Wall Street shrugs off FOMC divisions

FOMC minutes show greater splits over last month’s jumbo 50bps rate cut than initially thought but sanguine U.S. equities shrug off news about September’s Fed decision. In Asia, Chinese stocks extend gains amid heavy trading volumes as the PBOC’s 500bn yuan stimulus measures come into effect. Germany downgrades its growth forecasts, now guiding for a second year of recession. Economy Minister Robert Habeck claims the government is seeing progress in tackling both the country’s structural problems and global challenges. Airbus deliveries are down 9 per cent in September but the plane maker believes it will achieve FY targets in the final quarter. And in the U.S., up to 2 million people are without power after Hurricane Milton smashes into Florida’s central Gulf Coast and barrels inland, now downgraded to a Cat 2 storm.