通脹升至3.5%，公共財政壓力加大。Capital Economics預計，通脹將於明年見頂，峰值達4.2%。

Tesla and SpaceX have formed a special committee to assess a merger. The combined company would be valued at roughly $3.5 trillion. SpaceX shares gained 8% in after-hours trading.

It is thought the facility would create up to 600 jobs.

New deep-sea cable factory will 'bolster' Scotland's energy security

亞馬遜在英國彼得伯勒啟用一座價值1.07億英鎊的新配送中心，規模為歐洲同類設施之最。該中心緊鄰公司於2010年投運的現有站點，並納入亞馬遜2025至2027年400億英鎊英國投資計劃。新設施預計創造1,400個就業職位。中心佔地69萬平方英尺，峰值可儲存1,600萬件商品，容量約為其他站點的兩倍，每週有望處理多達500萬件包裹。

UK gross domestic product rose 0.1% in August from the previous month, the Office for National Statistics said, beating market expectations of a contraction. GDP was up 0.7% over the three months to August, while July's growth was revised up to 0.4% and June's figure was also upgraded. The Chancellor warned that inflation would still hold back growth, though the IMF had already raised its forecast for the UK economy.

Anthropic, the artificial intelligence company, booked $16.8bn in revenue in the three months to the end of September, a 45% increase. Revenue in the two preceding quarters came in at $4.7bn and $11.6bn, extending a run of consecutive quarterly gains. Technology shares in Asia fell in early trading on Thursday, with SoftBank down more than 9%, Samsung 9.4% and SK Hynix 10.8%. South Korea's Kospi fell 7.6% and Japan's Nikkei 225 dropped 4.8%.

The pace of price rises increased to 3.7% in the year to September, driving by higher motor fuel costs.

The Competition and Markets Authority has fined Wayfair, Appliances Direct, and Gold's Gym £6m in total.