**Money Market Report: Maltese Savers Reap Quiet Wins as European Rates Hold Steady** *Week ended 19 September 2025* Valletta – While the rest of Europe argued over ECB minutes and German factory orders, Malta’s money market hummed to the gentler rhythm of festa fireworks and the clink of espresso cups in Republic Street cafés. For…
# Fed Slashes Rates as Global Ripples Reach Maltese Shores: What the 2025 Cut Means for Malta’s Wallet, Work & Weekends Valletta – While Washington’s marble corridors echoed with talk of “labour-market rebalancing” on Wednesday night, the first U.S. Federal Reserve rate cut of 2025 was already pinging off the limestone walls of Strait Street….
# Eurozone Rate Cut Sparks Festa-Fire Spending Surge as Malta Braces for ‘Il-Ħana’ Harvest Valletta’s cafés were buzzing louder than the brass bands of this weekend’s Żejtun festa after the European Central Bank (ECB) trimmed its deposit rate by 25 basis points to 3.5 %—the second cut in three months. For Maltese households juggling €3.20…
Money market report for the week ended September 5, 2025 By Hot Malta Business Desk Valletta’s Grand Harbour shimmered like spilled coins on Friday morning as traders stepped off the ferry, phones already pressed to their ears, digesting the final money-market numbers for the week. The European Central Bank’s surprise 25-basis-point cut on Wednesday rippled…
