The New York Times reports Meta Platforms (META.O) has reached a settlement in a lawsuit alleging social-media addiction.

The U.S. employment cost index (ECI) rose 0.8% q/q in Q3, down from 0.9% in Q2 and in line with economists' forecasts, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said on Friday. Over the 12 months through September ECI increased 3.4%, unchanged from the year through June. Policymakers view the ECI as a key gauge of labor-market slack and a leading indicator for core inflation because it adjusts for workforce composition and job-quality changes.

日本央行：以8-1的投票比例通過本次利率決定。（上次爲以7-2投票比例通過加息25BP的決定）