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1. Noncitizen US immigrants avoid travel amid deportation crackdown
In a survey conducted by The New York Times, more than one-third of noncitizen immigrants in the U.S. said they are avoiding aspects of everyday life, including traveling, applying for a job or talking to the police because they don't want to draw attention to the immigration status of themselves or someone in their family in light of the Trump administration's mass deportation efforts.
About 60% of respondents said they or a family member started carrying proof of immigration status, such as a passport or work authorization card, since January of this year. That is up from 26% of respondents in April.
“We are grateful for everything this country has given us and our children,” said Gabriel Lorenzo, an immigrant from Mexico who has worked for the same construction company in the Los Angeles area for more than a decade. “But the system has become downright cruel toward immigrants.”
2. Japan sees sharp decline in Chinese travel
A domestic dispute between China and Japan has led the former to call on a travel boycott to the latter, and Japan is already seeing bookings for the remainder of the year dissipate, Reuters reports.
Earlier in the month, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said a hypothetical Chinese attack on Taiwan could trigger a military response from Japan. Tokyo-based tour operator East Japan International Travel Service has lost 80% of its bookings for the remainder of the year since China called on its citizens to avoid travel to Japan for the time being.
Visitors from mainland China and Hong Kong account for about a fifth of all arrivals to Japan, Reuters reports.
"This is a huge loss for us," said Yu Jinxin, vice president of East Japan International Travel Service.
3. Sonder leveraged guest safety before ceasing operations, Marriott says
Marriott International alleged in Sonder Holdings' bankruptcy proceedings that Sonder sought to "leverage guest safety as a bargaining chip" to fund the aparthotel company's wind-down, CoStar News' Bryan Wroten reports.
Marriott filed an emergency court motion in hopes of obtaining an order by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware that says the emergency measures it would undertake don't violate an automatic stay order from the court.
“The emergency measures have become increasingly necessary since Sonder abandoned its own customer support channels and redirected affected customers to Marriott for information and support,” according to the motion. “Marriott has specifically requested Sonder provide contact information for individuals responsible for operations and transitioning technology and related systems, but Sonder has failed to provide this information or engage Marriott in addressing customer needs.”
4. How tariffs will affect the global economy moving forward
U.S. tariffs on imports didn't affect the global economy as much as anticipated this year, but its impact will linger next year and further, the Wall Street Journal reports. Japan, Switzerland, Mexico and Ireland are among the countries to see a contraction in their economies in the third quarter, in part due to the tariffs.
The European Commission raised its growth forecast for this year but lowered its projection for next year, indicating the effects of the tariffs have been delayed rather than avoided, the newspaper reports.
“Global growth is forecast to decelerate in the second half of 2025,” said Valdis Dombrovskis, the EU’s top economics official. “It will then stabilize, being dragged down by high tariffs and elevated policy uncertainty.”
5. December interest rate cut up in the air
The odds of another interest rate cut in December are lower than previously thought, as Federal Reserve officials disagree about the state of the economy and are weighing the threats of inflation and weak hiring, the Associated Press reports.
Some officials see inflation as the biggest concern, while others see low hiring numbers as a bigger threat. An interest rate cut next month was once seen as a certainty, but now it "looks more like a coin flip," the AP reports.
“It’s reflective of a ton of uncertainty,” said Luke Tilley, chief economist at M&T Bank. “It’s not surprising at all that there’s a wide divergence of opinions.”