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Thanks for joining me. We launch the day with a seek on the tempo of price rises, after the Plan of job for Naitonal Statistics launched its consumer prices index for September.

It showed that UK inflation fell to 1.7pc last month, down from 2.2pc in July and August.

The figures will be welcome finding out for Chancellor Rachel Reeves as she prepares to increase taxes in the Finances on October 30.

5 issues to launch your day 

1) Reeves’s tax rises now not ample to repair public funds, IMF suggests | Analysts argue elevated public sector spending while hiking taxes undermines goal to lower debt

2) Crackdown on petrol vehicles will role off ‘massive timid of industry’, warns BMW chief | Oliver Zipse says Europe’s recent inexperienced principles threaten to present Chinese carmakers the upper hand

3) John Lewis to present customers inner most loans | Retailer strikes take care of digital bank Zopa because it pushes extra into finance

4) BBC Recordsdata cuts 155 jobs to ‘balance the books’ | Corporation hopes transfer will put £24m, fixed with inner memo

5) Incapacity benefits extra lucrative than section-time work, says IFS | High taxes on workers discouraging long-term sick to acquire jobs

What took situation overnight 

Asian markets largely fell after a tech-led sell-off on Wall Toll road fuelled by worries in regards to the sustainability of the AI rally.

Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index fell 1.8pc to 39,210.61, main the declines, as tech shares fell after Dutch laptop chip equipment dealer ASML warned of a slower restoration in question of for semiconductors exterior of the AI progress.

Chip maker Tokyo Electron sank 9.8pc and Lasertec Corp., which makes equipment to survey chips, misplaced 13.4pc.

Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 slipped 0.2pc to 8,301.80.

In Seoul, the Kospi shed 0.4pc to 2,622.27, while Taiwan’s Taiex slipped 0.5pc. India’s Sensex misplaced 0.2pc.

Chinese shares largely evolved, rebounding after unusual losses.

Hong Kong’s Hang Seng surged 0.9pc to 20,501.77, while the Shanghai Composite index gained 0.4pc to three,214.01.

Wall Toll road shares closed lower on Tuesday. The Dow slumped 0.8pc to 42,740.29, as did the extensive-basically basically based S&P 500 to 5,815.26.

The tech-focused Nasdaq Composite Index retreated 1pc to 18,315.59.

The yield on the ten-yr Treasury fell to 4.03pc from 4.1pc dreary Friday after the US bond market was once closed on Monday.

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