General Wire › 27 Oct 2026
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General Wire — 27 October 2026
Brazilian assets crater after Lula's surprise win, Anthropic files to list, and central banks in the US, euro zone and Japan head into a week of expected holds.
Business
Sourced from Bloomberg’s Markets Daily and Energy Daily.
Chinese carmakers outsold Japanese rivals in Europe for the first time last quarter, with BYD and Chery gaining ground quickly. — Bloomberg
Metals traders are heading for a second consecutive blowout year, with several top trading houses posting record profits. — Bloomberg
Economics
Sourced from Bloomberg’s Markets Daily.
Germany’s business outlook unexpectedly improved for a sixth straight month, underscoring the economy’s rebound from a prolonged downturn. — Bloomberg
Finance
Sourced from Bloomberg’s Markets Daily.
A Brazil equity ETF fell 27% in US premarket trading, with Bradesco down 27%, Itau Unibanco 28% and XP 39%, and currency derivatives pointing to a drop of more than 10% in the real. — Bloomberg
The Fed, ECB and Bank of Japan are expected to hold rates this week, on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday respectively, while leaving room for further hikes. — Bloomberg
Politics
Sourced from Bloomberg’s Markets Daily.
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won a record fourth term as Brazil’s president, beating Flávio Bolsonaro, who called for the result to be annulled. — Bloomberg
Tech / AI
Sourced from Bloomberg’s breaking-news alert.
Anthropic has filed for an IPO, which would make it the first frontier AI lab to list publicly. — Bloomberg
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