Oil rose more than 3% intraday on Thursday as escalating Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia, a separate tanker attack in the Persian Gulf and Hurricane Isaias approaching the U.S. northern Gulf forced wider production shut‑ins. The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management said by Wednesday morning about 511,619 b/d of Gulf of Mexico oil production—roughly 25.08% of the region’s current output—was shut in; eight production platforms and two drilling rigs had been evacuated and one rig moved out of the

美國財長貝森特：我認爲美聯儲應該保持開放的態度，這正是格林斯潘在90年代互聯網熱潮期間所做的。90年代是個美好的時代……現在我們完全可以重現那樣的景象。

Oct. 7 — Delta Air Lines increased Shanghai Pudong–Los Angeles service from three to five weekly flights. The extra frequencies mean current bilateral scheduled passenger entitlements between China and the US have been fully used for the first time. Under the post‑2024 arrangement each side may operate up to 50 round‑trip scheduled passenger flights per week (200 one‑way sectors total). Two senior civil aviation experts said “used up” denotes carriers exercising all allocated frequencies under the bilateral agreement and subsequent revisions — designated carriers, points and weekly slots are allocated on a reciprocal basis — and does not signify legal exhaustion of air rights. They said whether entitlements are expanded and how airspace conditions evolve will be key to further US‑China route restoration.