French Consumer Confidence Drops to 13-Year Low After Riots
French consumer confidence plummeted to its lowest level in 13 years in October as households reckoned with multiple shocks from a bond market selloff to protests that descended into rioting. The renewed enthusiasm for the AI trade that followed Anthropic’s filing for an initial public offering lost some momentum on Tuesday, with US equity futures stalling as traders turned their attention back to a busy earnings slate, the upcoming Federal Reserve policy decision and simmering Middle East tensions. The Opening Trade has everything you need to know as markets open across Europe. With…
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[Claude] Report 2 covers the same October French consumer confidence drop to a 13-year low linked to protests, with no conflicting facts.
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