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Published: October 24, 2026 at 9:43p.m. EDTThe U. S. Federal Reserve appears set to hold interest rates steady at its meeting next week, analysts say, despite stubbornly high inflation and with markets pricing in at least one rate hike before year-end. The central bank’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) will meet over two days, announcing its decision at 2:00 pm local time (18:00 GMT) on Wednesday. The Fed has missed its long-term two-percent target for inflation for more than five years, and at its last meeting in September the FOMC voted to raise the key federal funds rate for the first time in three years, lifting the target range to 3.75 percent to 4.0 percent. The Fed’s meeting comes days ahead of key midterm elections in the United States on November 3, with the Democratic Party seeking to wrest control of both houses of Congress from U. S. President Donald Trump’s Republicans. Trump frequently berated and criticized Fed Chair Kevin Warsh’s predecessor Jerome Powell over interest rates -- which he deems to be too high -- but has so far refrained from targeting the man he appointed to replace him over the issue.

PoliticsUpdated: October 24, 2026 at 8:52p.m. EDTPublished: October 24, 2026 at 4:30a.m. EDTSpecial coverage of B. C.’s 2026 snap election has begun—bringing you expert analysis, live updates, and up-to-the-minute results. Will voters reward David Eby’s gamble with a renewed B. C. NDP mandate, or hand the B. C. Conservatives the reins for the first time in nearly 100 years? Follow along for the latest election day updates below. Sort byWhere to find live results There are several ways to follow results tonight, including the interactive map on our B. C. Election 2026 hub. Riding winners will also be declared on this blog, as will the next party to form government—unless the results are too close to call on election night, as they were two years ago. Special coverage is also available across CTV News digital, social and television platforms beginning at 6 p.m. PCT. Click here for more details on how to watch. What's at stake for Eby? NDP Leader David Eby called this election more than two years early, while his party held a majority of seats in the legislature.

Published: October 24, 2026 at 8:41p.m. EDTZURICH - Lindt & Sprüngli LISN. S has struggled because it misjudged how consumers would respond to price increases, the chair of the Swiss chocolate maker said, days after the company ousted its CEO over concerns about its performance. In an interview with the NZZ am Sonntag newspaper, Executive Chairman Ernst Tanner said the firm, whose shares have tumbled more than 25 per cent this year after recent outlook cuts, was largely suffering because it had misread the market in Germany. “We misjudged how customers would respond to price increases. After cocoa prices reached historic highs from 2024 onwards, we wanted to pass on those additional costs. In doing so, we overestimated how much we could raise prices without hurting demand,” he said. “For some consumers, our products clearly became too expensive in recent months.”“Lindt & Sprüngli as a whole, however, is not in crisis,” Tanner added, arguing the company’s shares are now undervalued.

KYIV, Ukraine — Elon Musk said on Saturday that his company SpaceX had throttled the Starlink satellite internet service in Ukraine, disrupting operations that the country relies on to defend itself against Russia. Musk’s admission on social media came after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Ukraine’s access to Starlink and Starshield satellite links has been restored to the speeds it had before restrictions that disrupted front-line operations for more than a week. Questions have persisted since last week about who ordered the interruptions to the Musk-made satellite internet system that Kyiv has relied on for years to counter Moscow’s attacks. “The speeds are now where they need to be,” Zelenskyy wrote on X, adding that restoration began overnight and were sufficient by Saturday morning, improving front-line logistics and defense against Russian jet-powered Shahed drones. Musk admits he was behind Starlink’s speed restrictionAfter Ukraine said the services had been restored, Elon Musk spoke out on the speed restrictions that began last week. In a post Saturday on X, Musk acknowledged that his company SpaceX throttled the Starlink satellite internet service.

PoliticsUpdated: October 24, 2026 at 5:45p.m. EDTPublished: October 24, 2026 at 4:30a.m. EDTAfter weeks of campaign promises, political attacks and gaffes, it’s decision day in B. C.’s 2026 snap election. Will voters reward David Eby’s gamble with a renewed B. C. NDP mandate, or hand the B. C. Conservatives the reins for the first time in nearly 100 years? Will the fate of either party rest on a handful of ridings that are too close to call Saturday, similar to what happened in 2024? Or could there be a repeat of 2017, when the B. C. Greens gained tremendous leverage as kingmakers with only a few seats? CTV News will deliver special live coverage of this historic election—with expert analysis from political veterans, polling insights from Research Co., and reporting from party headquarters—beginning at 6 p.m. PCT. In the meantime, follow the latest election day updates below. Sort byWhere to find live results There are several ways to follow results tonight, including the interactive map on our B. C. Election 2026 hub.

Published: October 24, 2026 at 10:20a.m. EDTCanada’s parliamentary budget officer is raising concerns over Canada’s debt levels, with the federal government set to table its budget in a little over a week. The PBO released her latest economic forecast on Tuesday, which is projecting slower growth in the country’s real GDP forecast, and laying the blame at the feet of the U. S. tariff war on Canada. The outlook also spells trouble for the federal government’s debt, and the cost of servicing that debt, projecting a growing debt-to-GDP ratio in the coming years. Declining deficit-to-GDP ratio is one of the federal government’s fiscal anchors. But, according to PBO Annette Ryan, the charges to service the debt is “the fastest-growing piece of government spending right now.”How to set CTV News as your preferred source on Google“It sounds like a strong word to say ‘anchor,’ that spending is going to be held in check, but keep in mind … the government has a very, very expansionary plan,” Ryan told CTV Question Period host Vassy Kapelos in an interview airing Sunday, when asked what that means for the fiscal health of the government’s finances.