Debt Desk — Debt Desk — October 31, 2026: G20 Divisions and a Deeper Rates Rally
Good morning. It is Saturday, October thirty-first.
The national brief begins in Atlanta, where foreign ministers from the Group of Twenty are set to finish two days of talks without agreement on several of the biggest security questions facing the global economy.
The divisions were visible from the start. Russia’s war in Ukraine, the United States and Israel’s conflict with Iran, tariffs, freedom of navigation and China’s actions in the South China Sea all prevented the group from reaching a traditional joint statement. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is expected to issue a chairman’s…
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