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Nasdaq futures fell as a plunge in chip stocks deepened the equity selloff and extended the AI trade pullback. South Korea’s Kospi sank almost 8%, entering a bear market. BBG
TSMC bucked the gloom with an upbeat outlook, yet failed to dispel rising concerns about the sustainability of a global AI buildout. The chipmaker is considering expanding in Texas and confirmed talks with Elon Musk’s Terafab about capacity. BBG
Anthropic PBC told prospective investors its third-quarter revenue hit $16.8 billion, according to people familiar with the matter, as the artificial intelligence company pushes ahead with plans to go public. BBG
CoreWeave shares plunged as much as 17% on Wednesday, while its debt due in 2032 dropped to less than 78 cents on the dollar, after investors bought it at par four months ago. BBG
US FTC has subpoenaed Anthropic and OpenAI, seeking documentation in relation to safety incidents and privacy policies; plans to compel executives to testify: Axios
Asian central banks stepped in to support their currencies as stocks dropped. State-owned banks in Taiwan sold US dollars and the RBI supplied greenbacks in onshore and offshore markets, traders familiar said. Bank Indonesia intervened to steady the rupiah. BBG
IDC said that the smartphone market suffered its worst decline on record in the September quarter. Rising memory costs pushed shipments down 22%, and “the worst is yet to come,” the research firm said. BBG
The Fed’s Mary Daly told Reuters that further rate hikes are probably needed, but there’s no urgency. Her Chicago colleague Austan Goolsbee called Wednesday’s US inflation report “discouraging.” BBG
Deutsche Bank sees a growing risk that the Federal Reserve will need to raise its benchmark rate by 50 basis points in a single move in coming months if it delays tightening policy while inflation remains elevated and economic growth holds up. BBG
The US military has developed new strike plans that include potentially using the so-called “mother of all bombs” to target Iranian energy infrastructure and nuclear sites should President Donald Trump give the order to resume combat operations either before or after the midterm elections, according to multiple US officials familiar with the matter. CNN
The Trump administration is considering easing sanctions on so-called shadow fleet vessels that have transported oil and petroleum products from countries including Russia, Iran and Venezuela, in an effort to reduce record-high global freight rates, a US official said on Wednesday. RTRS
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Ukraine will restart strikes on Russia’s oil refineries as he expressed anger over a “dangerous” withdrawal of US intelligence and simultaneous weakening of Starlink satellite internet service at a time of intense Russian attacks. FT
The US has proposed that European countries unfreeze some Russian sovereign assets immobilized after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine and transfer them to a vehicle overseen by Washington in an attempt to revive peace talks. FT
The European Central Bank is unlikely to step in any time soon with market intervention to help France, according to its former chief, Mario Draghi. BBG
Bank of England policymaker Megan Greene says the UK should raise interest rates to lean against the risk of significant second-round effects from high energy prices. BBG
UBS is mapping out contingency plans to move its HQ from Switzerland if Swiss lawmakers proceed with tougher capital requirements under the country’s too-big-to-fail banking laws: WSJ
White House Council of Economic Advisers Chair said referring to the inflation report that this is not a good month and that Bureau of Labor Statistics data is reliable.
Trump administration's investigation into Rep. Omar is aimed at building a case to strip her of her US citizenship and ultimately deport her, according to US officials and other people familiar with the probe: WSJ
Goldman's global neocloud basket is down 20% in five sessions, "a roughly 1st pctl move over ten years," while hyperscaler IG spreads widened another 7.4bp last week. GS
JPM's Feroli sees September PPI at +0.5% m/m headline and +0.3% core, and retail sales +0.4% with the control group +0.2%, both on strength in Chase card data. JPM
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