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German Producer Inflation Accelerates to 3 Percent as Oil Products Surge
German producer prices rose 3.0 percent in the year to July, against 1.8 percent in June. That is a jump of 1.2…
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Egyptians Abroad Sent Home a Record 47.3 Billion Dollars
The Central Bank of Egypt confirmed on 19 August that remittances from Egyptians working abroad reached 47.3 billion dollars in financial year…
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Russia’s Gold Reserve Value Fell 110 Billion Dollars. Almost All of the Move Was Price.
The Bank of Russia's monetary gold was worth 292.85 billion dollars at 31 July, against 402.71 billion at 31 January. That is…
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Japan Inflation Rose to 1.9 Percent, With June at 1.6 Percent on the New CPI Base
Japan's consumer price index rose 1.9 percent in the year to July, with the all-items index at 102.0 against a 2025 average…
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Treasury Doubled Its Long-End Buyback Capacity. The Thirty-Year Fell Nine Basis Points, Then Gave Some Back.
The United States Treasury announced on 19 August that it is at least doubling the size of its liquidity support buyback operations…
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Market Wrap US-Europe 20 August: Dow Sheds 700 Points as Treasury Buyback Relief Fades
Wall Street gave back Wednesday's bounce on Thursday as Treasury yields rebounded and the relief from the Treasury's buyback expansion faded, with…
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Britain’s Economy Was Bigger Than Thought, but It Never Grew Any Faster
The Office for National Statistics published its annual national accounts benchmarking this morning, and it has raised Britain's measured economic output. Cumulative…
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Commodities Wrap 20 August: Oil Extends Iran Rally as Silver Jumps 3.5 Percent
Oil extended its rally into the settlement on Thursday as Washington sharpened its sanctions threats against Iran, and the metals complex followed…
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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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Korean Household Debt Has Passed 2,000 Trillion Won, and the Central Bank Is Now Raising Rates Into It
Korean household credit reached 2,019.8 trillion won at the end of June, the first reading above two thousand trillion. The quarterly increase…
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Euro Area Inflation Confirmed at 2.9 Percent, and Energy Supplied a Third of It
Euro area annual inflation was confirmed at 2.9 percent in July, up from 2.8 percent in June and 2.0 percent in July…
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