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🇺🇸 Thursday's productivity print will show whether the Fed's hawks are fighting wages or oil

Two Fed dissenters want a hike, but Q3 wage costs rose a steady 0.8% while September core inflation hit 3.1% on oil and input prices. Thursday's productivity and unit labor cost data, forecast at +3.0% and +1.5%, will say which is driving prices.

🇺🇸 Thursday's productivity print will show whether the Fed's hawks are fighting wages or oil
Two Fed dissenters want a hike, but Q3 wage costs rose a steady 0.8% while September core inflation hit 3.1% on oil and input prices. Thursday's productivity and unit labor cost data, forecast at +3.0% and +1.5%, will say which is driving prices.
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🇪🇺 The euro area factory PMI looks strong, but part of it is measuring fear

October's euro area manufacturing PMI of 52.7 is propped up by supplier delays and precautionary stockbuilding while output slows. Inflation is diverging by country, the ECB is edging toward a December hike, and Fitch has cut France's outlook to negative.

🇪🇺 The euro area factory PMI looks strong, but part of it is measuring fear
October's euro area manufacturing PMI of 52.7 is propped up by supplier delays and precautionary stockbuilding while output slows. Inflation is diverging by country, the ECB is edging toward a December hike, and Fitch has cut France's outlook to negative.
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🇬🇧 UK factory PMI hits a five-month high, but gilts are trading oil, not the Bank

UK manufacturing PMI rose to 52.8 in October, a five-month high, though slower deliveries inflated it. Gilts rallied as Brent fell 4.5%, and markets put a Bank of England hike to 4.00% on Thursday at about 92%.

🇬🇧 UK factory PMI hits a five-month high, but gilts are trading oil, not the Bank
UK manufacturing PMI rose to 52.8 in October, a five-month high, though slower deliveries inflated it. Gilts rallied as Brent fell 4.5%, and markets put a Bank of England hike to 4.00% on Thursday at about 92%.
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🌏 Korea's exports nearly doubled, but price is doing more of the work than volume

Korea's October exports rose 93.7% year on year, the fastest since 1974, as chip shipments jumped 259.4%. The manufacturing PMI still fell to an eight-month low of 51.3. Saudi Q3 GDP shrank 3.8% with Hormuz capping oil volumes.

🌏 Korea's exports nearly doubled, but price is doing more of the work than volume
Korea's October exports rose 93.7% year on year, the fastest since 1974, as chip shipments jumped 259.4%. The manufacturing PMI still fell to an eight-month low of 51.3. Saudi Q3 GDP shrank 3.8% with Hormuz capping oil volumes.
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🇨🇳 China's two PMIs split by 2.7 points, and Beijing's answer eases the plumbing, not the economy

China's official manufacturing PMI fell to 49.3 in October while the private RatingDog gauge held at 52.0. The PBOC reset its funding floor at a 1.25% overnight rate and widened equity support, but left household and small-firm loan rates alone.

🇨🇳 China's two PMIs split by 2.7 points, and Beijing's answer eases the plumbing, not the economy
China's official manufacturing PMI fell to 49.3 in October while the private RatingDog gauge held at 52.0. The PBOC reset its funding floor at a 1.25% overnight rate and widened equity support, but left household and small-firm loan rates alone.
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