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Egypt Holds Interest Rates for a Fourth Straight Meeting as Inflation Edges Higher
The Central Bank of Egypt's Monetary Policy Committee kept its key policy rates unchanged on Thursday, holding the overnight deposit rate at…
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Market Wrap MENA-Asia 20 August: Kospi Rebounds 5.9 Percent as Brent Tops 94 Dollars
Asia rebounded on Thursday almost as hard as it had fallen a day earlier, while most Gulf markets absorbed a sharp escalation…
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Kuwait’s Five-Year Borrowing Cost Has Fallen 150 Basis Points in a Year While Policy Rates Fell 50
The Central Bank of Kuwait sold 100 million dinars of five-year paper on 19 August at a uniform yield of 3.3750 percent.…
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Market Wrap US-Europe 19 August: Treasury Buybacks Push 30 Year Yield Down 9 Basis Points
Wall Street snapped its three-session slide on Wednesday after the US Treasury Department said it would at least double the size of…
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US Debt Passed 40 Trillion Dollars, and the Latest Five Trillion Took 25 Months
Total United States public debt outstanding closed at 40.047 trillion dollars on 18 August, the first reading above 40 trillion in the…
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The SEC Has Proposed Crypto Fundraising Exemptions at 5, 20 and 75 Million Dollars, but Neither the Rule Nor the Senate Bill Is Final
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission proposed a framework titled Regulation Crypto Assets on 18 August, creating exemptions from securities registration…
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Commodities Wrap 19 August: Metals Roar Back as Platinum Jumps 4.4 Percent
Wednesday sharply reversed Tuesday's metals rout: the complex that broke a day earlier roared back as long-term US yields fell and the…
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Markets Fully Price a September Fed Rise. The Fed’s Own Survey Sees No Move Until 2028.
The minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee's 28 and 29 July meeting, released on 19 August, record a gap between what…
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Gold Rose 67 Percent, Then Fell 26. The War Explains Only Half of It.
Gold set a record of 5,405 dollars an ounce on the London benchmark on 29 January 2026, then fell to 4,001.80 by…
Read more →Market Wrap MENA-Asia 19 August: Kospi Plunges 5.8 Percent, Kuwait Rises, Egypt Slides
Asia's selloff turned into a rout on Wednesday, led by the chip complex, while the Gulf split and Kuwait advanced, per CNBC.…
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The World Bank Priced 4 Billion Dollars of Seven Year Paper at 3.9 Basis Points Over Treasuries Into an 11 Billion Book
The World Bank priced 4 billion dollars of seven year Sustainable Development Bonds on 18 August, drawing more than 150 investor orders…
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Saudi Arabia Raised 9.5 Billion Riyals in August Sukuk With 43 Percent of It at the 2039 Maturity
Saudi Arabia's National Debt Management Center closed its August riyal sukuk issuance at 9.518 billion riyals on 18 August, across five tranches…
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Kuwait Sells 100 Million Dinars of Five Year Debt at a 3.375 Percent Cut-Off With Bids Covering It 3.9 Times
The Central Bank of Kuwait issued 100 million dinars of five year public debt on 19 August at a cut-off yield of…
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UK Inflation Rose to 2.9 Percent on the Energy Cap While Services Inflation Fell to 3.4
United Kingdom consumer price inflation rose to 2.9 percent in the twelve months to July, from 2.6 percent in June, the Office…
Read more →Market Wrap US-Europe 18 August: Nasdaq Sheds 1.3 Percent as Health Care Outperforms
Wall Street fell for a third consecutive session on Tuesday with the selling concentrated in technology, per CNBC. The Nasdaq Composite lost…
Read more →Commodities Wrap 18 August: Metals Slide as Silver Drops 3.6 Percent While Coffee Jumps
The commodities board split sharply on Tuesday: every tracked energy contract rose while every tracked metal fell, per CNBC. Silver dropped 3.56…
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US and German 30 Year Yields Rose 10 Basis Points in Two Sessions in a Near Parallel Shift
Long dated government bond yields have risen again. The German 30 year spot rate reached 3.89 percent on 18 August, up 5…
Read more →Market Wrap MENA-Asia 18 August: Nikkei Sinks 2.5 Percent as Gulf Steadies and Egypt Slips
Asia sold off on Tuesday while the Gulf steadied, an inversion of Monday's map, as the first full session after the 60-day…
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Qatar Registered 1.86 Billion Riyals of Property Sales in July and 4.97 Billion of Mortgages
Sale contracts registered with the Real Estate Registration Department at Qatar's Ministry of Justice totalled 1.86 billion riyals in July across 485…
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ADQ Plans a 6.25 Dirham Cash Offer for AD Ports Minority Shares at a 23 Percent Premium
AD Ports Group told the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange on 17 August that it had received notification of an intention to submit…
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Market Wrap US-Europe 17 August: Stocks Slip as Oil Holds Near 91 and Yields Climb
Wall Street closed lower on Monday as oil held near 91 dollars following the expiry of the 60-day deadline between the United…
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UAE Banking Assets Reached 5.3 Trillion Dirhams as the Bad Loan Ratio Fell to 3.3 Percent
The Central Bank of the UAE published its Financial Stability Report for 2025 on 17 August. Total banking system assets rose 17.1…
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PIF Net Profit More Than Doubled to 17 Billion Dollars as Assets Passed 900 Billion
The Public Investment Fund published its 2025 annual report on 17 August. Revenue rose 9 percent to 120 billion dollars, net profit…
Read more →Commodities Wrap 17 August: Brent Tops 90 as the Iran Deadline Runs Out
Energy led a broad commodities advance on Monday as the 60-day deadline under the June memorandum between the United States and Iran…
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