EIA report: U.S. Midwest gasoline inventories fell to a record low in the latest week.

On Nov. 2 China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) Director Kang Yi met UN Under‑Secretary‑General for Economic and Social Affairs Li Junhua and signed the Phase IV China–UN Statistical Capacity Development Trust Fund agreement. The program will prioritize the National Accounts System 2025 initiative, digital-economy statistics, and the application of big data and data science to statistical work, aimed at strengthening statistical capacity in developing countries.

U.S. refinery utilization rate rose to 94.5% in the week to Oct. 30, EIA data showed; forecast 93.0%, prior 92.8%.