That rout was superficially linked to escalating trade tensions between the US and China, so it seemed straightforward to connect this boisterous optimism to comments downplaying the row from President Donald Trump. He confirmed that he will meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on the sidelines of a summit in South Korea next week.\n<\/p>\n
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However, markets struggled to make hay with similar efforts at walking back the flare up. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, US Trade Representative Jamieson Grier, and the president himself all sought to cool the temperature. \u201cDon\u2019t worry about China, it will all be fine,\u201d Mr. Trump urged in a Truth Social post.\n<\/p>\n
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That is to say that the markets did not hear anything today that ought to have sounded novel enough for a material rethink of the situation. Moreover, gold prices shot higher, jumping 2.46% to reverse the sharp downswing ending last week\u2019s trade and putting the metal back at record levels. That seems hardly in line with easing geopolitical risk.\n<\/p>\n
In fact, gold\u2019s relentless march higher since early September seems to reflect speculation about the implications of a multipolar world<\/a> where the US and China oversee disconnected economic zones, where third countries that want to operate in both need a go-between vehicle for transactions. If tensions are easing, such demand ought to wane.\n<\/p>\n Tech earnings and US CPI inflation data are now in focus<\/p>\n A potent 1.1% rise for the all-important tech sector, where heavyweight Apple Inc (AAPL) posted an outsized rise of 3.94% after a favorable report about new-model iPhone sales, seems to be closer to reality. If nothing else, that might have encouraged a degree of pre-emptive repositioning ahead of this week\u2019s flood of third-quarter earnings reports.\u00a0<\/p>\n Results from market-cap stalwarts Netflix (NFLX) and Tesla (TSLA) take top billing. A rare glimpse of US economic data amid the ongoing government shutdown is also on the menu. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will publish the consumer price index (CPI) report, offering a view of inflation trends.\n<\/p>\n The Trump administration said it would recall some furloughed workers to publish the figures because numbers from July, August, and September are used as the benchmark for the annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) to social security payments. It is expected to show that headline price growth hit a 16-month high at 3.1% year-on-year.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Ilya Spivak, tastylive head of global macro, has 15 years of experience in trading strategy, and he specializes in identifying thematic moves in currencies, commodities, interest rates and equities. He hosts Macro Money<\/a> and co-hosts Overtime,<\/a> Monday-Thursday. @Ilyaspivak<\/p>\n For live daily programming, market news and commentary,\u00a0visit tastylive<\/a> or the YouTube channels tastylive<\/a> (for options traders), and tastyliveTrending<\/a> for stocks, futures, forex & macro.<\/p>\n![\"us](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/blog_10202025_-_MWA_2.png\")
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