The US central bank has kept its key interest rate unchanged as it debates whether it has done enough to stabilise prices.

As delegates from the Northern Ireland investment conference arrived at Hillsborough Castle on Wednesday evening there was an autumnal feeling.

Welsh ministers and Tata bosses are due to continue talks next week about the future of the Port Talbot site.

The rate at which prices are rising fell to 6.8% in the year to July, down from 7.9% in June.

Northern Irelandʼs private sector continued to weaken in August as higher interest rates and cost-of-living pressure hit demand, an Ulster Bank survey suggests.

Rishi Sunak said he "wonʼt rush" into a UK trade deal with India, as he arrived in the country for a summit of G20 leaders.

Firmus Energy has announced its gas prices in the Ten Towns area will fall by almost 8% in October, in what will be the third decrease this year.

Motorists faced a "shock" in August after fuel price rises that were among the biggest in more than two decades, the RAC has said.

The past six months has brought a stream of bad news for Chinaʼs economy: slow growth, record youth unemployment, low foreign investment, weak exports and currency, and a property sector in crisis.

Scotlandʼs public spending deficit fell to £19.1bn last year, largely due to higher oil and gas revenues.