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Macro · Jun 17, 2026 · 4 min read
US retail sales rose more strongly than expected in May 2026, signalling that American consumer demand remained resilient despite elevated inflation and…
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China · Jun 17, 2026 · 4 min read
China's economy showed a widening internal split in May 2026, as consumer spending unexpectedly contracted while industrial production accelerated, according to data…
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Energy & Commodities · Jun 17, 2026 · 5 min read
The International Energy Agency sharply lowered its 2026 oil demand and supply forecasts in its June Oil Market Report, published on 17…
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Macro · Jun 17, 2026 · 2 min read
The US Federal Reserve kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 3.50% to 3.75% on 17 June 2026, holding policy steady in…
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Egypt · Jun 17, 2026 · 6 min read
A reported interim agreement between Washington and Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz could improve sentiment toward regional maritime routes, but…
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Global · Jun 17, 2026 · 5 min read
Dubai’s residential property market is no longer moving with the same broad momentum that defined the previous boom. The latest data points…
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Global · Jun 17, 2026 · 3 min read
UK consumer price inflation held at 2.8% in the year to May 2026, unchanged from April, according to figures released by the…
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Egypt · Jun 17, 2026 · 3 min read
Egypt and the European Union announced a financing package of up to 690 million euros to upgrade and expand Egypt's national electricity…
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Global · Jun 17, 2026 · 5 min read
Artificial intelligence is turning computing capacity into one of the most important inputs in the global digital economy. As demand for training…
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EU · Jun 17, 2026 · 2 min read
Wholesale selling prices in Germany rose 5.9 percent in May 2026 compared with a year earlier, according to data published by the…
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Energy & Commodities · Jun 16, 2026 · 3 min read
Commodity markets fell sharply on Tuesday 16 June 2026, with crude oil dropping to a multi-month low while precious metals steadied after…
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EU · Jun 16, 2026 · 2 min read
Euro area hourly labour costs rose by 3.2% year on year in the first quarter of 2026, according to data published on…
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Jordan’s exports to the European Union rose 49.3 percent year on year in the first four months of 2026, a notable gain for a small economy working to diversify its trade away from a turbulent neighbourhood. Exports to the bloc reached 218 million dinars, up from 146 million dinars in the same period a year…
The United States goods trade deficit widened sharply in May to its largest in more than a year, a sign that the trade distortions created by earlier tariff front-running are still unwinding. The advance goods trade deficit rose to 105.8 billion dollars from 83.0 billion dollars in April, a 22.7 billion dollar widening, according to…
Apple has asked US officials for clearance and policy assurances to buy memory chips from ChangXin Memory Technologies, a Chinese DRAM manufacturer listed by the US Department of Defense under Section 1260H, as it looks to contain rising memory and storage costs, according to a Financial Times report carried by Bloomberg on 27 June. Apple…
Profits at China’s large industrial firms rose 18.8 percent year on year in the first five months of 2026, to about 3.14 trillion yuan, according to the National Bureau of Statistics, in a sign that the factory and export side of the economy is holding up even as domestic demand stays soft. The pace accelerated…
The artificial intelligence boom could add to inflation through more channels than the cost of advanced chips, according to IMF chief economist Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas. In remarks reported by Bloomberg on 26 June, he warned that the AI investment surge is generating very high equity valuations, especially in US markets and in technology-exposed economies such as…
Tokyo consumer inflation accelerated in June, giving markets an early signal that Japan’s price pressures are firming again after several months of moderation. The headline consumer price index for the Ku area of Tokyo rose 1.7 percent from a year earlier, up from 1.4 percent in May, according to preliminary data released by Japan’s Statistics…
S&P Global Ratings has affirmed the United States’ long-term sovereign credit rating at AA+ and its short-term rating at A-1+, with a stable outlook, in a decision published on 26 June. The affirmation keeps the US one notch below the top AAA grade at S&P, but removes an immediate rating risk at a time when…
Settlement prices in this wrap are the official Friday 26 June exchange settlements, the last regular session before the weekend, captured using CNBC front-month futures as the controlling source. Latest levels refer to late Friday electronic or delayed quotes where available. Markets are closed on Saturday 27 June, so these are the latest available references…
France’s business climate stabilised in June, but the labour market signal weakened, pointing to a fragile recovery in the euro area’s second largest economy. INSEE said the synthetic business climate indicator very slightly rebounded to 94, below its long run average of 100, while the employment climate indicator lost three points after rounding and fell…
The Bank of Japan has moved further into policy normalisation, with its June communication pointing to more rate increases if the economy and inflation develop in line with the board’s outlook. At its 16 June meeting the Policy Board voted seven to one to guide the uncollateralised overnight call rate at around 1.0 percent, its…