It was yet another volatile week (ended October 17) for markets as traders gauged worries about the health of US regional banks, easing concerns of further escalation in US-China trade tensions, coupled with growing prospects of a prolonged US federal shutdown.

The dollar slipped to 98 on fears of problems in the wider banking sector after two US regional lenders, Western Alliance Bank and Zions Bank, said they had been hit by either bad or fraudulent loans. Tense trade situation added further pressure on the greenback and US equities as China accused the US of stoking panic over its rare earth controls, while Trump blamed Beijing for the latest impasse in trade talks. However, Trump's acknowledgment that his proposed 100 percent tariff on Chinese goods would not be sustainable and his

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