
Fed Whispers, ECB Echoes, and Bitcoin’s Low-Key Rebellion The past forty-eight hours have been an exercise in central-bank monotony—punctuated only by bond traders shrugging and crypto speculators holding their breath. If you tuned out after the Fed’s ritualistic pause on Thursday, here’s everything you actually need to know. The Fed held the federal-funds rate at 5.25–5.50%, citing “moderate further progress” on 3.1% core PCE. Translation: inflation is stubborn, but they’d rather stall than ...

Central Banks Play Chicken, Crypto Toasts Champagne, and Markets ShrugOh, the holidays are here, and what better gift than another central bank rate cut wrapped in dovish ribbon? The Bank of England slashed its benchmark to 3.75% yesterday—13 basis points lower than whispers suggested—citing "progress on inflation" while pretending the UK's productivity black hole isn't widening. MPC minutes drip with caveats: wage growth stubborn at 5%, services inflation lurking above 4%. Translation? They'...