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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.
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. long-term Treasury futures increased by 6,626 contracts to 126,438 contracts. CBOT U.S. ultra-long-term Treasury futures saw a net increase of 45,258 contracts to 321,597 contracts. CBOT U.S. 10-year Treasury futures saw a net increase of 91,621 contracts to 988,102 contracts.
According to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), as of the week ending October 13, COMEX gold speculators' net long positions decreased by 3,741 contracts to 111,079 contracts. COMEX silver speculators' net long positions decreased by 1,874 contracts to 5,735 contracts. COMEX copper speculators' net long positions decreased by 295 contracts to 61,170 contracts.
According to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), in the week ending October 13, equity fund speculators reduced their net short positions in CME S&P 500 futures by 5,804 contracts to 390,896 contracts.
According to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), in the week ending October 13, equity fund managers increased their net long positions in CME S&P 500 futures by 8,186 contracts to 912,542 contracts.