Friday's News Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Trim Weekly Drop; Treasuries Gain: Markets Wrap

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Steadies After Two-Day Drop as Traders Track Mideast Tension

[Yahoo/Reuters] Analysis-Markets gear up for two wild weeks of elections and rate moves

[Yahoo/Reuters] US money market funds see large inflows as election nears

[BBN/Bloomberg] US Durable Goods Drop 0.8% for Second Month on Aircraft Bookings

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Mississippi River Dries Up Again at Worst Time for US Farmers

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] ECB Officials Debate If a Half-Point Cut Really Needed: Overview

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Xi’s Stimulus Package Met With Wall of Skepticism in Washington

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Record Defaults Hit $800 Billion Chinese Local Debt Market

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] China Lawmakers to Meet During US Election Amid Stimulus Hopes

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] China Will Hit Peak Copper Around 2030, Industry Group Says

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Tokyo Inflation Slows Below 2% Ahead of Election, BOJ Meet

[Reuters] Zelenskiy says Russia to deploy North Korean troops in combat zones Oct 27-28

[Bloomberg] Chinese Banks Face Liquidity Struggle as Key Funding Cost Rises

[Bloomberg] North Korea to Send More Troops to Russia, South Korea Spies Say

[Bloomberg] Sights, Sounds of a Taiwan Military Drill Seeking to Deter China

[NYT] U.S. Bond Market Braces for the ‘Trump Trade’ of Large Tariffs and Deficits

[FT] Tett: Don’t be beguiled by the apparent calm reigning in US bond markets

[FT] Treasuries sell-off reverberates through global markets

[FT] ‘China will not like it one bit’: Beijing uneasy with North Korean troops in Russia

Thursday Evening Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] S&P 500 Sees First Gain This Week as Tesla Up 22%: Markets Wrap

[Reuters] US sovereign credit default swaps rise on election, debt ceiling jitters

[Reuters] Oil prices ease on possible new Middle East ceasefire talks

[Reuters] US labor market plodding along, but jobs becoming more scarce

[Bloomberg] BOJ’s Ueda Signals No Hike Next Week, Noting Time Is on His Side

[Bloomberg] The Duct Taped Banana Is Coming to Auction Asking $1 Million

[NYT] Why Is North Korea Deploying Troops to Help Russia? Here’s What to Know.

[WSJ] Russia Provided Targeting Data for Houthi Assault on Global Shipping

[FT] Vladimir Putin signals North Korean troops are in Russia

Thursday Afternoon Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] S&P 500 Sees First Gain This Week as Tesla Up 20%: Markets Wrap

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] UK Bonds Fall as Reeves Opens Door to More Borrowing in Budget

[Yahoo/Reuters] US new home sales highest in nearly 1-1/2 years in September

[AP] Average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the US rises again to highest level in nearly 3 months

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] US Leveraged Loan Sales Hit Record $986 Billion in Repricing Run

[Yahoo/Reuters] IMF chief says world economy at risk of low-growth malaise, rising dissatisfaction

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] BOE’s Mann Warns UK May Have Cut Interest Rates Prematurely

[WSJ] How the U.S. Is Defending Against an Unprecedented Surge of Election Threats

[WSJ] Landslides, Dead Bees and Red Algae: The Hidden Cost of Two Hurricanes

[FT] France grapples with its budget mess

[FT] ‘We’re running out of time’: UN warns of 3.1C temperature rise