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Markets · 10/31/2026
Federal Reserve data show a small weekly decline in outstanding balances. Financial and asset-backed balances rose while nonfinancial paper fell.
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Read article →Markets · 10/30/2026
The October 30 release puts seasonally adjusted bank credit at $20.0142 trillion. C&I loans rose while commercial real-estate loans fell.
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Read article →Markets · 10/29/2026
BEA reports faster growth than the second quarter's 2.2% pace. Private domestic final sales rose 4.9%, while the PCE price index increased at a 2.1% annual rate.
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Read article →Markets · 10/24/2026
Final October sentiment was nearly unchanged from September at 48.0. Year-ahead inflation expectations rose to 4.7% and long-run expectations to 3.5%; these are consumer expectations, not realized inflation.
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Read article →Markets · 10/24/2026
The preliminary composite output index fell from 58.4 to 57.6 but remained above 50. S&P Global reports the strongest selling-price increase since August 2022; this is a business survey, not an official GDP or CPI release.
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Read article →Markets · 10/23/2026
Advance U.S. retail and food services sales rose 0.8% in September to $745.0 billion, 6.3% above September 2025, the U.S. Census Bureau reported. Gasoline station receipts jumped 6.4% on higher fuel prices, and August's gain was revised up from 1.1% to 1.3%.
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Read article →Markets · 10/22/2026
Brent crude rose 2.8% to $111.81 a barrel and WTI gained 1.7% to $98.83 on October 22, 2026, after reports that U.S. and Israeli militaries have drawn up plans for renewed strikes on Iran. The State Department ordered non-emergency staff to leave Saudi Arabia following deadly Houthi attacks, and Saudi Aramco evacuated its Dhahran headquarters. Elevated crude threatens to extend energy-driven pressure in fourth-quarter inflation readings.
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Read article →Markets · 10/20/2026
The Philadelphia Fed's October Manufacturing Business Outlook Survey shows the general activity index falling from 37.8 to 20.9, a second consecutive monthly decline, with new orders down 25 points to 4.3 and shipments down 12 points to 15.3.
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Read article →Markets · 10/20/2026
Daily Treasury par yield curve rates for October 19, 2026 show the 10-year at 5.15%, up 6 basis points from October 16, with the 2-year at 4.77% and the 30-year at 5.48%, keeping the 2s10s spread positive at 38 basis points.
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Read article →Markets · 10/19/2026
The Treasury sold $95 billion of 13-week bills at a 4.095% high rate and $82 billion of 26-week bills at 4.220% on October 19, 2026, both up slightly from the prior week. Bid-to-cover ratios were 2.77 and 2.84.
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Read article →Markets · 10/9/2026
The October 9 release reports a September 30-week divestment to nonbanks, a cash increase and lower credit-loss allowances. Its residual is not a regulatory capital measure.
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Read article →Markets · 10/8/2026
The October 7 G.19 release reports annualized growth, not a 1.9 percent monthly gain. Revolving credit fell at a 4.2 percent annual rate; nonrevolving credit rose 4.1 percent.
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Read article →Markets · 10/1/2026
U.S. stocks closed modestly higher on October 1: the S&P 500 rose 14.91 points, or 0.19%, to 7,666.45; the Dow added 20.51 points to 50,926.56 and the Nasdaq Composite gained 10.53 points to 26,871.60. Initial jobless claims fell to 197,000 for the week ended September 26.
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Read article →Markets · 9/30/2026
AP reports the S&P 500 fell 0.3% and the Dow declined 0.9% on September 30, while the Nasdaq rose 0.2%. These are index closing changes, not a forecast.
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Read article →Markets · 9/28/2026
The Dallas Fed's September 28 Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey shows the production index rising to 29.5 from 16.1 in August, while the broader general business activity index eased to 9.8 from 11.6. These are survey diffusion indexes, not a measure of factory output or GDP growth.
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Read article →Markets · 9/24/2026
New York Fed President John Williams said another hike by year-end would be reasonable, as the 10-year Treasury yield held near 5.12%.
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Read article →Markets · 9/23/2026
The 10-year yield closed at its highest level since July 2007 after a weak five-year auction, as Fed Governor Barr said more policy adjustments are likely needed.
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Read article →Markets · 9/23/2026
Treasury sold $70 billion of five-year notes at 5.033%, the highest auction yield since June 2006. Demand was soft.
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Read article →Markets · 9/22/2026
Deputy Treasury Secretary Francis Brooke said net bill supply rose more than $550B in July and August, and money funds took about 85%.
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Read article →Markets · 9/14/2026
Treasury's long-bond buybacks and a joint yen intervention with Japan are drawing economist warnings as markets digest policy actions ahead of Jackson Hole.
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Read article →Markets · 9/14/2026
The S&P 500 clawed back a volatile week even as the 10-year yield climbed to 4.74%, near its highest level since late 2024.
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Read article →Markets · 9/2/2026
Fresh U.S. strikes on Iran pushed WTI above $90 and drove the 10-year Treasury yield to 4.814%, its highest level since November 2023, as global bond and equity markets sold off.
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Read article →Markets · 9/1/2026
Treasury and global bond yields surge to multi-year highs, pulling stocks lower as Fed rate-hike odds climb ahead of the September 16 meeting.
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Read article →Markets · 8/29/2026
Bitcoin extended its post-Jackson Hole slide Saturday as CME-tracked odds of a September Fed rate hike climbed further, from 46% Thursday night to 55.7%.
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Read article →Markets · 8/23/2026
The Energy Information Administration’s August 19 Weekly Petroleum Status Report data showed U.S. crude-oil ending stocks excluding the Strategic Petroleum Reserve at 428.815 million barrels for the week ended August 14, up 4.405 million barrels from a week earlier.
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Read article →Markets · 8/22/2026
EIA’s hourly grid-monitor dataset recorded 14.356 million megawatthours of electricity demand across the Lower 48 on August 21, with an hourly high of 710,824 MWh.
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Read article →Markets · 8/22/2026
Treasury auction records show a $16 billion offering of 20-year nominal bonds drew a 5.204% high yield and a 2.53 bid-to-cover ratio on August 19.
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Read article →Markets · 8/20/2026
EIA’s August 20 weekly report put Lower 48 working natural gas in underground storage at 3,169 billion cubic feet as of August 14, up 16 Bcf from the preceding week.
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Read article →Markets · 8/15/2026
The University of Michigan’s August 14 stock-ownership addendum reported three-month average consumer-sentiment readings of 44.3 for the bottom third of stock wealth, 51.9 for the middle third, 68.1 for the top third, and 47.6 for respondents reporting no stock ownership.
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Read article →Markets · 8/15/2026
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Quarterly Report on Household Debt and Credit said total U.S. household debt decreased by $13 billion, or 0.1%, to $18.8 trillion in the second quarter of 2026.
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Read article →Markets · 8/14/2026
The Energy Information Administration’s August 13 weekly report put Lower 48 working natural gas in underground storage at 3,153 billion cubic feet as of August 7, up 36 Bcf from the prior week, 25 Bcf below a year earlier, and 198 Bcf above the five-year average.
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Read article →Markets · 8/13/2026
Treasury Fiscal Data’s Monthly Treasury Statement reported $334.0 billion in receipts and $766.3 billion in outlays for July 2026, producing a $432.3 billion monthly deficit.
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Read article →Markets · 8/12/2026
EIA’s August 12 Weekly Petroleum Status Report put U.S. commercial crude oil inventories, excluding the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, at 424.410 million barrels for the week ended August 7—17.422 million barrels above the prior week.
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Read article →Markets · 8/11/2026
Treasury Fiscal Data’s Daily Treasury Statement reported a $966.851 billion Treasury General Account closing balance on August 10, following $30.086 billion in deposits and $17.348 billion in withdrawals reported in its Operating Cash Balance table.
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Read article →Markets · 8/11/2026
EIA’s August 11 Short-Term Energy Outlook projects a third-quarter average of about $85 per barrel for Brent crude oil and $2.87 per MMBtu for the Henry Hub natural-gas spot price.
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Read article →Markets · 8/11/2026
Treasury’s Debt to the Penny data showed total public debt outstanding at $39.885 trillion on August 7, the latest date returned by the official API when checked August 11.
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