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Rosneft Starts Pumping Oil Through New Vostok Arctic Pipeline, Targeting 50 Million Tonnes by 2030
Oil has begun flowing through a newly completed pipeline carrying crude from Rosneft's Vostok Oil fields in Russia's Krasnoyarsk region to the…
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Kuwait’s non oil PMI reaches 53.6 in August as employment rises for the first time in 6 months
Kuwait's non oil private sector grew at its fastest pace since February in August, with the S&P Global Kuwait PMI climbing to…
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Suez Canal tonnage rises 22.4 percent in the fiscal year as tankers displace container ships
Traffic through the Suez Canal rose to 590.7 million net tons in the fiscal year ended 30 June 2026, up 22.4 percent…
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Fitch clears Qatar’s Rating Watch and affirms AA while forecasting an 18.8 percent contraction
Fitch Ratings affirmed Qatar's long term foreign currency issuer default rating at AA on 4 September 2026 and removed it from Rating…
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Sugar jumps 11.9 percent as the FAO food price index rises to 133.3 points in August
The Food and Agriculture Organization's food price index averaged 133.3 points in August 2026, up 2.5 points or 1.9 percent on a…
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Kuwait caps brokerage commission discounts at 25 percent from January 2027
Kuwait's Capital Markets Authority issued Circular No. 16 of 2026 on 3 September, permitting licensed persons acting as qualified registered brokers on…
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Korea posts its largest ever July surplus of 42.08 billion dollars as exports rise 65.3 percent
South Korea recorded a current account surplus of 42.08 billion dollars in July 2026, the Bank of Korea reported on 4 September,…
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German factory orders rise 2.5 percent in July but fall 1.4 percent without large orders
New orders in German manufacturing rose 2.5 percent in July on a seasonally and calendar adjusted basis, the federal statistics office reported…
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Pill says waiting without seeing is just waiting as he argues for a Bank Rate of 4 percent
The Bank of England's chief economist told an Edinburgh audience on 3 September that he has voted to raise Bank Rate to…
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Euro area retail volumes fall 0.6 percent in July as Germany drops 3.4 percent
The volume of retail trade fell 0.6 percent in the euro area and 0.4 percent in the European Union in July, Eurostat…
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China’s securities firms grow liabilities 36.6 percent as every other aggregate slows
Total assets of Chinese financial institutions reached 562.20 trillion yuan at the end of the second quarter of 2026, the People's Bank…
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The Week Ahead 6 to 12 September: the inflation prints get the last word, the ECB decides, and Saudi Arabia opens its books
By The Edge Research Team Friday settled the labour question loudly and left the one that matters. United States payrolls for August…
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- Commodities Wrap 1 July: Precious Metals Rebound as Oil Drops Below US$70
- Market Wrap US-Europe 2 July: Dow Hits a Record and Europe Rallies as Soft US Jobs Data Reset Rate Expectations
- Market Wrap US-Europe 30 June: Wall Street Extends Gains and Europe Rises to Close the First Half
- Market Wrap US-Europe 1 July: Wall Street and Europe Slip to Start the Second Half as Warsh Keeps a Firm Line on Inflation