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Singapore to allocate US$1.1 billion to five asset managers to boost its equities market Japan's Katayama says undervalued yen is problematic, agrees with Bessent on cooperation Australian household spending flat in August, missing forecasts ahead of RBA decision PBOC sets USD/ CNY central rate at 6.7411 (vs. estimate at 6.7177) State Street: Gold may test $4,000 on rate fears but $5,000 still possible in six months Anthropic IPO prospectus shows $42 billion 2025 loss and $518 billion spending plans What is red diesel and why is Trump weighing selling it to curb fuel prices? UK shop price inflation slows to 1.4% in September as BRC urges business rates help Flatter US yield curve explained: tighter Fed policy, but not an automatic recession call ING cuts year-end AUD/USD target to 0.72 but sees an RBA hike blocking a retest of June lows NAB sees RBA hike supporting AUD near term, but the medium-term risk points the other way Weak Treasury auctions and Fed hike bets push US 10-year yield to highest since June 2007 More from Araqchi: Iran hopes for final US reply via Qatar by Tuesday OpenAI scraps GPT-6.1 Astra release over safety concerns, WSJ reports Araqchi: Iran discussed ideas with Qatari mediators, Hormuz conditions must be met Trump denies offering Iran sanctions relief, calls Axios report a hoax Technical analysis: Nvidia record buyback lifts shares, $232-$234 resistance a hurdle for now Gold futures technical analysis and an important trade management for life ICYMI: Nvidia lifts buyback by record $150 billion to $235 billion, shares rise ICYMI: Fed's Cook sees AI and oil keeping inflation pressure up, further hikes data dependent Summary The US 10-year yield closed at around 5.24% on Monday, its highest close since the US attack on Iran on February 28. US rates overall ended at their highest levels since then. Asia-Pacific stocks were mostly lower after a weak Wall Street handover. The Nikkei 225 fell 1.2%, led by refiner and power-related stocks, and the KO