Central bank policy, rates, FX, and global liquidity conditions.
Tracks policy divergence across the Fed, ECB, and BoJ against positioning data and cross-asset flows, looking for spots where consensus pricing lags the policy path.
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The 10-year Treasury yield topped 5.17% on November 13, capping the worst week for US bonds since 2025 after October producer prices stayed hot. What the move means for rates, equities and the December Fed meeting.
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The Federal Reserve's November 2026 Financial Stability Report ranks artificial intelligence the top near-term risk to U.S. financial stability, cited by 87% of surveyed contacts, tying AI enthusiasm to elevated equity valuations, cyber risk and a low equity premium.
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Nscale's amended S-1/A, filed November 12, shows estimated total debt of $5,516.3 million as of September 30, 2026 and a widening first-half net loss, setting the stage for a listing media reports peg at roughly $35 billion.
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Producer prices rose 0.3% in October, below the 0.4% expected. Core held at 0.5% and 12-month PPI hit a 2022 high. What it means for the Fed and markets.
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October producer prices have not printed yet. The Fed held at 3.75% to 4.00% in October; here is what can actually change the December vote.
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The 30-year tailed at 5.441% and Kalshi prices a 25bp December hike at 87%. October PPI, consensus 6.6% YoY, is the test that decides whether long rates have made their concession yet.
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The Federal Reserve will not hold an interest-rate vote at its October 2027 meeting, cutting next year's FOMC rate-setting sessions from eight to seven.
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UK GDP grew 0.7% in Q3 2026, the ONS said, ahead of expectations and with AI investment named as an extra engine of growth. What the beat means for sterling, gilts, UK equities and Bank of England policy.
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Governor Barr warned AI could be capital-biased innovation and cited a record-low 52.8 percent labor share, but his speech at Yale contained no fire in the December rate path.
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December Fed hike looks locked in after the October CPI: a third straight 0.3% core print all but settled the 25-basis-point move. What the print left open is the regime underneath: producer prices due Friday, an accelerating money supply, and a suspended year-over-year inflation anchor.
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Japan's wholesale prices rose 7.1% from a year earlier, the fastest annual gain in years, just as a dovish board member pushed back against a December hike. Here is the bull and bear case, and who it moves: the yen, JGB yields, dollar investors and Japanese equities.
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Credit card balances reached a record $1.29 trillion in the third quarter as total household debt climbed to $19.1 trillion, the New York Fed reported.
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The 10-year closed near 4.98% Tuesday, within a tick of 5.00%, after a hot core CPI. What the threshold means for stocks, gold and the December Fed path.
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October CPI beat on both prints: headline +0.4% m/m and core +0.3% m/m, each a tenth above consensus, with no year-over-year figure this cycle. The 10-year jumped to ~4.98% as December hike odds near 80% held.
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Fed Governor Waller backed a 25 basis point December hike on Tuesday and left 50 basis points on the table if October CPI stays hot, a hawkish shift on the inflation axis. October CPI now decides how much the Fed moves.
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Friday's hot jobs report lifted December Fed rate hike odds to roughly 80% ahead of Tuesday's October CPI, which now decides the Fed's December 8-9 move.
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October payrolls rose 165,000, more than double the 65,000 consensus, while unemployment fell to 4.1% and average hourly earnings held at $34.40. Here is what the beat means for the Fed, the dollar, gold and the equity rally.
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Consensus looks for October nonfarm payrolls near +65,000, more than double September's soft +29,000 print, with the unemployment rate steady near 4.2%. Here's what the print would do to December rate-hike odds, the 10-year, the dollar and risk assets.
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The S&P 500 closed up 1.58% at 7,688.62 on Nov 4, the Dow's best day of 2026, as a Democratic sweep of both chambers cleared the political unknown. Long yields eased to about 4.89% even as stocks rallied, the Fed holds hawkish at 3.75%-4.00% with roughly 80% December-hike odds priced, and October payrolls (Nov 6) and CPI (Nov 10) now decide December.
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Treasury's fifth Operation Economic Outcast round hits the fake registries that flag ships carrying Iranian oil, from Dominica to a disavowed Eswatini authority, and piles a compliance premium onto Gulf tonnage with Brent near $100.
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AP confirms Democrats control the Senate and ABC projects a House flip, reshuffling the macro deck into a divided government markets had not priced. The Fed holds at 3.75%-4.00% with ~72% December-hike odds, core PCE stuck at 3.12%, and a 10-year at 4.95% that is an inflation steep, not a recession signal.
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The Fed's hawkish hold enters the midterm vote with December-hike odds near 72%, but the real story sits in the 10s2s curve, flattened to 0.32 with core PCE at 3.12% and gold hovering near a 52-week floor. Watch the spread, not the headlines: Friday's payrolls and next month's CPI decide whether the hold survives the vote's dust.
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A 10-2 Fed hold is history; a December hike is still a market scenario. The contract wording, reference rate and next data releases decide what the odds mean.
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Fed December rate hike odds sit near 74% after a 10-2 FOMC hold, with two hiking dissents. Friday's payrolls and the SLOOS decide the 10-year's test of 5%.
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