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October hold is now unanimous; Goldman says the market cannot fully reprice December while the long end rallies on AI-credit fear
Every preview in this batch converges on a hawkish hold at the Oct 28 meeting with December as the priced move , but the marginal information is that Goldman attributes the 10-year's fastest one-day fall since March 2023 to an AI-trade unwind and a stock-bond correlation flip rather than to policy repricing, while keeping December as its base case and warning the market will struggle to reprice a full 25bp .
Iran readies retaliation plans as Trump dangles another "Epic Fury" and an envoy flags a weekend strike
The escalation has migrated off the water and onto the readiness file — Iran has begun preparing for a new round of US airstrikes and is reported to be planning retaliation against multiple targets including Israel and the UAE , while Washington has pushed a third carrier strike group toward the Persian Gulf with more than 10,000 sailors and Marines and its ambassador to Turkey, cited by Al Jazeera, called a US strike this weekend "highly likely" . Crude has broken out of its range, with Guojin Securities putting Brent spot at $126.93 (+$10 w/w) and WTI at $103.27 (+$1.86 w/w) as of 23 October ; Brent futures are up more than 80% year-to-date .