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🌎 AMERICAS |TOP TEN NEW🇧🇷 1. BRAZIL VOTES IN TIGHT LULA–BOLSONARO RACE

Brazilians go to the polls on 4 October to elect a president, governors, two-thirds of the Senate and the entire lower house. President Lula, seeking a fourth term, and Senator Flávio Bolsonaro are neck and neck, with a runoff on 25 October likely if no one passes 50%.
Source: Americas Quarterly / Al Jazeera · Edited & presented by GSR Analytix

🇺🇸 2. US HIRING NEARLY STALLS IN SEPTEMBER
US nonfarm payrolls rose by just 29,000 in September, far below the 84,000 forecast, and the unemployment rate rose to 4.2%. July and August were revised down by a combined 60,000 jobs.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics · Edited & presented by GSR Analytix

🇺🇸 3. FED HIKE BETS COLLAPSE AFTER JOBS DATA
Markets slashed the odds of a Federal Reserve rate hike in October to around 14%, from about 70% earlier in the week. The 10-year Treasury yield pulled back from a 24-year high, while the dollar hit a 17-month high against the euro.
Source: CME FedWatch / Reuters · Edited & presented by GSR Analytix

🇺🇸 4. NASDAQ 100 HITS RECORD AS RATE FEARS EASE
The S&P 500 rose 0.8% to 7,724 on Friday and the Nasdaq 100 closed at a record, led by tech stocks. US stocks still posted a weekly loss as a rout in long-dated Treasuries pushed yields to multi-decade highs.
Source: Bloomberg / Investing.com · Edited & presented by GSR Analytix

🇨🇴 5. COLOMBIA DELIVERS SURPRISE RATE HIKE
Colombia's central bank raised its benchmark rate by 25 basis points to 12.25%, while most analysts expected a hold at 12%. Inflation hit 6.24% in August, its highest since July 2024 and more than double the 3% target.
Source: Banco de la República · Edited & presented by GSR Analytix

🇧🇴 6. IMF APPROVES $1.9 BILLION LIFELINE FOR BOLIVIA
The IMF approved a $1.9 billion three-year programme for Bolivia, including an immediate $214 million disbursement, to help President Rodrigo Paz reverse a sharp slump. The deal is expected to unlock around $4 billion more from other multilateral lenders.
Source: IMF / Bloomberg · Edited & presented by GSR Analytix

🇨🇦 7. CANADA'S ECONOMY STALLS IN JULY
Canadian GDP was flat in July after three straight months of growth, as declines in manufacturing, mining and retail offset gains in construction and utilities. An advance estimate points to a 0.2% rebound in August, before new US tariffs bite.
Source: Statistics Canada · Edited & presented by GSR Analytix

🇲🇽 8. BANXICO HOLDS RATES, SAYS IT NEED NOT FOLLOW THE FED
Mexico's central bank held its key rate at 6.50% for a third straight meeting in a unanimous vote. The board said Mexican policy should not react mechanically to the Fed's rate path, even as the peso came under pressure.
Source: Banco de México / Scotiabank · Edited & presented by GSR Analytix

🇦🇷 9. ARGENTINA'S POVERTY RATE CLIMBS TO 32.3%
Argentina's poverty rate rose to 32.3% in the first half of 2026 from 28.2% in the previous six months, as incomes lagged prices. Child poverty reached 44.5%, partly erasing gains made under President Javier Milei.
Source: INDEC / France 24 · Edited & presented by GSR Analytix

🇬🇾 10. GUYANA CLOSES IN ON ONE MILLION BARRELS A DAY
Guyana's crude output already exceeds 900,000 barrels per day and could pass one million by year-end as ExxonMobil's $12.7 billion Uaru project starts up. The economy is projected to grow about 20.8% in 2026.
Source: Guyana Ministry of Natural Resources / IndexBox · Edited & presented by GSR Analytix