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		<title>Spreading Riots in Europe, Elevated Energy Costs, Better-than-Expected Chinese Data, and T-Minus 15 Days to U.S. Midterms</title>
		<link>https://currencythoughts.com/2026/10/19/spreading-riots-in-europe-elevated-energy-costs-better-than-expected-chinese-data-and-t-minus-15-days-to-u-s-midterms/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[larrygreenberg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 13:50:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Canadian CPI]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[(117) The weighted DXY dollar index is steady. Changes versus individual currencies range from a 0.5% decline against the Australian dollar to gains of 0.2% and 0.1% against the yen and euro. The WTI and Brent prices of crude oil have risen 0.6% and 1.4% above their pre-weekend closing levels to $100.84 and $108.29 per [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Next Week&#8217;s Menu: October 17-23, 2026</title>
		<link>https://currencythoughts.com/2026/10/16/next-weeks-menu-october-17-23-2026/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[larrygreenberg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 20:15:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Central Banks: Interest rate reviews in Indonesia, Hungary, South Korea, China, Turkey, Russia and the Philippines. A number of officials from the European Central Bank, Bank of England and Reserve Bank of Australia have public speaking engagements. U.S. Economic Data Releases: Preliminary October purchasing manager survey findings, housing starts, building permits, pending home sales, National [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>More Reason for Inflationary Concern and a Distress Flare from Indonesia</title>
		<link>https://currencythoughts.com/2026/10/16/more-reason-for-inflationary-concern-and-a-distress-flare-from-indonesia/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[larrygreenberg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 13:22:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Euroland CPI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fed Chairman Warsh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. import prices and industrial production]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Like the  consumer and producer price reports on Wednesday and Thursday, U.S. import and export prices just released surpassed market expectations. Overall import prices jumped 1.1% in September, raising their 12-month increase to a 50-month high of 8.1%. Import price inflation had been at 7.0% in August, zero percent last December and as low as [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>U.S. Getting A Failing Grade on Inflation, but Who Is to Blame?</title>
		<link>https://currencythoughts.com/2026/10/15/u-s-getting-a-failing-grade-on-inflation-but-who-is-to-blame/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[larrygreenberg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 19:08:02 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Deeper Analysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[placing blame for U.S. inflation]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Federal Reserve did a pretty good job promoting price stability over the first two decades of this century. Between January 2001 and January 2021 coinciding with the eight-year presidential terms of Republican George W. Bush and Democrat Barack Obama and the first four-year term of Republican Donald Trump, U.S. consumer prices rose 2.0% per [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Second Thoughts in the Marketplace</title>
		<link>https://currencythoughts.com/2026/10/15/second-thoughts-in-the-marketplace/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[larrygreenberg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 12:28:20 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[New Overnight Developments Abroad - Daily Update]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian unemployment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[British industrial production and trade deficit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Euroland industrial production]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japanese machinery orders]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ahead of the second of three U.S. price data events (CPI on Wednesday, PPI today and import prices tomorrow), investors are wondering if yesterday&#8217;s bond-market debacle was an over-reaction. Ten-year sovereign debt yields shortly before the PPI release were down from Wednesday closing levels by twelve basis points in France, eleven basis points in Italy, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>U.S. CPI One of Many Price Data Releases Today</title>
		<link>https://currencythoughts.com/2026/10/14/u-s-cpi-one-of-many-price-data-releases-today/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[larrygreenberg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:05:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chinese CPI and PPI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[German WPI]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The dollar and ten-year sovereign debt yields prior to the U.S. CPI data announcement were generally steady today with just a couple of exceptions such a a 0.4% decline of the the U.S. currency against the South Korean won, a 4-basis point drop in the 10-year British gilt yield and a 3-bp rise in its [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Softer Oil Price Leads Dollar and Sovereign Debt Yields Lower But External Uncertainties Haven&#8217;t Gone Away</title>
		<link>https://currencythoughts.com/2026/10/13/softer-oil-price-leads-dollar-and-sovereign-debt-yields-lower-but-external-uncertainties-havent-gone-away/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[larrygreenberg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 13:11:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Japanese PPI]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The WTI and Brent oil prices are 1.5% and 1.7% softer than yesterday but still highly elevated. President Trump sprung a pre-midterm surprise, striking a deal with Russian President Putin that suddenly eases sanctions against Russian diesel exports. Trump&#8217;s intent is to reduce energy prices for U.S. consumers and businesses, but the size of the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Second Full Week of October Opens with Several Key Countries Observing Holidays</title>
		<link>https://currencythoughts.com/2026/10/12/second-full-week-of-october-opens-with-several-key-countries-observing-holidays/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[larrygreenberg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:35:46 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[New Overnight Developments Abroad - Daily Update]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[holidays today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indian CPI]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[(118) Financial market activity this Monday will be blunted by several holiday observances and a dearth of released economic data. A dual holiday in the United States (Indigenous People&#8217;s Day and Columbus Day) is a federal holiday with banks closed but the stock exchange open. In Japan, Spain and Canada, citizens are celebrating Health Sports [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Next Week&#8217;s Menu: October 10 &#8211; 16, 2026</title>
		<link>https://currencythoughts.com/2026/10/09/next-weeks-menu-october-10-16-2026/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[larrygreenberg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 21:20:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Central Banks: The Federal Reserve Beige Book of regional economic conditions gets published on Wednesday. A meeting of Group of Twenty central bank chiefs is planned in Bangkok, Thailand. Breeden, Pill, Mann and Bailey of the Bank of England, Koeda of the Bank of Japan, and Hammack of the Federal Reserve are some of the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Trump Promise, Restored Confidence in AI, and Some Worrisome September Price Data</title>
		<link>https://currencythoughts.com/2026/10/09/a-trump-promise-restored-confidence-in-ai-and-some-worrisome-september-price-data/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[larrygreenberg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 12:43:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Canadian labor statistics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ukraine consumer price inflation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[University of Michigan index of U.S. consumer confidence]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Trump torrent of attention-getting comments has left a lot of disinformation in its wake particularly regarding the war in Iran. Nevertheless, his promise the other day not to attack Iran again before the U.S. midterm elections is carrying a lot a reassuring weight with investors, who also for the time being are disregarding recent [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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