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Warsh's silence meets 59 official speeches; a ~90% hold masks a closer call
The October hold is priced near 90% , but the marginal information is that the decision is a closer call than that pricing implies and that the Chair's push to say less is being openly contradicted by his own committee — 16 officials made at least 59 public remarks between meetings, roughly flat on a year earlier — leaving the December path (73.9% priced for a cumulative 25bp) hostage to a press conference that may not guide at all .
Brent slips to $114.93 as Qatar brokers Hormuz reopening terms while October ship attacks set a war record
The tape turned two-way for the first time in a week — December Brent fell 0.8% to $114.93 and December WTI to $100.90 in early Tuesday trade , with Brent at $115.15 at 0000 GMT after last week's surge above $117 — as Saudi, Turkish and Pakistani officials met Iran's leadership in Tehran and Qatari mediators spent Sunday seeking terms for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz , even while HSBC's tracker put October ship attacks in Hormuz and the Middle East at the highest level since the war began .