* Republicans now within 1 seat of retaking House after voting updates
* Fed’s Brainard says rate hikes likely to slow at next meeting
* China retail sales and industrial output post weaker-than-expected results
* Amazon reportedly plans to announce mass layoffs
* Global population reaches 8 billion
* Americans expecting higher inflation for year ahead via NY Fed October survey
* Japan’s economy unexpectedly contracts in Q3
* Economists lift inflation outlook through 2023, according to new survey:

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway discloses large purchase of Taiwan chipmaker TSMC. “I suspect Berkshire has a belief that the world cannot do without the products manufactured by Taiwan Semi,” says Tom Russo, a partner at Gardner, Russo & Quinn, which owns Berkshire shares. “Only a small number of companies that can amass the capital to deliver semiconductors, which are increasingly central to people’s lives.”