Ukrainian President Zelenskiy said it is painful when US President Trump takes a position different from Ukraine's.

South Korea’s household lending growth slowed in September to its weakest since March, the Bank of Korea said on Thursday, ahead of next week’s policy decision. Household loans rose 600 bln won (about $444m) to 1,198.9 tln won, the smallest monthly increase since March. Mortgage lending rose 2.9 tln won, the weakest pace since April, as deposit-based jeonse lease transactions cooled and the supply of newly move-in-ready homes fell. Other household loans, including unsecured and stock-collateralised borrowing, fell 2.3 tln won, widening from a 600 bln won drop in August; the central bank cited reduced retail equity investment, quarter‑end sales weakness, bad-loan write-offs and seasonal bonus inflows as drivers.

DBS Group analyst Philip Wee says the Fed’s Williams backs another rate hike by end-2026 but would not endorse market pricing for additional tightening in 2027. Williams stressed the Fed will rely on incoming data rather than any single print and will be guided by the inflation path over the next 1-2 years. Today’s CPI should focus on core inflation, expected to ease from 0.3% to 0.2%. Williams said disinflationary forces remain intact, with price pressure concentrated in AI-related sectors and energy rather than broad-based; he sees little evidence of labour-market-driven inflation or U.S. overheating. That distinction is key for the dollar, whose post-September rally has depended largely on expectations of further Fed tightening.