SMBC Americas economist Joe Lavorgna says inflation is not easing quickly enough, expecting further Fed hikes with December the likelier timing, per Seeking Alpha.
According to the Guardian, UK finance minister John Healey plans to tax banks in his budget to offset higher government borrowing costs and keep deficit plans on track.
Market Talk reports bitcoin fell 1.4% to $80,627 while its gold correlation reached 51%, near late-2020 highs. The dollar index stays firm near 18-month peaks.
The US Labor Department reported 199,000 initial jobless claims for the week ended October 10, seasonally adjusted, with the four-week average at 198,500.
US retail sales climbed 0.8% month on month in September and 6.3% year on year, with gasoline station sales jumping 6.4%. Excluding autos, sales rose 0.9%.
New US unemployment claims rose by 1,000 to a seasonally adjusted 199,000 in the week to October 10, slightly below economists' expectations of 200,000.
First-time US unemployment benefit claims rose to 199,000 in the week ended October 10, slightly above the revised prior week and below the 200,000 economists had expected.
Glassnode says buyers from the past two years are capping Bitcoin below $88,000, while hotter US inflation pushed gold and silver lower, per WSJ market reports.