
AI-generated summary
The Fed raised rates for the first time in three years after a series of cuts during the pandemic and subsequent period of economic stimulus.
Following the September meeting, the Fed increased the base interest rate for the first time in three years to 3.75–4% per annum.
WASHINGTON, September 16 – RIA Novosti. US President Donald Trump called on the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates, and to do it quickly.
Following the September meeting, the Fed increased the base interest rate for the first time in three years - by 25 basis points, to 3.75-4% per annum.
"Lower interest rates for the United States of America, and fast!" he pointed out in Truth Social.
According to Trump, interest rates in the US should be 1% or less.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
The Fed may continue to gradually raise rates at future meetings to combat inflation.
Likely · Within months

Gazprom has begun endurance testing of the 16 MW TM16 gas turbine engine, produced at the Tyumen Engine Builders enterprise at the Turtasskaya compressor station. The engine surpasses foreign analogues in performance and after testing can be put into mass production.

The head of the AMALCO recruitment agency, Harry Muradyan, said that the financial safety net for dismissal should cover the costs of six months without work, since the average time to search for a job in Russia is 5.5 months, and dismissal without an action plan for more than six months is an alarming signal.

In 2026, the metallurgical industry of Ukraine reduced its contribution to the country’s GDP from seven percent to almost zero due to a drop in production, logistics problems and the loss of some capacity, Metinvest COO Alexander Mironenko said in an interview with Forbes Ukraine. The company's Central and Northern mining and processing plants are at half capacity, exporting pellets and concentrate to the EU.

In 2026, the metallurgical industry of Ukraine reduced its contribution to GDP from 7% to almost zero due to a drop in production, logistics problems and loss of capacity, said Metinvest operating director Alexander Mironenko in an interview with Forbes Ukraine. The company's Central and Northern mining and processing plants are at half capacity, exporting pellets and concentrate to the EU.

At the main plenary session of the TNF International Industrial and Energy Forum in Tyumen, the future of the fuel and energy complex, technological independence, digitalization of the oil and gas industry and international cooperation were discussed with the participation of the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Anton Alikhanov, the head of Gazprom Neft Alexander Dyukov and the governors of the Tyumen region, Ugra and Yamal.

The head of the parliamentary budget committee, Roksolana Pidlasa, said that Ukraine requires $52.6 billion in external financing for 2027, of which $20 billion has already been confirmed by partners, and $32.6 billion needs to be raised. Previously, the draft budget for 2027 with a deficit of 1,666 billion hryvnia was registered in the Verkhovna Rada.