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Report: The Missing Third Engine: China Builds the Future Faster Than Its Consumers Buy It
The Edge for Economic Consultancy has published a special report on China's economy at the start of its Fifteenth Five-Year Plan, finding…
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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…
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EU Bankruptcies Rose 5.7 Percent in the Second Quarter to the Highest Level in the Published Series
Declarations of bankruptcy in the European Union rose 5.7 percent in the second quarter of 2026 from the first, Eurostat reported on…
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Egypt Executed 212,000 Housing Units in 2024/25 With 245.3 Billion Pounds of Investment as Private Builders Overtook the State
Egypt completed 212,000 housing units in the year to June 2025 with investment of 245.3 billion pounds, the Central Agency for Public…
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China Targets 440 Million Tonnes of Domestic Oil and Gas Output by 2030 and 200 Million Tonnes of LNG Receiving Capacity
China published its Oil and Natural Gas Development 15th Five Year Plan on 17 August, jointly issued by the National Development and…
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Egypt Renews Hassan Abdalla’s Acting Mandate at the Central Bank for a Fifth Year, Two Days Before a Rate Decision at 19 Percent
Hassan El Sayed Hassan Abdalla continues to run the Central Bank of Egypt into a fifth consecutive year. Market reports on 18…
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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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Jordan’s Inflation Slowed for a Second Month to 2.70 Percent, and Transport Supplied 40 Percent of It
Jordan's consumer price index rose 2.70 percent in July from a year earlier, the Department of Statistics reported on 16 August. The…
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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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- 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