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Global · Jun 25, 2026 · 3 min read
Oman Investment Authority and SeaTown Holdings International, a unit linked to Singapore's Temasek through its Seviora asset management group, have joined Vietnam…
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Energy & Commodities · Jun 25, 2026 · 3 min read
The Qatar Investment Authority has committed 432 million euros to RWE's equity capital raise, increasing its stake in the German energy group…
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Global · Jun 25, 2026 · 7 min read
Global equity markets are entering a more complicated phase. The dominant trend remains positive, supported by strong corporate earnings expectations, resilient economic…
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Energy & Commodities · Jun 24, 2026 · 3 min read
Global gas flaring rose for the third consecutive year in 2025, climbing to 167 billion cubic metres and wasting an estimated US$54…
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Energy & Commodities · Jun 24, 2026 · 3 min read
Gold edged lower at the start of Wednesday's trading, slipping toward US$4,120 an ounce as a stronger US dollar and a more…
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Global · Jun 24, 2026 · 3 min read
The US dollar has climbed to its strongest level in more than a year as investors reprice the outlook for global interest…
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Global · Jun 24, 2026 · 2 min read
The OPEC Fund for International Development is preparing a new initiative aimed at fragile states, offering long term financing with maturities of…
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Global · Jun 23, 2026 · 3 min read
Artificial intelligence is reshaping the economics of wealth management. As digital tools become more capable, firms are increasingly using automation to serve…
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Energy & Commodities · Jun 23, 2026 · 4 min read
A growing number of global banks are cutting their gold price forecasts for the rest of 2026, as a more hawkish US…
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Energy & Commodities · Jun 23, 2026 · 4 min read
Gold and oil fell together on Tuesday, with the precious metal sliding toward US$4,130 an ounce as a firmer dollar and a…
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Energy & Commodities · Jun 23, 2026 · 3 min read
Bank of America has tempered its near term gold outlook, saying its US$6,000 an ounce target now looks unlikely for now as…
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China · Jun 23, 2026 · 3 min read
China's combined fiscal deficit narrowed for the first time in more than two years, pointing to a more restrained policy stance even…
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US stocks ended mixed while European markets rallied strongly on Thursday after a much weaker than expected US jobs report reduced expectations of a near term Federal Reserve rate increase, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average to a record close even as technology shares extended their selloff. US markets are closed on Friday 3 July…
US employers added just 57,000 jobs in June, while the unemployment rate changed little at 4.2 percent, down from 4.3 percent in May, a marked slowdown in hiring that, together with sizeable downward revisions to earlier months, points to a cooling labour market. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that payroll gains for April and…
The United States has declined to renew the United States Mexico Canada Agreement in its current form, shifting North America’s core trade framework into a period of annual reviews and heightened policy uncertainty. The pact remains in force, but the decision removes the cleaner outcome sought by Canada and Mexico, a straight 16 year extension…
US and European stocks began the second half of the year mostly lower, as investors adjusted to a less supportive rate signal from the Federal Reserve. New Fed Chair Kevin Warsh kept the focus on inflation, said prices remained too high and declined to guide markets toward a July rate move, pushing Treasury yields higher,…
Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh said US inflation remains too high and declined to signal what the central bank will do at its late-July meeting, in remarks at the European Central Bank’s forum in Sintra that underscored a cautious, guidance-light approach. Speaking alongside other central bank governors, Warsh said prices are still too elevated and…
Annual inflation in the euro area slowed to 2.8 percent in June, from 3.2 percent in May, according to Eurostat’s flash estimate, a larger-than-expected easing driven mainly by softer energy prices. Core inflation, which strips out energy, food, alcohol and tobacco, was 2.4 percent. Services inflation, the component the European Central Bank watches most closely,…
China’s factory activity improved slightly in June, with the official manufacturing purchasing managers’ index rising to 50.3 from 50.0 in May, pointing to a modest expansion in the world’s second largest economy even as employment, prices and domestic demand remain uneven. The official manufacturing PMI moved back above the 50 line that separates expansion from…
Business confidence among Japan’s largest manufacturers rose to an eight year high in the second quarter, according to the Bank of Japan’s closely watched Tankan survey, as firms reported stronger current conditions and maintained robust investment plans despite external uncertainty. The headline index for large manufacturers climbed to plus 22 in the June survey, from…
Gold ended the second quarter with its sharpest quarterly loss in 13 years, as a hawkish shift in US rate expectations outweighed safe haven demand and forced a broad repricing across precious metals. Front month Comex gold futures settled at US$4,022.90 per troy ounce at the end of the quarter, leaving the metal down 13.4…
Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said UK inflation could rise to about 3.2 percent before easing, underlining the difficult balance facing the central bank as it tries to return inflation to its 2 percent target while growth remains soft, in remarks reported by CNBC from the European Central Bank’s forum in Sintra. UK consumer…