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Happy Monday and Halloween. It's Katie Wedell with your top headlines of the day. For what it's worth, I'm squarely in camp pro-candy corn. |
Whether you're handing out candy tonight dressed as a Sanderson sister or tackling one of the other most popular Halloween costumes of the year, you'll, of course, want to have plenty of treats on hand to avoid a trick this evening. Here's a list of the most popular candy by state. |
Many adults would be more excited to see a Powerball ticket in their trick-or-treat sack. The lottery game's jackpot has soared past $1 billion for tonight's drawing after no one matched all six numbers to win Saturday night's $825 million grand prize. The pot is the largest this year and the fifth-largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history. |
The jackpot lump-sum payout option is now $497 million. But, less than two months ago, the payout would have been tens of millions of dollars higher. You can thank inflation for that. |
Fed interest rate increase expected |
The Federal Reserve Board meets again this week. The central bank is widely expected to raise interest rates by another 0.75 percentage point on Wednesday. |
Where markets will move after this week's announcement is anyone's guess. But the stock market's response to the last five rate hikes may provide some clues. |
Even with worries about an impending recession, investors have been surprisingly upbeat on the days when the Fed has increased interest rates. |
๐ฐ More stories you shouldn't miss ๐ฐ |
Healthcare costs have lagged the overall consumer inflation rate, but analysts say this won't last. |
Underwater real estate? A piece of submerged land in Florida is selling for $43 million. |
Days after his purchase of Twitter fueled concerns that the social media platform would no longer seek to limit misinformation and hate speech, Elon Musk tweeted a link to an unfounded conspiracy theory about Pelosi's husband. |
๐ท️ Critter news ๐ |
A cockroach infestation was so bad in one Michigan neighborhood, officials canceled trick-or-treating. |
A venomous 7-foot king cobra that escaped from its home in a Swedish zoo has returned by itself, bringing a happy ending to over a week-long disappearance saga. |
Don't miss our investment guide |
Stay calm and invest on. Consider your choices – and what to invest in, and whether to do it yourself. Get more advice like this in USA TODAY's Personal Finance Investment Guide. |
About The Daily Money |
Each weekday, The Daily Money delivers the best consumer news from USA TODAY. We break down financial news and provide the TLDR version: how decisions by the Federal Reserve, government and companies impact you. |
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