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- Japan's Core Inflation Rose Back Above 2% a Week Before the Bank of Japan Meets
- U.K. Companies Had Their Best Month Since February. Consumers Had Their Worst Shock Since the Pandemic
- France Slipped Into Contraction on the Day Moody's Reviews Its Rating
- The 10-Year Yield Closed Below 5% for the First Time Since September. A Weak TIPS Sale Showed Where Demand Was Thin
- Aramco Told Staff to Leave Its Dhahran Headquarters, Reuters Reported. Energy Stocks Fell as Brent Climbed
- Mortgage Rates Eased to 7.32%. Homebuilder Stocks Rallied Even as Two Builders Missed Forecasts
- Jobless Claims Fell to 194,000 on the Day the Bond Market Bet on Weakness
- The Overnight Bond Rally Survived the U.S. Session. The 10-Year Yield Fell Below 5% Even as Brent Hit a Five-Month High
- The Bank of Korea Held at 3% and Raised Its Growth Outlook on the Day Korean Stocks Fell 3.5%
- French Borrowing Costs Rose While Global Bonds Rallied. That Isolates a French Problem a Day Before Moody's Reviews
- The Cushion That Kept Gulf Oil Flowing Runs Through Saudi Arabia. On Wednesday, the Attacks Reached One of Its Oil Fields
- Brent Climbed 3% Overnight and Treasuries Rallied Anyway. Markets Treated the Gulf Shock as a Threat to Growth
- Natural Gas Fell 5.9% to a One-Month Low as Brent Held Near $109. Weather Appears to Be Setting the U.S. Price
- Mortgage Rates Slipped to 7.41% and Purchase Applications Fell 7.3% Anyway
- Gilts Rallied on a Day of Hotter UK Inflation and Heavier Borrowing, a Week Before the Budget
- The 20-Year Bond Sold at 5.469%, a Higher Yield Than September's Sale. Dealers Were Left With Only 10% of It
- Kpler Says Middle East Oil Flows Topped Prewar Levels Last Week, and a Tanker Was Struck Off Oman Overnight. Brent Erased Its Entire Morning Spike
- The Kospi Won Back Most of Tuesday's 3.7% Loss in One Session. During the Slide, Buybacks Were Its Only Steady Local Bid
- The 30-Year Treasury Yield Has Fallen 19 Basis Points Since Oct. 1. The 2-Year Is Up 1
- Brent Gave Back $3.20 on Tuesday's Mediation Hopes. It Was Back Above $110 Early Wednesday as Tehran Hardened Its Terms
- UK Inflation Rose to 3.5%, but the Change That Matters Was in Services. Sterling Barely Moved
- German Factory Prices Jumped 1.9% in a Single Month. Investors Bought Bunds Anyway
- Every Economist in a 100-Person Survey Now Expects a December Fed Hike. A Month Ago, Fewer Than Half Did
- Brent Covered About $6 in One Session as Reports of an Iran Proposal Circulated. Ship Trackers Showed No Change in the Strait
- Pending Home Sales Fell 7.3% and Builder Confidence Sank to a 14-Year Low. Homebuilder Stocks Rose About 2%
- A Tenth-of-a-Point Beat on British Pay Removes One Argument for Waiting. A Hike to 4% Would Put the Bank Rate Clearly Above Wage Growth
- China's Factory Prices Are Rising More Than Five Times as Fast as Its Consumer Prices. Its Customers Abroad May Feel It First
- France's Bond Selloff Paused on Tuesday After Pushing the Spread Over Germany to About 147 Basis Points. Stocks Kept Falling Before Friday's Moody's Review
- Brent Is Back Above $111, Four Days After the Russia Waiver. Washington's Only New Supply Is Diesel. The Threats Are to Gulf Crude
- Canada's Inflation Rate Rose on Gasoline. Every Bank of Canada Core Measure Fell