Syced, CC0 Bank of Japan holds at 1.25% but says inflation has reached its 2% target
One board member voted for a rise on 30 October, and most economists expect the Bank to raise rates in December.
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Arild Vågen, CC BY-SA 4.0 Wall Street has its worst day since April 2025 as chip stocks lead a post-election sell-off
The Nasdaq Composite fell 5.5% on Thursday 5 November and entered a correction as AI and semiconductor shares tumbled, and the selling spread to Asian markets on Friday.
Steve Daniels, CC BY-SA 2.0 Bank of England raises interest rates to 4% as energy prices push inflation higher
The Bank's first rate rise since 2023 was backed by all nine policymakers on 5 November, and one wanted a bigger increase. Staff expect inflation to reach about 5% by the middle of next year.
Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0 ECB holds rates as Lagarde says she will step down nine months early
The European Central Bank kept its deposit rate at 2.5% on 29 October, the same day its president said she would leave on 7 February. A week later, euro zone inflation reached 4%.
Federal Reserve, public domain Fed holds rates at 3.75%–4% as two policymakers vote for a rise
Governor Lisa Cook and Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack wanted a quarter-point increase on 28 October. Figures published the next day showed the economy grew at a 3.4% annual rate in the third quarter.
King of Hearts, CC BY-SA 4.0 Healey's first Budget doubles the bank surcharge to fund £100 energy payments
Chancellor John Healey's Budget on 28 October also raised tax on savings and property income. The OBR cut its 2027 growth forecast to about 1% and said inflation would average 3.5% that year.
NASA/Tim Kopra, public domain Oil swings after US midterms as traders weigh Iran war and Hormuz disruption
Brent crude fell 8.7% on 4 November on hopes the election result would speed an end to the war with Iran, then rose back towards $100 a barrel after new tanker attacks.
BiiJii, CC BY-SA 4.0 Japan protests as Putin puts Japan Tobacco's Russian factories under temporary state control
Japan on Friday 6 November demanded that Russia withdraw a decree, signed by President Vladimir Putin on 5 November, placing Japan Tobacco's four Russian manufacturing businesses under the temporary management of a Russian company.