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🇺🇸 September's jobs report was ugly, and a tariff cost spike is pulling the Fed the other way

Nonfarm payrolls rose just 29,000 in September, far below the 90,000 consensus, while ISM's manufacturing survey showed input costs jumping to a multi-year high on tariffs. That leaves the Fed's rate call pulled in two directions ahead of the October 14 CPI report.

🇺🇸 September's jobs report was ugly, and a tariff cost spike is pulling the Fed the other way
Nonfarm payrolls rose just 29,000 in September, far below the 90,000 consensus, while ISM's manufacturing survey showed input costs jumping to a multi-year high on tariffs. That leaves the Fed's rate call pulled in two directions ahead of the October 14 CPI report.
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🇪🇺 Eurozone growth hit a three-year high, but Frankfurt is already arguing about what to do with it

Eurozone composite PMI hit a three-year high of 53.1 in September as producer prices rose 8.2% year on year, sharpening an ECB rift over further rate hikes before December's meeting, with Spain calling a snap election and Italy's fiscal position improving.

🇪🇺 Eurozone growth hit a three-year high, but Frankfurt is already arguing about what to do with it
Eurozone composite PMI hit a three-year high of 53.1 in September as producer prices rose 8.2% year on year, sharpening an ECB rift over further rate hikes before December's meeting, with Spain calling a snap election and Italy's fiscal position improving.
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🇬🇧 UK mortgage pricing is already doing the Bank of England's tightening for it

UK composite PMI slipped to a three-month low of 52.0 in September, and Nationwide's house-price index showed annual growth halving to 0.8%. Mortgage markets are already pricing in a Bank of England hike ahead of the November 5 decision.

🇬🇧 UK mortgage pricing is already doing the Bank of England's tightening for it
UK composite PMI slipped to a three-month low of 52.0 in September, and Nationwide's house-price index showed annual growth halving to 0.8%. Mortgage markets are already pricing in a Bank of England hike ahead of the November 5 decision.
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🌏 Brazil's rally outruns its own inflation data as Bolsonaro forces a runoff

Brazil's EWZ fund jumped more than 11% after Flávio Bolsonaro's 47.03% edged Lula's 45.16% in Sunday's first-round vote, forcing an October 25 runoff, even as Brazil's inflation forecast rose for a third straight week and business activity fell to a one-year low.

🌏 Brazil's rally outruns its own inflation data as Bolsonaro forces a runoff
Brazil's EWZ fund jumped more than 11% after Flávio Bolsonaro's 47.03% edged Lula's 45.16% in Sunday's first-round vote, forcing an October 25 runoff, even as Brazil's inflation forecast rose for a third straight week and business activity fell to a one-year low.
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🇨🇳 China's Golden Week travel set a record, but nobody spent like it

China logged a record 329.5 million trips in a single day during Golden Week, and PMI data improved too. But hotel-stay patterns show people traveling longer and cheaper, not spending more, while the yuan hit its strongest level since 2023.

🇨🇳 China's Golden Week travel set a record, but nobody spent like it
China logged a record 329.5 million trips in a single day during Golden Week, and PMI data improved too. But hotel-stay patterns show people traveling longer and cheaper, not spending more, while the yuan hit its strongest level since 2023.
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