Macro news — 02/10/2026
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UKMTO reports a tanker struck by a projectile east of Oman, adding to shipping-lane security concerns.
x.comReuters: Saudi Arabia plans an assault on the Houthis to break their chokehold on Red Sea shipping lanes.
x.comUS ISM Manufacturing Prices Paid index jumps 6.8 points in September, signaling intensifying inflationary pressure.
x.comReuters: Fed may skip October but pull the trigger on a rate hike in December.
x.comTrump says the US will not impose a diesel export ban, easing fears of tighter domestic fuel supply.
x.comFBI and Coast Guard find evidence hackers accessed an oil supertanker's propulsion system as it approached port, raising shipping security risks.
x.comTrump says higher US inflation will pay down debt 'very rapidly' as total US debt tops $40 trillion, stoking debasement fears.
x.comUS official tells N12 Washington is preparing for the possibility of renewed fighting with Iran.
x.com +1Bloomberg Agriculture Spot Index jumped 11.5% in Q3 2026, its biggest quarterly gain, adding to inflation pressure.
x.comUKMTO: tanker struck by unknown projectile while transiting outbound through the Strait of Hormuz.
x.com +4China suspends fuel exports, tightening Asian supplies and adding upward pressure on energy prices and inflation expectations.
x.comUS 10-year yield climbs back to 5.25%, fully erasing the post-payrolls drop.
x.comTasnim reports several loud explosions in Riyadh, the Saudi capital; no independent confirmation yet.
x.comTrump concedes it's 'possible' the Iran war could cost him in the November midterms, adding to political risk.
x.comTrump welcomes G7 deal to coordinate a 100 million barrel oil release through the IEA, easing supply pressure.
x.com +1Hassett says the US Navy has reopened Hormuz and crude is flowing through the strait.
x.comEmergency G7 meeting on the global energy crunch this morning after Macron and Trump spoke overnight.
x.com +6Hassett says US is talking with Europe on diesel; a European stockpile release would have massive impact, news hoped for soon.
x.com +3October Fed hike odds drop to a new low of 17% after the weaker-than-expected September jobs report.
x.comUS payrolls badly miss at 29k versus 90k forecast; unemployment rises even as household-survey employment jumps 406k.
cnbc.com +4US 3-month average hiring revised down to 51,000 from 71,000, signalling a softer labor market and easing Fed hike bets.
x.comPutin says Russia is ready to use all weapons, including nuclear, if Kaliningrad is attacked.
x.comUS jobs report expected to show solid growth with 90,000 payrolls, shaping Fed rate-hike expectations.
cnbc.com +8Source says Iran is preparing a broader, more forceful response if the US resumes large-scale strikes.
x.comFrance's 10-year government bond yield hits 4.989%, the highest since 2002, according to LSEG.
x.comLe Pen's election odds surge as riots hit France and pressure on Macron mounts.
x.comEuro heads for its biggest weekly drop in months against the dollar as French fiscal worries weigh.
x.comIran keeps striking tankers in the Strait of Hormuz in recent days despite ongoing talks with the US.
x.comFrance's bond risk premium widens to 150bp, the highest since 2012, as fiscal worries deepen.
x.com +6China halts October fuel exports, tightening an already strained global diesel market and adding to energy-driven inflation pressure.
x.comEurozone preliminary September CPI rises 3.8% y/y, above the 3.6% forecast, reinforcing hawkish ECB rate expectations.
x.com +3France proposes releasing 50M barrels of diesel and 50M barrels of crude from IEA members' emergency stocks, sources say.
x.comUS to send a third carrier group to the Middle East as Trump warns of fresh strikes on Iran.
cnbc.comFed's Logan calls for rate hikes of '50 bps or more', more hawkish than what markets currently price in.
x.comGlobal credit markets turn cautious as investors stop treating the asset class as a safe haven.
x.comUS jobs report faces a higher bar as bond market strains raise the stakes for the data.
x.comSEC proposes allowing investment advisers and funds to self-custody Bitcoin and other crypto assets.
x.comDollar climbs to its highest since May 2025 ahead of US payrolls, while Asian currencies slip despite solid data.
x.com +1Hong Kong stocks slide 3% as the Hang Seng Index sells off sharply, souring Asian risk appetite.
x.comUS sends additional Patriot air defense systems to Saudi and Qatari energy sites, Axios reports.
x.comSaudi-led coalition says Houthis attacked a power station in Medina, escalating the Yemen-Saudi conflict.
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