About this episode
The U.S. government narrowly avoids a shutdown after both the House and Senate agree on a short-term funding deal. President Biden has blamed ‘MAGA extremists’ for the brinkmanship. In oil news, crude prices end Q3 almost 30 per cent higher as Saudi Arabia and Russia are set to keep supplies tight until the end of the year. We are live at the ADIPEC summit in Abu Dhabi where we will be speaking to whole hosts of guests from the energy sector. A key U.S. inflation barometer posts its smallest increase in three years which has boosted hopes that the Fed could be close to ending its rate-hiking cycle. The S&P 500 ends September at its worst monthly level this year while Chinese factory activity expands for the first time in six months. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .