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October hold near 93%, but a 19bp one-day rally took December off full pricing
Every preview in this batch converges on a hold next week with a December hike as the base case , but the marginal information is in the tape — a one-day Treasury rally of roughly 19bp, the largest since March 2023, alongside a futures move worth an entire hike stripped December off full pricing, leaving term-premium compression rather than the policy path in charge of the long end .
Brent tops $114 as post-midterm strike plans harden and Aramco evacuates its Dhahran headquarters
The barrel broke higher again — December Brent to $114.64 and front-month to $113.50, a five-month high and a third consecutive weekly gain — as The Atlantic reported the White House is weighing Bessent's blockade-plus-sanctions track against Netanyahu's call for one more round of devastating strikes after the 3 November midterms , Saudi Aramco evacuated its Dhahran headquarters , Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree claimed four operations inside Saudi Arabia in 48 hours including Dammam airport, where two were killed , and Iran's security establishment declared "zero red lines" including Gulf oil facilities, undersea cables and AI datacentres .