Morning Edition · Sunday, November 8, 2026
Macro
Strong October Jobs Report Lifts Odds of a December Fed Rate Hike to About 77%
Employers added 165,000 jobs when economists expected about 59,000, and the two-year Treasury yield rose to about 4.51% one day after the S&P 500's worst session since April 2025.
Tech
Democratic Sweep Hits AI Chip Stocks as Protests Against Data Centers Spread in Europe
Nvidia fell 9.3% and the Nasdaq Composite fell 5.5% on Thursday, while about 2,000 people marched against data centers in Dublin and 1,200 in Helsinki.
Macro
Paraguay Jails Ousted President Peña as Ueno Bank Collapse Leaves Most of the Country Unable to Reach Deposits
Prosecutors charged Peña with instigating a breach of trust, and the Paraguayan side of the Itaipu dam disclosed about $164 million and 115 billion guaraníes held at the failed lender.
Geopolitics
US Disables Cargo Ship Leaving Iranian Port and Sets Up Task Force for Iran's Land and Caspian Routes
Brent crude still had its biggest weekly percentage loss since 2022, about 13%, as traders bet that the end of the US midterms opens the way to a US-Iran deal.
Markets
Goldman Cuts Its 2026 Gold Forecast to $4,150 as Metals Keep Falling and Bitcoin Holds Near $76,000
Spot gold traded near $4,070 an ounce, and silver fell from about $61 to about $52 in a month as rate-hike bets and equity margin calls forced selling.
Geopolitics
Russia Adds Arms-Control Chief Ryabkov to Its Team for Abu Dhabi Talks With the US and Ukraine
The talks on Tuesday and Wednesday are the first since February, and they follow drone damage to a bridge on the road to Crimea and new Russian strikes on the Kyiv region.
Markets
Germany Starts Winter Well Short of Its Gas Storage Target as Tanker Attack Tests Pakistan's Hormuz Deal With Iran
Russian state media say German storage has fallen below 60%, against a legal target of 80% for Nov. 1, and liquefied natural gas shipments through Hormuz ran at about 30% of prewar levels in October.
World
French Police Fire Tear Gas as Protests Spread After the National Assembly Rejects the 2027 Budget
Teaching and research unions have called a strike for Tuesday, Nov. 10, while the government seeks €54 billion in savings to narrow the deficit.
Crypto
US Treasury Moves to Cut MEXC Off From US Banks as Binance Closes Accounts in Several European Countries
The Treasury's order cites about $16 billion in alleged illicit flows and takes effect 30 days after publication, while Binance users in Spain, France and Poland report closure notices for Dec. 31.
Markets
Prabowo's Brother Says MSCI Went Too Far in Threatening to Remove Indonesia From Emerging-Market Indexes
Hashim Djojohadikusumo warned that removal would have serious consequences, after he said in October that the rupiah could weaken to between 21,000 and 22,000 per dollar.
Geopolitics
Herzog Asks Eisenkot to Form Israel's Next Government After 67 Lawmakers Back Him Over Netanyahu
Eisenkot has 28 days, with a possible 14-day extension, to build a coalition, while a leak reported by Middle East Eye says Netanyahu sought a strike on Iran before the Oct. 27 vote.
Tech
SoftBank and ABB Consider Excluding China From Robotics Deal After Beijing Security Review Blocks It
China accounts for about 30% of ABB's robotics business, and the review reportedly focused on supply chains, intellectual property and transfers of robot data abroad for AI training.