US 4-week Treasury bill auction bid-cover ratio 2.46 on Nov. 5; prior 3.10.

Thailand's deputy prime minister said that despite disappointing recent US midterm election results, Thailand will continue to pursue a reciprocal trade agreement (ART) with the United States.

Pictet Asset Management said a stronger-than-expected Democratic showing in the US midterms could reduce policy reversals. Chief strategist Luca Paolini said a Democrat-controlled Congress would be more likely to block further Trump-era tax cuts, rollbacks of regulation and measures to accelerate the AI sector, and could make further US escalation against Iran harder. He cautioned a presidential veto can be overturned only by two-thirds majorities in both chambers — a high but not impossible threshold.