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The UK Foreign Office now advises against traveling to Saudi Arabia except for essential travel.

US President Trump: Biden provided Ukraine with $350 billion worth of equipment and cash. This is bad, very bad, absolutely terrible.

US President Trump: (Regarding the Strait of Hormuz) What would the Arab countries think if we renamed it the "Trump Strait"? We can easily handle that.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) CFO: Spending in the field of artificial intelligence is sustainable.

US President Trump: The Europeans wanted Greenland. They knew I was right.

US President Trump: (Regarding the war with Iran) This is just a military exercise, understand?

US President Trump: I may have gone too far with the Iranian leader. Now nobody can talk to me.

According to a joint statement, U.S. authorities have lifted restrictions, allowing Aeromexico to launch new routes from Mexico City's two international airports to the United States.

US President Trump: The Iran issue will be over soon.

Nvidia (NVDA.O) CEO Jensen Huang: (Regarding the turmoil in the AI ​​market) This will all pass.

According to Axios: U.S. Central Command Commander Admiral Brad Cooper said on Friday that Iranian-backed regional armed groups have been sending funds to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard to alleviate the economic pressure caused by the nine-month-long war.

According to Axios, a Ukrainian official expressed continued skepticism about Trump's claims and believes that individuals within the U.S. government were involved in restricting the system. "People we spoke with at SpaceX (SPCX.O) said the White House was involved in the decision."

U.S. bank deposits rose to $19.771 trillion from $19.694 trillion the previous week.

Morningstar DBRS affirmed the EU's AAA rating with a stable outlook.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 175.99 points, or 0.34%, at 52,001.70 on Friday, October 16; the S&P 500 closed down 84.64 points, or 1.09%, at 7,659.42; and the Nasdaq Composite closed down 572.99 points, or 2.14%, at 26,140.03 on Friday, October 16.

Foreign investors made net purchases of $108.9 billion in U.S. Treasury bonds in August, compared to a net outflow of $3.6 billion in the previous month.

The U.S. saw a net inflow of long-term capital of $279.2 billion in August, compared to a net outflow of $27.9 billion in the previous month.

The U.S. saw a net inflow of international capital of $199.8 billion in August, revised from $83.7 billion to $87.4 billion in the previous month.

US President Trump: I certainly hope Putin will attend the G20 summit, but I don't know if he will come.

According to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), as of the week ending October 13, speculators' net short positions in CBOT U.S. 2-year Treasury futures increased by 58,675 contracts to 911,579 contracts. CBOT U.S. 5-year Treasury futures speculators' net short positions decreased by 83,327 contracts to 1,080,204 contracts.