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G7 finance ministers have agreed to run simulated AI-driven cyberattacks on major banks, a sign that regulators are treating the intersection of artificial intelligence and financial infrastructure as a live threat, not a theoretical one. The tabletop drills signal that systemic cyber risk is now firmly on the policy agenda alongside inflation and growth.
Shifting to monetary policy, Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh had every opportunity Thursday night to guide market expectations ahead of the central bank's rate-setting meeting in roughly two weeks — and he passed on it. Warsh stayed deliberately opaque, a pattern that has become his signature, leaving traders to price in uncertainty rather than conviction heading into what remains a critical policy window.
And in corporate earnings, German wind turbine maker Nordex is raising its full-year two thousand twenty six EBITDA margin outlook after reporting preliminary third-quarter revenue and earnings above market estimates. The beat was driven largely by stronger service profitability, a higher-margin business line that gives the results some durability beyond a one-time volume surge. Clean energy equipment names will be watching the read-through closely.
That's the tape. Markets Desk, signing off the floor.
