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AI chip stocks slip on OpenAI revenue readA reported shortfall in OpenAI's annualised revenue spooked chip investors, though analysts argue the number reflects accounting convention rather than slowing AI demand.
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American Inflation Expectations Hit a Three-Year HighThe Federal Reserve's monthly consumer survey put the 12-month inflation outlook at 3.9%, the highest reading since May 2023.
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India Raises Rates for the First Time in Three YearsThe Reserve Bank of India has shifted to a tightening stance, citing higher inflation and rising energy costs.
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World Bank Splits East Asia's Growth StoryThe region is forecast to expand 4.5% in 2026, but the World Bank's own data shows trade outside AI goods has gone into reverse.
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US Payrolls Miss by 55,000The American economy added just 29,000 jobs in September, less than half the 84,000 forecast, as unemployment climbed to 4.2%.
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Hard Drives Drop as Toshiba Eyes AI StorageWestern Digital and Seagate fell sharply on 2 October 2026 after investors grew concerned that Toshiba plans to expand production of a high-demand AI storage product.
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Amazon Sells Its Chips to Pay for ThemAmazon is raising GPU rental prices while pursuing a sale-and-leaseback of Nvidia processors, a structure that shifts financing pressure off its balance sheet.
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US Treasuries Post Worst Month in Four YearsTen-year yields rose half a percentage point in their worst month in four years, as a self-reinforcing cycle of selling took hold.
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UK Energy Bills Face a £2,000 WinterOfgem's price cap is forecast to climb to nearly £2,000 in Q1 2027, the steepest quarterly rise in four years.
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AI's Revenue Gap Is $4.2 Trillion WideA consulting firm calculates that roughly two-thirds of the annual cost needed to sustain the AI infrastructure buildout has no identified revenue source.
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U.S. Treasury 10-Year Yield Hits 5.15% as Fed Rate-Hike Bets MultiplyThe bond market is sending a signal that five or six Federal Reserve rate hikes may be needed to restore price stability, not two or three.
Finance12
SNB Holds at Zero: Europe's Rate Map Just SplitThe number is 0%.
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US Mortgages Hit 7%: Your Rate Just Became PoliticalA family in Phoenix signed a thirty-year mortgage contract eighteen months ago at 6.
Finance14
Fed Hike Bets Surge: Inflation Just Refused to DieUS Treasury 10-year yields just posted their largest single-session surge since the so-called "liberation day" tariff shock rattled global markets — and the message embedded in that move is blunt: traders no longer believe the Federal Reserve is done.
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Yields Bite Back: Governments Are Running Out of RoadThe Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development put a name to that feeling on Wednesday — and it is not a comfortable one.
Finance16
BTC Breaks $70K: The Market Knows SomethingThe S&P 500 is within striking distance of a new record high.
Finance17
Novo Nordisk Drops 12%: The Cure Wasn't EnoughNovo Nordisk had one job on Monday.
Finance18
BoJ Fires: The Yen Still Won't ListenThe Bank of Japan raised its benchmark interest rate to the highest level since 1995 — and the yen fell anyway.
Finance19
Iran Shock: The Crude Price Misleads YouThe Federal Reserve, now under Chair Kevin Warsh, moved rates to the 3.
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Bank of England Blinks: Savers Pay the PriceThe number that should worry anyone holding a UK mortgage or a sterling savings account is 3.
Finance02
American Inflation Expectations Hit a Three-Year HighThe Federal Reserve's monthly consumer survey put the 12-month inflation outlook at 3.9%, the highest reading since May 2023.
Finance03
India Raises Rates for the First Time in Three YearsThe Reserve Bank of India has shifted to a tightening stance, citing higher inflation and rising energy costs.
Finance04
World Bank Splits East Asia's Growth StoryThe region is forecast to expand 4.5% in 2026, but the World Bank's own data shows trade outside AI goods has gone into reverse.
Finance05
US Payrolls Miss by 55,000The American economy added just 29,000 jobs in September, less than half the 84,000 forecast, as unemployment climbed to 4.2%.
Finance06
Hard Drives Drop as Toshiba Eyes AI StorageWestern Digital and Seagate fell sharply on 2 October 2026 after investors grew concerned that Toshiba plans to expand production of a high-demand AI storage product.
Finance07
Amazon Sells Its Chips to Pay for ThemAmazon is raising GPU rental prices while pursuing a sale-and-leaseback of Nvidia processors, a structure that shifts financing pressure off its balance sheet.
Finance08
US Treasuries Post Worst Month in Four YearsTen-year yields rose half a percentage point in their worst month in four years, as a self-reinforcing cycle of selling took hold.
Finance09
UK Energy Bills Face a £2,000 WinterOfgem's price cap is forecast to climb to nearly £2,000 in Q1 2027, the steepest quarterly rise in four years.
Finance10
AI's Revenue Gap Is $4.2 Trillion WideA consulting firm calculates that roughly two-thirds of the annual cost needed to sustain the AI infrastructure buildout has no identified revenue source.
Finance11
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Yield Hits 5.15% as Fed Rate-Hike Bets MultiplyThe bond market is sending a signal that five or six Federal Reserve rate hikes may be needed to restore price stability, not two or three.
Finance12
SNB Holds at Zero: Europe's Rate Map Just SplitThe number is 0%.
Finance13
US Mortgages Hit 7%: Your Rate Just Became PoliticalA family in Phoenix signed a thirty-year mortgage contract eighteen months ago at 6.
Finance14
Fed Hike Bets Surge: Inflation Just Refused to DieUS Treasury 10-year yields just posted their largest single-session surge since the so-called "liberation day" tariff shock rattled global markets — and the message embedded in that move is blunt: traders no longer believe the Federal Reserve is done.
Finance15
Yields Bite Back: Governments Are Running Out of RoadThe Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development put a name to that feeling on Wednesday — and it is not a comfortable one.
Finance16
BTC Breaks $70K: The Market Knows SomethingThe S&P 500 is within striking distance of a new record high.
Finance17
Novo Nordisk Drops 12%: The Cure Wasn't EnoughNovo Nordisk had one job on Monday.
Finance18
BoJ Fires: The Yen Still Won't ListenThe Bank of Japan raised its benchmark interest rate to the highest level since 1995 — and the yen fell anyway.
Finance19
Iran Shock: The Crude Price Misleads YouThe Federal Reserve, now under Chair Kevin Warsh, moved rates to the 3.
Finance20
Bank of England Blinks: Savers Pay the PriceThe number that should worry anyone holding a UK mortgage or a sterling savings account is 3.