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Hawkish scores at a five-year high into the blackout; the long end's best week in a month comes from AI-credit fear, not disinflation
With the Committee in its pre-meeting blackout, Deutsche Bank's AI-scored communication gauge put the hawkish consensus at a five-year high (7.5 average, above the pandemic peak) even as Treasuries rallied across the curve and pushed long-end yields to a one-month low on renewed doubts about the AI trade — a haven bid that is growth-scare-driven, not disinflationary, while the 10-year breakeven rose to 2.37% against a flat 2.75% real yield .
Iran claims seven tankers hit in one Hormuz night as Brent tops $111 and a third US carrier heads for the region
Escalation moved up a step on both the kinetic and the force-posture layers — Iran's state television, citing the Revolutionary Guard navy, said seven oil tankers were struck or mined overnight, potentially the largest single-day vessel damage since the war began on 28 February — after Trump rejected Tehran's seven-day reopening proposal , with the US sending a third aircraft carrier and thousands of troops even as the White House reiterated no attack before 3 November ; December Brent rose 2.7% to $111.7 and Brent traded at $110.67, up 1.71% .