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🇺🇸 Factories are running hot, households are paying for the rates, and the Fed meets this week

Markets expect a hold at 3.75% to 4.00% this week, but all 100 economists in a Reuters poll see a December hike. Factory output prices are at their highest since 2022 while Michigan consumer sentiment, at 48.0, sits near a record low.

🇺🇸 Factories are running hot, households are paying for the rates, and the Fed meets this week
Markets expect a hold at 3.75% to 4.00% this week, but all 100 economists in a Reuters poll see a December hike. Factory output prices are at their highest since 2022 while Michigan consumer sentiment, at 48.0, sits near a record low.
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🇪🇺 German firms look past a weak present while banks tighten ahead of the ECB

Germany's Ifo climate rose to 90.2 in October on expectations alone, while France's composite PMI sank to 48.4 and its spread over Bunds reached 178 basis points. Banks and markets are doing the tightening before Thursday's ECB decision.

🇪🇺 German firms look past a weak present while banks tighten ahead of the ECB
Germany's Ifo climate rose to 90.2 in October on expectations alone, while France's composite PMI sank to 48.4 and its spread over Bunds reached 178 basis points. Banks and markets are doing the tightening before Thursday's ECB decision.
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🇬🇧 UK firms are expanding, households are hoarding cash, and the gilt market has set the Budget's limits

UK consumer confidence fell 11 points to −24 while the flash composite PMI hit an eight-month high of 53.1. Households and firms are bracing for Wednesday's Budget, and gilt dealers see fiscal headroom shrinking to £15bn.

🇬🇧 UK firms are expanding, households are hoarding cash, and the gilt market has set the Budget's limits
UK consumer confidence fell 11 points to −24 while the flash composite PMI hit an eight-month high of 53.1. Households and firms are bracing for Wednesday's Budget, and gilt dealers see fiscal headroom shrinking to £15bn.
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🌏 Brazil's real is getting hammered on Lula's win because the market had bet on his loss

Lula won Brazil's runoff with 51.79%, and the dollar jumped 12.2% to R$5.58 against the real as investors unwound bets on a Bolsonaro win. Ibovespa futures dropped 16.5%, and a November rate cut is now in doubt.

🌏 Brazil's real is getting hammered on Lula's win because the market had bet on his loss
Lula won Brazil's runoff with 51.79%, and the dollar jumped 12.2% to R$5.58 against the real as investors unwound bets on a Bolsonaro win. Ibovespa futures dropped 16.5%, and a November rate cut is now in doubt.
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🇨🇳 China is letting the yuan do the tightening while the PBOC holds rates

The onshore yuan touched 6.6682 per dollar, its firmest since June 2022, while the People's Bank of China held loan prime rates at 3.00% and 3.50% for a 17th month and set its fixing 471 pips weaker than estimates to slow the rally.

🇨🇳 China is letting the yuan do the tightening while the PBOC holds rates
The onshore yuan touched 6.6682 per dollar, its firmest since June 2022, while the People's Bank of China held loan prime rates at 3.00% and 3.50% for a 17th month and set its fixing 471 pips weaker than estimates to slow the rally.
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