U.S. appeals court refused to block the Pentagon's decision to place ANTHROPIC on a blacklist.

Germany's Bundestag approved a fuel-discount scheme for Oct–Dec that cuts diesel and gasoline by €0.17 per liter to offset high oil prices linked to the Middle East war; the Bundesrat is expected to approve it on Friday.

The ICE BofA MOVE index, a measure of U.S. Treasury volatility, climbed about 29.69% this week — its largest weekly rise since April last year — after Treasury yields pushed to multi-decade highs, ending a recent lull. The index is at its highest level since March, when the Iran conflict began. With volatility elevated, many traders are sitting on the sidelines; SOCGEN rate strategist Adam Kurpiel says his team is neutral on U.S. rates and will wait for volatility to ease before trading.