Charlie Bilello warned on October 17 that global inflation is accelerating while the Fed, ECB, BOJ and BOE remain behind the curve, pointing to more rate hikes ahead. The article notes that a synchronized tightening would pressure stocks and bonds at once, since the usual bond cushion compresses when equities fall. The KBW Bank Index has dropped for six consecutive weeks, down 11%, its longest streak since the 2008 financial crisis. In the US, the FY2026 deficit reached $1.99 trillion, up 12%, with spending at $7.4 trillion and net interest at $1.36 trillion. Other items include Amazon deploying over 1 million robots while it has about 1.5 million human workers, and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang saying classical computing makes up roughly a third of its business and is growing 30% to 40% a year.
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