[Markets]
• Iron ore: Iron ore price jumps 5% after Vale suspension
[Indicators]
• Markit Sep. Engineering and construction costs: Engineering and Construction Costs Fall for Sixth Straight Month on Muted New Project Demand
• US Q2 GDP(final): Leisure, Hospitality Fared Worst in U.S. Second-Quarter Slump
• US Aug. Oil Production: U.S. Onshore Oil Production To Fall Amid Slowdown In Drilling
• US Sep. ADP employment: U.S. Firms Added 749,000 Jobs in September, ADP Report Shows
• US Aug. Pending home sales: August pending home sales soar to a record high
• US Sep. Chicago PMI:Business in Chicago region surges in September, adds to evidence of steadily improving U.S. economy
• US Sep. Car sales:U.S. Automakers Dig Out of a Pandemic Hole as Prices Soar
• US Weekly Mortgage rates·applications: Mortgage demand falls nearly 5%, even as interest rates dip to record
• Germany Sep. Employment·Retail sales: German Joblessness Falls for Third Month, Retail Sales Rise
• UK Q2 GDP(final): UK GDP collapsed nearly 20% in second quarter in historic COVID hit
• UK Sep. House prices: UK house prices hit new high in September
• China Sep. PMI: China’s Economic Rebound Picks Up Pace
• Japan Aug. Industrial production·Retail sales: Japan August factory output rises 1.7% and for 3rd month in row - Nikkei Asia
• India Aug. Core industry production: Core sector output shrinks for sixth straight month in August, down 8.5%
• India Aug. Fiscal account: India's April-Aug fiscal deficit passes 109% of full year budget target
• India Aug. Retail loans: Retail credit growth moderates after seeing a jump in July, shows data
• Vietnam Q3 GDP: Việt Nam’s nine-month economic growth lowest in 10 years
• COVID-19: Johns Hopkins University Live Updates
[News]
• WP: Reliable polls show that Biden won the debate — so those aren’t what Trump’s allies are highlighting
• Bloomberg: Clean-Energy SPACs Are Flooding the Market
• Reuters: TikTok will be shut down if Oracle deal meeting U.S. security needs can't be closed: Mnuchin
• MarketWatch: Biden advantage? Here's what market analysts are saying about a chaotic presidential debate
• 매경(P1): 서울 다나병원 30명 집단감염…연휴 첫날부터 방역 비상
• 매경(P1): 폼페이오 美국무, 7~8일 방한
• 파이낸셜뉴스: 수소 에너지 시장 2050년에 11조달러로 성장
• 더구루: 中 '수소굴기' 본격화…4년 동안 최대 3조원 푼다
• 더구루: 루마니아 당국, 두산IMGB 지분 매각 조사 착수
• Renewables Now: Vestas secures 53-MW wind turbine order in Vietnam
• Renewables Now: World's energy storage capacity to hit 741 GWh by 2030
• OilPrice.com: Key Indicator Shows Signs Of Oil Market Recovery
• OilPrice.com: The Hydrogen Boom Is On Track To Hit $11 Trillion
• 디지털데일리: GDDR6 D램 시대 온다…삼성·SK·마이크론 준비 한창
• Robotics Tomorrow: How Robotic Technology Can Mitigate COVID-19
• Nikkei Asian Review: Analysis: With eye on 'Quad,' China steps up Japan courtship
• Nikkei Asian Review: Japan's kingmaker quells rumors of early snap election - Nikkei Asia
• Nikkei Asian Review: Suga's $1tn budget proposal to target digitizing government - Nikkei Asia
• Economic Times: India, China 'positively' evaluate outcome of 6th round of talks of their army commanders: MEA
• Economic Times: India's richest: India’s super-rich see wealth grow 20%, 2x pace of listed cos’ mcap during Covid
• Business Standard: GST collections for Sept may cross Rs 95,000 cr for first time in FY21
• Moscow Times: Russia Lost $7Bln in Tourist Revenue Due to Coronavirus
[Opinions]
• Project Syndicate(Iain Campbell, Caroline Winslow): A Cool New Energy-Efficiency Policy
• Project Syndicate(Helen Thompson): Whither Oil?
• Project Syndicate(Mark Leonard): Europe’s Double Bind
• Project Syndicate(Jeffrey Frankel): The COVID-Climate Nexus
• Project Syndicate(Gernot Wagner): The No DICE Carbon Price
• Project Syndicate(Michael Spence): Minding the Digital Economy’s Narrowing Gaps
• Project Syndicate(Simon Johnson): After the Vaccine
• FT(Editorial Board): Conflict in the Caucasus
• FT(Editorial Board): A tawdry debate shows the risk to US democracy
• FT(Janan Ganesh): Biden fights a class war, not the culture war
• FT(David Gardner): Erdogan is in danger of overreaching with foreign interventions
• FT(Anne-Sylvaine Chassany): Macron’s rapprochement with Putin is not worth it
• FT(Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson): Big business is no longer the planet’s biggest problem
• FT(Alan Beattie): Coronavirus-induced ‘reshoring’ is not happening
• FT(John Redwood): Green revolution set to shake up investing further
• WSJ(Karl Rove): This Was the Debate From Hell
• WSJ(Chris Jacobs): Joe Biden’s ObamaCare Tax Avoidance
• WSJ(Grover Norquist): The Trump-Biden Stakes: Your Life Savings
• NYT(Jamelle Bouie et al): Biden and Trump’s First Debate: Best and Worst Moments
• NYT(Thomas L. Friedman): Trump Sent a Warning. Let’s Take It Seriously.
• NYT(Frank Bruni): After That Fiasco, Biden Should Refuse to Debate Trump Again
• NYT(Farhad Manjoo): Trump ‘Can’t Resist People Wanting to See His Face’
• NYT(Rachel L. Harris, Lisa Tarchak): ‘The More I Watched, the More Unsettled I Felt’
• WP(Henry Olsen): Biden showed why wavering conservatives are nervous about voting for him
• WP(Dana Milbank): Only the Proud Boys can take pride in Trump’s debate hooliganism
• WP(Jennifer Rubin): Trump is right to panic
• WP(Jennifer Rubin): Trump blows up the debate — and himself
• WP(Paul Waldman): Trump’s message to wavering voters: Go ahead and vote for Biden
• WP(Paul Waldman): Trump’s tirades about a ‘rigged’ election are only helping Democrats
• WP(Karen Tumulty): The debate was a nightmare, and a fitting summation of Trump’s presidency
• WP(Marc A. Thiessen): Biden cleared the low bar Trump set for him. But Trump still won.
• WP(Greg Sargent): Could Trump steal the election? Here’s one way to find out.
• WP(Helaine Olen): The horrific debate shows exactly why Trump shouldn’t get a second term
• WP(Matt Bai): Joe Biden outperforms the performer president
• WP(Alyssa Rosenberg): I recapped ‘Game of Thrones.’ This debate was wilder.
• WP(David Byler): Joe Biden won Round One of the debate. Round Two is happening now.
• WP(The Ranking Committee): Power Ranking: Here’s who won the debate — if you can call it that
• Bloomberg(Editorial Board): A Dismal Debate Underlines the Case Against Trump
• Bloomberg(John Authers): Why Are Markets So Calm About the Second Wave?
• Bloomberg(Lionel Laurent): Coronavirus: Why People Have Had Enough of Lockdown Rules
• Bloomberg(Jonathan Bernstein): A Trump Propaganda Campaign Goes Very Wrong
• Bloomberg(Jonathan Bernstein): Trump Embarrassed His Country and Himself
• Bloomberg(Hal Brands): Trump Thinks America Should Go It Alone. Americans Disagree.
• Bloomberg(Ramesh Ponnuru): Trump-Biden Debate Had No Highlights, Only Lowlights
• Bloomberg(James Stavridis): War in the Caucasus Will Draw in Russia and Turkey
• Bloomberg(Mark Gongloff): Trump Sets Debate Trap for Biden, Falls Into It
• Bloomberg(Lorena Gonzalez, Raul Hinojosa-Ojeda): Covid-19 Relief for Undocumented Would Boost the Economy for All
• CNN(Scott Jennings et al): Who won the first Presidential debate? Commentary from CNN contributors
• CNN(Peniel Joseph): Trump's toxic performance was a direct appeal to America's worst impulses on race
• CNN(Bill McGowan, Juliana Silva): Opinion: Biden's secret body language weapon
• CNN(Paul Callan): Opinion: Biden did the one thing he had to do to win the debate
• CNN(Robert Alexander): Today's Electoral College is nothing like the Founders' vision
• CNN(Jill Filipovic): Why Trump is too emotional to be president
• MarketWatch(Chris Edelson): Biden missed an opportunity in Tuesday’s debate — here’s a winning tactic for next time
• MarketWatch(Alicia H. Munnell): Are we undercounting or overcounting COVID-19 deaths?
• MarketWatch(Danielle Marceau): Temporary layoffs are becoming permanent job losses
• MarketWatch(Lawrence G. McMillan): The S&P 500’s chart looks negative — watch these two levels
• MarketWatch(Robert Schroeder): Trump, Biden blast each other on economy, coronavirus in fiery first debate
• Fox News(Lee Carter): In three presidential debates, undecided voters want to hear these things from Trump and Biden
• Fox News(Matt Gorman): Trump has a new running mate now
• Fox News(Jason Rantz): At debate Biden gave right answer on defunding police -- and it'll hurt him
• Fox News(Liz Peek): First presidential debate leaves no clear winner, Trump needs to do this at next faceoff
• Fox News(Tim Murtaugh): Presidential debate reminder -- Biden is a skilled debater. It's his record that's a failure
• Fox News(Eric Swalwell): Biden wins first debate, Trump is truth’s worst enemy
• Fox News(Ronna McDaniel): At debate Trump proves he'll keep fighting for us, Biden revealed as empty vessel
• Fox News(David Bossie): Trump clearly defeats Biden in first presidential debate