Greetings,
United States: The range of expectations for October is the tightest since the start of the pandemic.
![The Daily Shot Brief – November 3rd, 2021](https://thedailyshot.com/wp-content/uploads/US-Payrolls-expectations-spread-has-tightened2111030432.png)
United Kingdom: Both Barclays and the BoE forecast inflation to surpass the 4% upper-bound set by the central bank by the end of the year …
![The Daily Shot Brief – November 3rd, 2021](https://thedailyshot.com/wp-content/uploads/UK-infl2111030432.png)
…which could signal the beginning of rate hikes.
![The Daily Shot Brief – November 3rd, 2021](https://thedailyshot.com/wp-content/uploads/UK-infl22111030432.png)
China: What share of China’s corporate revenues comes from abroad?
![The Daily Shot Brief – November 3rd, 2021](https://thedailyshot.com/wp-content/uploads/CH-Share-of-revenues-from-overseas2111030432.png)
Commodities: Cocoa prices tumbled on Tuesday. Favorable weather conditions in West Africa and ample cocoa supplies at US ports put pressure on the commodity. There won’t be any shortages of chocolate for the holidays.
![The Daily Shot Brief – November 3rd, 2021](https://thedailyshot.com/wp-content/uploads/CO-Cocoa2111030432.png)
Energy: Most major exporters’ governments are “in the money” on oil prices.
![The Daily Shot Brief – November 3rd, 2021](https://thedailyshot.com/wp-content/uploads/EN-Fiscal-breakevens2111030432.png)
Food for Thought: Wealth held by the middle-class:
![The Daily Shot Brief – November 3rd, 2021](https://thedailyshot.com/wp-content/uploads/VTS-Wealth-held-by-the-middle-class-v-top-1pc2111030432.png)
Edited by Devon Lall
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