Nscale is in talks with ANTHROPIC on a $45 bln cloud-computing deal; an agreement could be reached within days. ANTHROPIC is also negotiating to lease a second building at Nscale’s Monarch campus.

美媒《華爾街日報》本月對71名來自學術界、金融界和企業界的經濟學家的調查顯示，經濟學家認爲債券收益率高企的局面短期內不會消失。約四分之三的經濟學家認爲，今年年底10年期美債收益率將達到或超過5%。超過三分之一的經濟學家預計，直到2027年，這一收益率都將維持在5%或以上。債券收益率將持續處於較高水平反映了多種因素的共同作用，包括經濟增長改善、通脹壓力促使美聯儲加息，以及市場對美國財政前景的擔憂。 債券收益率預期上升的一個原因是油價。經濟學家預計，到2027年底，美國基準原油價格將約爲每桶75美元，低於上週五收盤時的101美元，但高於伊朗戰爭之前的67美元。與此同時，以CPI衡量的通脹率預計到2027年底將降至2.3%。參與調查的經濟學家是在9月份CPI報告公佈之前提交預測的。 經濟學家預計，未來一年美國經濟平均每月將新增5.6萬個就業崗位。調查小組大幅上調了對第三季度經通脹調整後的GDP年化增長率的預測，從7月調查時的2%提高至3.1%。

At the Financial Street Forum opening, PBOC governor Pan said the PBOC, the Ministry of Science and Technology and nine other ministries have issued guidance on financial support for building international science and technology innovation centers in Beijing (Jing‑Jin‑Ji), Shanghai (Yangtze River Delta) and the Guangdong‑Hong Kong‑Macao Greater Bay Area. The PBOC will accelerate construction of a tech‑finance service system aligned with those centers’ core functions and international positioning, expand full‑chain and diversified financial supply, guide institutions to boost specialized services and strengthen regional information‑sharing, standards mutual recognition and infrastructure connectivity, and press for scaled deployment and pilots of re‑lending, a technology bond board and cross‑border investment and financing policies in the relevant regions to help build a higher‑level tech‑finance ecosystem.