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THE MOAT as it stood at 16 October 2026, 09:03 Brussels time · Archive · Today’s page

Warsh Vows Price Stability as A.I. Delivers ‘Shock’ to Economy

Patricia Cohen / The New York Times /

Also: Bloomberg Fed's Warsh Says AI Will Change Monetary Policy Conduct, Mint ‘Most consequential change’: Kevin Warsh says AI will reshape US economy, warns of a ‘bumpy’ road ahead, The National World Bank sets fivefold minerals goal as Fed chairman Warsh flags financial stability risks, The Wall Street Journal Oil Prices, Fed on Bank Indonesia’s Radar Ahead of Next Meeting, Financial Times Dollar weakens as Fed’s Warsh declines to hint at October rate rise · see all

In other languages: Le Figaro Essor de l’IA : «Le changement le plus déterminant» pour l'économie mondiale actuelle pour le patron de la Fed (fr), Handelsblatt US-Notenbank: Fed-Chef Warsh preist „enorme Investitionswelle“ bei KI und gibt Investoren neue Zuversicht (de)

  1. Healey signals bank tax raid in UK Budget

    Financial Times /

    Also: Bloomberg Healey Plans to Raise UK Taxes on Banks at Budget This Month, The Guardian John Healey poised to raise taxes on banks in budget, BBC Banks expect to be hit in Budget tax raid

  2. Taiwan to Curb AI Chip Exports to China as Part of US Trade Deal

    Tom Giles / Bloomberg /

    In other languages: Dagens industri Taiwan ska skärpa exportkontrollen av AI-chip (sv)

  3. India-US trade pact would be concluded at earliest, in interest of global trade: FM Sitharaman

    The Economic Times /

    Also: Bloomberg Sitharaman Says Trade Barriers A Hurdle to China-India Ties

  4. The data centre IPO debacle that sparked a market meltdown

    Financial Times /

    Also: Bloomberg Nscale's Flagship Data Center Hit by Delays Ahead of IPO

  5. MSCI warns it may cut Indonesia from main indices

    Financial Times /

    Also: Bloomberg Indonesia Outflows to Worsen as MSCI Mulls Cut, Analysts Say, The Wall Street Journal Indonesian Stocks Dive as MSCI Weighs Downgrade to Standalone Market

  6. Nvidia Partner GMI Cloud Calls CoreWeave’s 15% Yield ‘Insane’

    Aileen Chuang / Bloomberg /

    Also: Al-Monitor US issues fresh Iran-related sanctions, Treasury website shows, The New York Times Why Bad News in the Bond Market May Be Good News for Investors

  7. Anthropic Stands Alone as Rest of US IPO Market Slows to a Crawl

    Anthony Hughes and Bailey Lipschultz / Bloomberg /

    Also: Exponential View 🚨 Anthropic: The agony and the ecstasy, Financial Times Anthropic grants non-profit METR ‘employee-like’ access to monitor AI risks

    In other languages: Handelsblatt Anthropic: Investoren erwarten laut Insidern niedrigere IPO-Bewertung (de)

  8. Bank of England Governor Says Too Early to Make Call on Second-Round Inflation

    Fabiana Negrin Ochoa / The Wall Street Journal /

    Also: Bloomberg BOE Chief Says Energy Shock Delays 2% Inflation Target, Financial Times ‘Early days’ to see full effect of energy prices on inflation, BoE’s Bailey says

    In other languages: Dagens industri BOE-chefen: Energipriserna har inte spridit sig – än (sv)

  9. Ukraine Strikes Russian Refinery After Moscow Breaks Trump’s Energy Ceasefire

    Anastasiia Malenko / The Wall Street Journal /

    Also: Daily Maverick Ukraine hits Russian refinery as Zelenskiy says ‘we’re done’ with Trump’s energy truce, Bloomberg Ukraine to Resume Russia Refinery Strikes, Zelenskyy Tells FT

  10. Chinese Firm Offers Russia $2.9 Million in Drone Tech to Help Strikes Deep Inside Ukraine – Investigation

    Kyiv Post /

  11. White House Ordered Restrictions on Ukraine’s Starshield, Disrupting Drone Defense – Reuters

    Kyiv Post /

    In other languages: Handelsblatt +++ Ukraine-Krieg +++: Starshield-Einschränkung für Ukraine wieder aufgehoben (de)

  12. EU leaders’ summit descends into 3-hour argument over taxing car emissions

    Ben Makuch / POLITICO Europe /

    Also: Le Monde France, Germany reach deal on future of car industry, Bloomberg Jeff Yan Plans to Bring the Entire Financial Industry onto Hyperliquid

    In other languages: Handelsblatt EU-Gipfel: Unterstützung für Merz und Macron: Europa bereitet „Zweitschlagskapazität“ gegen China vor (de), Der Spiegel Friedrich Merz und Emmanuel Macron einigen sich auf Aufweichung von Verbrenner-Aus (de), Süddeutsche Zeitung EU-Regeln: Merz und Macron wollen das Verbrenner-Aus abschaffen (de), Le Figaro Automobile : la France et l'Allemagne trouvent un accord pour préserver l’avenir de l’industrie européenne (fr), Der Standard Deutschland und Frankreich vor Einigung bei Verbrenner-Aus (de), Frankfurter Allgemeine Merz und Macron einig: Durchbruch beim Verbrennerverbot (de) · see all

  13. ISW Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 15, 2026

    Kyiv Post /

  14. Are open-weight AI models safe?

    Sifted /

  15. CoreWeave’s slump spotlights growing burden of debt behind AI boom

    The Japan Times /

  16. Future of western security is at stake in Yemen civil war, says country’s former PM

    The Guardian /

  17. Beijing enlists multiple regulators to probe EV safety issue that raised quality alarms

    Daniel Ren / South China Morning Post /

  18. Japan, South Korea agree to extend $10 billion currency swap arrangement

    The Japan Times /

  19. Tories call for 5-year freeze on minimum wage to tackle youth unemployment

    The Guardian /

  20. Eroding purchasing power deepens pressures on ordinary South Africans

    Alex Malapane / Daily Maverick /

  21. EU summit runs out of gas

    Sarah Wheaton and Peter Snowdon / POLITICO Europe /

  22. 👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – Egypt makes room for MNT-Halan

    Opeyemi Kareem / TechCabal /

  23. Unicredit cleared by ECB to take control of Commerzbank

    Euronews /

    In other languages: Der Spiegel EZB erlaubt UniCredit offenbar Übernahme von Commerzbank-Anteilen (de), Handelsblatt Banken: EZB gibt Unicredit grünes Licht für volle Commerzbank-Übernahme (de), Frankfurter Allgemeine Bankenaufsicht: EZB genehmigt Commerzbank-Übernahme durch Unicredit (de), Jornal de Negócios BCE dá luz verde ao aumento da participação do Unicredit no Commerzbank (pt) · see all

  24. Meta releases Muse Spark Open, a new ‘open-weight’ AI model

    Agence France-Presse / The Guardian /

    Also: Bloomberg Meta Releases Open AI Model While Keeping Its Best Tech Closed

Earlier today

  1. Wall Street on Alert for Treasury’s Scott Bessent to Act on Bond Yields Again

    Michael MacKenzie and Alexandra Harris / Bloomberg /

  2. EXPLAINED: Ukraine’s Military, Elon Musk’s Starlink Slowdown

    Stefan Korshak / Kyiv Post /

  3. EU Eyes New Trade Powers to Curb Chinese Imports

    Bloomberg /

  4. China’s Tencent Detected Unintended Behaviors From AI Agents

    Luz Ding and Newley Purnell / Bloomberg /

  5. Meta and Apple team up on AI model tailored for Mac computers

    Financial Times /