Reporting season is underway in the US, which should show investors how companies are coping with high inflation, declining consumer spending, ongoing supply chain problems and a strong dollar. Companies representing 46% of the S&P 500's market capitalization are reporting this week, including big techs, which are receiving increased attention due to their high share in the index.

So far, Vladimir Putin from the new warnings about the “global disaster” in the event of a West’s intervention in the war in Ukraine is proceeding to the statements that we have not put forward any “initiative nuclear threats”, we continue the special project in which we discuss the possibility of nuclear escalation with recognized experts. What is now with the Russian strategic and tactical nuclear arsenal? How does the process of launching a nuclear strike itself work?

After the start of the war, the number of DDOS attacks on Russian sites increased 15 times. From the spring peak, the intensity of attacks has decreased, but still remains many times higher than last year. The financial sector went the most: the sites and applications of banks and brokers regularly stop working until now. True, the banks themselves prefer not to disclose that it is precisely the hackers who are behind their “technical malfunctions”.

The Central Bank interrupted the cycle of cutting the key rate and left it unchanged at 7.5%. Prior to that, he reduced it six times in a row after a sharp increase to 20% in February. What's happened? The regulator noted the diversity of factors that have an impact on inflation. Consumer price growth remains low, contributing to a slowdown in annual inflation. In September, it slowed down to 13.7% after 14.3% in August, and by October 21 - to 12.9%.

Due to the refusal of foreign banks to work with Mir, Russian banks are preparing to install their own terminals abroad. The scheme reduces, but does not eliminate, sanctions risks for intermediaries Mir's expansion abroad has been blocked for a month not even by sanctions, but by a warning from the US Department of the Treasury.

Due to the refusal of foreign banks to work with Mir, Russian banks are preparing to install their own terminals abroad. The scheme reduces, but does not eliminate the sanctions risks of intermediaries Mir's expansion abroad has been blocked for a month not even by sanctions, but by a warning from the US Department of the Treasury.

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