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SVET

• Saudi oil output rose to 8.372 million barrels daily, remaining below pre-war levels. Saudi Arabia increased oil production in September, according to OPEC data, but supplies remain below pre-war levels. The sustainability of the recovery is uncertain due to concerns about shipping safety.
• Singapore’s growth slowed but beat estimates; MAS left policy unchanged. Singapore’s economy grew in the 3rd quarter of 2026 slower than in the 2nd quarter, but more than economists expected. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) left monetary policy unchanged on October 14th.
• Riyadh airport attack killed at least 13, airlines cancel flights. Following Houthi attacks on Riyadh airport, airlines are canceling and postponing flights. Saudi Arabia is expanding aviation and tourism, but drone defense remains questionable.
• OpenAI: engineer arrested for hidden recorder, company models helped track him. OpenAI engineer Abdulrahman Alfozan is in federal custody suspected of hiding an encrypted audio recorder in a leadership conference room. OpenAI claims its models helped identify him. The firm did not explain what exactly was analyzed.

EURÓPA

• France hardest hit by bond sell-off, debt rose to 119 percent of GDP. Yields on French government bonds have risen by 150 basis points since the start of the Hormuz crisis. Allianz Research links this to fiscal and political weakness ahead of the 2027 elections.

SLOVENSKO

• 2027 budget vote Wednesday, Richter can’t guarantee approval, RRZ criticizes it. MPs will vote on the 2027 state budget on Wednesday, October 14th. Smer-SD parliamentary group leader Ján Richter is confident of its approval, but cannot guarantee it. The Fiscal Responsibility Council and social partners criticize the budget.

ZLATO

• US existing home sales rose 1.5 percent, but fell 2.2 percent year-on-year. US existing home sales rose 1.5 percent to 3.99 million (annualized rate) in September, but are down 2.2 percent year-on-year. Lawrence Yun of NAR points to higher mortgage rates.

AKCIE

• IMF warns of market correction linked to AI and rising yields, markets and banks hold for now. The International Monetary Fund identified AI market correction, rising government bond yields, and cyberattacks as key risks in its Global Financial Stability Report. Markets and the banking sector as a whole are resisting so far.
• Stocks fell slightly, gold and silver pressured by Fed rate hike bets. US and European stocks finished nearly unchanged to slightly lower on October 13, 2026, weighed down by chip stocks. Gold and silver were under pressure due to market pricing of a Fed rate hike by year-end.
• Character.AI filed for bankruptcy, Disney offers $20 million USD. The AI character conversation app filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and wants to sell assets. Disney is offering $20 million USD for a non-exclusive license, but another bidder may outbid it.

KRYPTO

• A Bitcoin wallet from 2020 moved $377 million USD, owner remains unknown. A wallet holding 4,581.94 BTC since March 2020 transferred its entire main balance to five new addresses. According to Decrypt, as of October 13th, none of the five new addresses have issued anything and the holder is unknown.
• Ledger confirmed implant in CryptoBilis wallets, scope of losses unconfirmed. Ledger Donjon found an implant in devices sold through CryptoBilis that read the recovery phrase from the display and sent it via LTE. Loss estimates from third parties vary and Ledger has not verified them.

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