Fed governor Hammack said if mortgage rates returned to around 3%, that could signal a problem in the economy.

Oct 12 CHINA's foreign ministry said it has announced countermeasures under the PRC Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law against Paraguay's minister of communications and technology and Belize's foreign minister, Fonseca. The ministry said the steps respond to the officials' visits to Taiwan and their hosting of Taiwan independence figures, and accused them of interfering in China's internal affairs and spreading false claims of Chinese cyberattacks. The ministry described the measures as punitive and meant to deter; it did not specify the measures announced.

美国国务院发布联合声明，回应英国将英国皇家空军费尔福德基地未遂“恐怖袭击”归咎于伊朗参与一事。美国指责伊朗在事件中的角色。