On Saturday, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party tapped Sanae Takaichi, positioning the conservative lawmaker to become Japan’s first female prime minister.

Markets had expected the more fiscally cautious Shinjiro Koizumi to win. But the LDP’s decision to go with Takaichi, who favors looser fiscal and monetary policies, could raise expectations that Tokyo will issue more debt while the central bank rethinks rate hikes.

With Japan’s debt burden already more than 200% of its GDP, the prospect of more debt-fueled stimulus spending could cause investors to demand higher rates on long-term bonds.

That in turn could add more upward pressure on bond yields elsewhere, like the U.S., which relies heavily on Japanese investors as top buyers of Treasury debt.

The yield on the 10-year Treasury rose 1.9 basis points to 4.138%. The U.S. dollar was up 1.5% against the yen and up 0.2% against the euro.

Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 40 points, or 0.1%. S&P 500 futures were up 0.18%, and Nasdaq futures added 0.27%. Japan’s Nikkei 225 index jumped 4% to a record high.

U.S. oil prices rose 1.35% to $61.70 per barrel, and Brent crude added 1.3% to $65.37. Gold edged up 0.47% to $3,927.30 per ounce.

Takaichi is expected to formally become prime minister in a parliamentary vote later this month, and her approach to President Donald Trump will also be scrutinized.

While she previously suggested Japan renegotiate the trade deal it struck with the U.S. this summer, Takaichi toned down her rhetoric after securing the LDP leadership spot on Saturday, saying that’s not on the table now.

Meanwhile, financial markets must continue to grapple with the ongoing government shutdown, which shows no signs of ending anytime soon and will keep key economic indicators under wraps.

That leaves Wednesday’s release of minutes from the Federal Reserve’s last policy meeting as the main economic report to watch in the coming week as the central bank is self-funded and unaffected by the shutdown.

Several Fed officials are also scheduled to speak throughout the coming week, including Chairman Jerome Powell on Thursday.

Because the government shutdown prevented the Bureau of Labor Statistics from issuing its jobs report for September on Friday, Wall Street is turning to alternate gauges from the private sector.

On Sunday, Moody’s Analytics chief economist Mark Zandi warned there was essentially no job growth in September, citing data from Revelio Labs and ADP.

“The bottom line is that not having the BLS jobs data is a serious problem for assessing the health of the economy and making good policy decisions,” he said in a series of posts on X. “But the private sources of jobs data are admirably filling the information gap, at least for now. And this data shows that the job market is weak and getting weaker.”

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Investors rushed into bonds, Treasury yields dropped to three-year lows, and whispers of falling mortgage rates grew louder.

In this First Friday economic update, Paula Pant breaks down:

• Why the August jobs report rattled markets.
• How lower Treasury yields could spark cheaper mortgages — and a buyer’s housing market.
• What Jerome Powell’s Jackson Hole speech signals about Fed strategy.
• Why markets now expect a September rate cut — and how it could impact your wallet.

If you’re planning to buy or sell a home, or just want to understand what’s driving the economy right now, this episode is your roadmap.