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The Federal Reserve Will Release Its Interest Rate Decision Today. Here’s What to Watch.

Colby Smith / The New York Times /

Also: Bloomberg Sprake: Fed Now Concerned About High Energy Prices, Mint US Fed FOMC decision tonight: Hike or no rate increased? What will Kevin Warsh’s next move? Top 3 things to watch, The Globe and Mail U.S. Fed expected to hold rates as attention shifts to longer term rate path, The Business Times Asian stocks advance as AI rally returns ahead of Big Tech earnings, Fed decision, The Guardian Fed set to hold interest rates steady in last decision before midterms · see all

In other languages: Valor Econômico Otimismo com IA impulsiona ações em NY antes de decisão do Fed (pt), Estadão Economistas e mercado esperam manutenção dos juros pelo Fed a 6 dias de eleições nos EUA (pt), Jornal de Negócios Fed deve manter juros, mas pode haver surpresas. Subida em dezembro dada como garantida (pt), Dagens industri Bedömare: Då kan Fed sänka teknikaktier (sv) · see all

  1. Chancellor targets cost of living crisis in budget for a ‘difficult moment’

    Pippa Crerar and Heather Stewart / The Guardian /

    Also: Bloomberg UK Budget Day: Here's What to Expect From Healey, Sky News The Budget | Chancellor John Healey announces economic plans

  2. How much is Anthropic really worth?

    Financial Times /

    Also: Bloomberg Anthropic Mum on Investment Grade as It Warns of More Debt, Sky News Anthropic building the very thing it warns about, Semafor Anthropic’s IPO needs believers to bridge it to the payoff, Exponential View 🔮 Anthropic’s S-1 in charts, MarketWatch CoreWeave and other AI stocks rise as Anthropic restores the market’s faith in sustained spending, Financial Times What we learnt from Anthropic's 240,000-word IPO filing | FT #shorts, Le Monde Anthropic files for stock market listing, revealing soaring sales and a long list of risks, The Globe and Mail Anthropic files for potentially biggest IPO ever as CEO warns of risk to humanity from AI, Unhedged How much is Anthropic really worth? · see all

  3. Yemen's Houthis attack Saudi Arabia's largest oil refinery

    Jeronimo Gonzalez / Semafor /

    Also: Al-Monitor Yemen's Houthis say they launched an attack on Saudi Ras Tanura oil refinery, The National Oil prices up due to Houthi strikes and US threat to renew Iran war

  4. German chemicals giant BASF raises profit guidance after Iran war price hikes

    Euronews /

    In other languages: Der Spiegel Iran und Straße von Hormus: BASF profitiert stark vom Krieg und erhöht Gewinnprognose (de), Handelsblatt Chemie: BASF verdient operativ mehr und hebt erneut Prognose an (de)

  5. Spain High-Speed Rail Crash Kills at Least 10

    Ed Frankl / The Wall Street Journal /

    Also: POLITICO Europe At least 30 people die in major Spanish train crash, El País At least 30 people killed in high-speed rail crash in Spain

  6. Ambani’s Jio to make Mumbai trading debut after record US$3.2 billion India IPO

    The Business Times /

    Also: Bloomberg Jio’s IPO Surge Ends Tata’s Reign as Most Valuable India Group, The National Reliance’s Jio soars on market debut after Indian record $3.1bn IPO, The New York Times Jio’s Blockbuster I.P.O. Gives India’s Investors a Lift · see all

    In other languages: Expansión La 'teleco' india Jio sube un 22% en su debut en Bolsa y se valora en 118.000 millones de euros (es)

  7. Qatari mediators present Iran with new deal to end the war, official says

    Daily Maverick /

    Also: Al-Monitor Qatari mediators present Iran with new deal to end the war, official says

  8. SK Hynix profits soar amid roaring AI chip demand

    Financial Times /

    Also: Bloomberg SK Hynix Posts Record Profit Amid AI Rush, The Business Times SK Hynix posts 7-fold jump in Q3 profit, unveils shareholder return plan worth US$75 billion

    In other languages: The Korea Economic Daily (Hankyung) SK하닉, 분기 매출 첫 100조 돌파…100원 팔아 80원 남겼다 [종합] (ko), Handelsblatt Chip-Hersteller: Nvidia-Zulieferer SK Hynix vervielfacht Gewinn – KI-Boom treibt an (de)

  9. US-Friendly Nations Slash Treasury Purchases by 60%, Led by Asia

    Ruth Carson and Masaki Kondo / Bloomberg /

    Also: The Japan Times U.S.-aligned countries, led by Asia, slash U.S. Treasury purchases by 60%, The Business Times Chinese government to speed bond sales to stimulate growth

  10. Chinese Government to Speed Bond Sales to Stimulate Growth

    Iris Ouyang and Shulun Huang / Bloomberg /

  11. Canada and UAE sign trade, defence and energy agreements

    The Globe and Mail /

  12. The AI boom is starting to break time-tested stock-market signals

    Mark DeCambre / MarketWatch /

  13. Iranians face energy squeeze from war as natural gas runs short

    Financial Times /

  14. Wall Street’s AI Debt Machine Is Starting to Choke on Supply

    Neil Callanan / Bloomberg /

  15. Ukraine Strikes Russia’s Largest Steel Plant, Chemical Factory Amid 531 Drone Claims

    Julia Struck-Feshchenko / Kyiv Post /

  16. Bank of Canada expected to deliver first rate hike in three years as oil shock deepens

    The Globe and Mail /

  17. MAS says banks should limit exposure or cut ties with clients over clear environmental breaches linked to haze

    Tan Nai Lun / The Business Times /

  18. China’s Electric Carmakers Are Running Out of Domestic Buyers

    Emma Tucker / The Wall Street Journal /

  19. Nearly 50 companies involved in producing Russia's Starlink alternative, 23 not under international sanctions, HUR says

    Yuliia Taradiuk / The Kyiv Independent /

  20. Inside Ecobank’s boardroom power struggle and conflict-of-interest allegations

    Mathieu Galtier / The Africa Report /

  21. EU's 'Made in Europe' push unnerves global auto suppliers

    DW /

  22. Nigeria revises gas pipeline access code as regulator flags $30bn-$50bn investment need

    bne IntelliNews /

  23. Ukraine receives 12 Patriot missiles per month from US, Zelensky says

    Yuliia Taradiuk / The Kyiv Independent /

  24. AI Is Finding a Flood of Bugs, and Silicon Valley Is Rushing to Fix Them

    Kate Conger / The New York Times /

Earlier today

  1. The Fed Is Off Its Own Reaction Function. It Should Tell Us Why.

    Jason Furman / Peterson Institute (PIIE) /

  2. Bullish Treasury Bets Face Reversal Risk From Hawkish Fed

    Edward Bolingbroke and Greg Ritchie / Bloomberg /

  3. Healey puts UK energy reform at centre of his ‘do no harm’ Budget

    Financial Times /

  4. Brazilian markets tumble on Lula's election victory

    Jeronimo Gonzalez / Semafor /

  5. IMF Strikes Preliminary Argentina Deal As Market Return Dims

    Patrick Gillespie / Bloomberg /