 to a peak near $4,381 by Oct. 20. As Reuters notes, gold “notched multiple record highs and gained 57% this year, bolstered by geopolitical tensions, economic uncertainty, expectations of U.S. rate cuts and strong inflows into ETFs”reuters.com. TS2.tech reports that central banks hoarded gold at record pace and ETF inflows hit historic levels – roughly $64 billion year-to-date by Septemberts2.tech. In India’s Diwali
24 October 2025
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Gold Bonanza 2025: Price Soars Past $4,400 as Diamond District Frenzy Hits New York – Is $5,000 Next?

Gold’s Wild Rally Hits $4,400 – Is $5,000 Next or a Market Crash Looming?

With markets oscillating, investors are now watching key catalysts (U.S. CPI, Fed meetings, China trade talks, etc.) to see which way the pendulum will swing next. Record-Busting Rally Amid Safe‑Haven Surge Gold’s rally has been nothing short of historic. After starting 2025 around $2,700–$2,800/oz, gold broke the previous all‑time high of ~$4,200 and by mid‑October briefly traded near $4,378–$4,381/ozts2.techts2.tech. As TechStock² reports, gold “breached the $4,300/oz mark” and is now roughly 60% higher on the yearts2.tech. Silver and other precious metals have vaulted alongside: silver hit about $53–54/oz (a decades‑high)ts2.techts2.tech, while platinum and palladium also climbed to multi‑year peaks. This
22 October 2025
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Silver and Gold: All-Time High Spree Hits Wall – Markets Rally and Scramble

Silver and Gold: All-Time High Spree Hits Wall – Markets Rally and Scramble

Market Rally and Risk-On Sentiment U.S. and global stocks rebounded on Oct. 21 as investors gained confidence. European equity indexes opened modestly higher – Milan’s FTSE MIB led gains (+0.80%) on strength in banks (UniCredit, Intesa Sanpaolo), energy (Eni) and defense (Leonardo) euronews.com. Germany’s DAX was slightly down (–0.1%) despite defense stock strength, while the London FTSE 100 rose +0.22% on bank and energy rallies euronews.com euronews.com. Economists noted that “Wall Street enjoyed a particularly strong session on Monday, and that optimism has extended to Asia and Europe on Tuesday,” as AJ Bell’s Russ Mould said euronews.com. In Asia, Japan’s markets jumped
21 October 2025
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Gold Hits $4,000 as AI Frenzy Pushes Stocks Near Record – Boom or Bust Ahead?

Gold’s Record Surge and Shocking Slump: Inside 2025’s Wild Gold Ride

Gold’s Meteoric Rise to Record Highs Gold’s ascent in 2025 has been nothing short of staggering. After breaking above the $4,000/oz milestone for the first time ever in early October, the yellow metal went nearly parabolic. By October 20, spot gold spiked to about $4,381 per ounce, a fresh all-time hights2.tech. It then hovered near $4,300 the next day – even a 1–2% dip still left prices in the stratosphere relative to a year ago. To put the rally in perspective, gold was trading around $2,650 at the start of 2025; by late October it had vaulted ~60% higherreuters.com. “Gold’s
21 October 2025
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TKMS Stock Skyrockets in Debut, Doubling Analyst Forecasts Amid Defense Boom

TKMS Stock Skyrockets in Debut, Doubling Analyst Forecasts Amid Defense Boom

Frankfurt, Oct. 20, 2025 – Shares of Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) – the warship-building arm of Thyssenkrupp – made a splashy entrance on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange today. The newly listed stock surged far above initial expectations as investors clamored for a piece of Europe’s booming defense sectorreuters.comdailysabah.com. Key Facts: TKMS Stock Soars in Market Debut Investors sent TKMS’s share price skyrocketing in its first trading session. The stock launched at €60 per share on Monday morning and quickly surged amid heavy buying interestdailysabah.com. Within hours it nearly doubled, hitting an intraday high of €107, before pulling back to close
20 October 2025
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Nasdaq Rally Hits Speed Bump as Tech Stocks Wobble – Fed Warning and AI Jitters Shake Markets (Sept 24–25, 2025)

Wall Street Rally Meets “Cockroach” Fears: Stocks Soar as Credit Jitters Loom

Key Facts – October 20, 2025: Wall Street at Record Highs, But on Edge After a roller-coaster week, U.S. stocks enter the new week riding near record highs. All three major indexes notched gains last week, capping an extraordinary 2025 rally. The Dow Jones Industrial Average briefly crossed 46,500 and closed around 46,190 on Friday – an all-time hights2.tech. The S&P 500 likewise hit a record ~6,664ts2.tech. The Nasdaq Composite ended at 22,680, within a few percent of its peakts2.tech. This resilience came despite a flurry of mid-week scares that sent volatility soaring. “Intraday swings grew sharper as traders reacted
20 October 2025
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Wall Street Hits All-Time Highs — But 4 Warning Signals Have Experts Nervous

Wall Street Hits All-Time Highs — But 4 Warning Signals Have Experts Nervous

Markets Rebound after Volatile Week After a volatile stretch, markets have resumed their uptrend. On Friday Oct. 17 the S&P 500 closed at 6,664.01 and the Dow at 46,190.61 – both near record highs ts2.tech. “Late-day buying pushed [the S&P and Dow] into record range”, Reuters reported ts2.tech. Even amid sharp swings, each dip attracted buyers, leaving the Nasdaq, S&P and Dow up about 15–17% for 2025 so far ts2.tech. Much of the resilience stems from corporate results. With ~58% of S&P companies out with Q3 reports, an unusually high 86% of them beat earnings forecasts ts2.tech. Banks and tech have
20 October 2025
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Gold Shatters Records Above $4,300 – Is $5,000 Next or a Pullback Coming?

Gold Shatters Records Above $4,300 – Is $5,000 Next or a Pullback Coming?

Key Facts – October 18, 2025 Gold Hits Historic Highs in October Gold’s price explosion in 2025 reached a climax this week. On Thursday, October 16, spot gold soared past $4,300/oz for the first time ever Reuters. By early Friday, it had spiked to an intraday record of about $4,378.69. This historic rally has been rapid – gold entered the year around $2,800 and has since nearly doubled, repeatedly smashing records in recent days. As of October 18, 2025, gold is hovering near $4,210/oz, cooling slightly after its meteoric rise Reuters. The late-week pullback came after a comment from U.S.
18 October 2025
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Wall Street Feels the Heat (and Thrill): Fed Cuts, Tariffs & Mega-Mergers Set NYSE Buzz

Stock Market Today 18.10.2025

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18 October 2025
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Bull Run or Bubble? Investors Eye New Highs as EUR/USD Rallies and Fed Prepares Cuts

Bull Run or Bubble? Investors Eye New Highs as EUR/USD Rallies and Fed Prepares Cuts

Global markets were buoyed this week by better-than-feared news on several fronts. After a rough September, U.S. bank earnings beat estimates: Morgan Stanley and Bank of America both delivered upside surprises, which helped calm trade-war jittersreuters.com. European stocks likewise rallied, led by luxury companies: LVMH reported positive third-quarter sales and its shares surged as much as 14%, the biggest one-day rise since 2001reuters.comreuters.com. European indices (Stoxx 600, FTSEurofirst 300) closed higher by ~0.6%reuters.com. As Stefan Bauknecht of DWS observes, the luxury data “surprised investors positively and are likely to keep the sector’s share price momentum alive”reuters.com. In Asia, stock markets
16 October 2025
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Stock Market Today

BAT share price closes near 52-week high as buyback rolls on ahead of results week

BAT share price closes near 52-week high as buyback rolls on ahead of results week

7 February 2026
British American Tobacco shares closed up 1.2% at 4,609 pence Friday, near a 52-week high. The company disclosed further share buybacks and management share purchases ahead of its Feb. 12 full-year results. BAT bought 121,668 shares for cancellation on Feb. 5. Investors await updates on nicotine alternatives and cash returns.
Anglo American share price slips as BofA turns neutral after copper outlook cut

Anglo American share price slips as BofA turns neutral after copper outlook cut

7 February 2026
Anglo American shares closed down 0.75% at 3,435 pence Friday after BofA Global Research downgraded the miner to “neutral” and raised its price target to 3,600 pence. Anglo cut its 2026 copper production guidance and warned of continued weakness at De Beers. The company expects $200 million in charges tied to its Chile copper operations in the second half of 2025.
Amazon’s $200B AI Spending Jolt Spurs Stock Selloff as Big Tech Capex Nears $650B

Amazon’s $200B AI Spending Jolt Spurs Stock Selloff as Big Tech Capex Nears $650B

7 February 2026
Amazon shares fell Friday after the company announced a $200 billion AI infrastructure plan for 2026, exceeding analyst expectations and reviving investor concerns about profitability. Combined 2026 capex flagged by Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft, and Meta now tops $630 billion. Nvidia, AMD, and Broadcom shares surged on the news, while software and data firms remained under pressure.
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