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US Market Wrap 4 September: The Jobs Shock Costs the Dow 272 Points While Small Caps Refuse to Follow
The strongest payrolls month since March, per our US jobs report of 4 September, gave Wall Street a selloff with an asterisk.…
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Commodities Wrap 4 September: The Jobs Print Turns the Metals Board Red as Diesel Sets a Record at the Pump
One economic release turned the whole metals board red, something no session this week had produced. Gold fell 1.44 percent to 4,474.70…
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Europe Market Wrap 4 September: The Board Barely Moves as the US Jobs Shock Lands After Lunch
Europe's afternoon belonged to an American number, and the board ended the week refusing to be moved by it. 7 of the…
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US Payrolls Rise 162,000 in August, More Than 3 Times the Consensus, and September Hike Odds Rebuild
The United States labor market showed no sign of the slowdown forecasters expected. Nonfarm payrolls rose by 162,000 in August, the Bureau…
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Asia Market Wrap 4 September: The Nikkei Reclaims 65,000 as 7 of 10 Markets Rise Before US Jobs
Asia bought Wall Street's relief on Friday. 7 of the 10 benchmarks in this wrap closed higher, on our count, led by…
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OpenAI’s first Critical rated cyber model ships refusing exploits, at 2.5 times Sol’s price
OpenAI began a phased rollout of GPT-6 Astra on 3 September 2026, after concluding earlier that week that it is the first…
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South Korea’s Inflation Accelerates to 3.1 Percent as Reserves Climb to 442.3 Billion Dollars
South Korea's consumer price index rose 3.1 percent year on year in August 2026, up from 2.8 percent in July, the Ministry…
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Euro Area Producer Prices Rise 1.6 Percent in July, Led by Energy
Euro area industrial producer prices rose 1.6 percent month on month in July 2026 and 5.8 percent from a year earlier, Eurostat…
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US Trade Deficit Widens 24.4 Percent to 88.6 Billion Dollars in July
The United States goods and services trade deficit widened by 17.4 billion dollars, or 24.4 percent, to 88.6 billion dollars in July…
Read more →US Second Quarter Productivity Holds at 1.4 Percent as Labor Share Hits a Record Low
Nonfarm business labor productivity in the United States grew at an annualized 1.4 percent in the second quarter of 2026, unrevised from…
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Egypt’s Economy Grows 5.1 Percent in Fiscal Year 2025/26, Beating Forecasts
Egypt's economy grew 5.1 percent in the fiscal year ended June 2026, up from 4.4 percent the previous year and above international…
Read more →US Market Wrap 3 September: Waller Opens the Door to a Hold and the Dow Jumps 624 Points
One conditional sentence did the day's heaviest lifting, on our reading. After Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said he would be inclined…
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