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Hold priced near 84%, a named minority calls it a coin flip, and Treasuries tentatively reclaim their haven role
October pricing has consolidated near an 84–85% hold with December the priced meeting , but a hot CPI/PPI pair, a Chair who explicitly refuses to guide and now says the Fed should not suppress moderate volatility has produced an open dissent — a former Philadelphia Fed president and several named economists argue for back-to-back October and December hikes — while the long end fell anyway on an oil retreat, reduced-issuance expectations and an AI-credit haven bid, keeping the stock-bond print negative for the wrong reason .
Iran's pre-midterm escalation sets a record attack tally as freight, not crude, becomes the binding constraint
Attacks on shipping hit their highest weekly frequency of the war — 12 vessels reported struck in 5–11 October with six on 11 October alone, a single-day record — and Kpler's daily series shows transit collapsing from nearly 20.8 million barrels on 8 October to 2.9 million on 11 October , yet the marginal price driver has migrated downstream: Reuters reports the crisis "has shifted decidedly from a shortage of crude to a shortage of refined fuels" , with freight eating 82% of Asian refiners' gross margin against about 16% on the US Gulf Coast and in north-west Europe , and Brent holding above $105 after a five-month high near $110 .