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UK Growth Slows to 0.4 Percent in the Second Quarter as Production Stalls
UK GDP grew 0.4 percent in the second quarter of 2026, slowing from 0.6 percent, with services carrying the quarter and production…
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Fitch Affirms the United Kingdom at AA- With Debt Interest Running at Double the Peer Median
Fitch affirmed the United Kingdom at AA- with a stable outlook on 14 August 2026, citing debt and debt interest to revenue…
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Market Wrap US-Europe 14 August: Consumer Sentiment Falls to 51.0 as Longer Treasury Yields Rise
Wall Street ended the week lower in a narrow session, with all three major US indices closing down less than a third…
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Commodities Wrap 14 August: Wheat Jumps 3.1 Percent as Brent Adds 1.5 Percent
Commodities ended the week broadly higher, with agriculture producing the largest moves and crude rebounding. Wheat gained 3.11 percent to 689.00 cents…
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Egypt’s Rate Committee Meets on 20 August With Inflation Rising in Line With the Bank’s Third-Quarter Forecast
The Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Egypt meets on Thursday 20 August 2026, the fifth of eight scheduled meetings…
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Oman Inflation Holds at 3.2 Percent in July as Food Prices Rise 7.7 Percent
Consumer prices in the Sultanate of Oman rose 3.2 percent in July 2026 against the same month a year earlier, according to…
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Abu Dhabi Property Transactions Reach AED 117 Billion as Foreign Investment Rises 309 Percent
Real estate transactions in Abu Dhabi reached AED 117 billion in the first half of 2026, an increase of 112 percent on…
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Fitch Keeps the United States at AA+ and Sees Debt Reaching 123 Percent of GDP
Fitch Ratings affirmed the long-term foreign-currency and local-currency issuer default ratings of the United States at AA+ with a stable outlook on…
Read more →Market Wrap MENA-Asia 14 August: Kospi Adds 2.4 Percent for a Fifth Straight Gain as Abu Dhabi Holds and Dubai Slips
South Korea's Kospi led Asia for a fifth consecutive session on Friday, closing 2.42 percent higher, while the region split and the…
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Egypt’s 1.1 Gigawatt Obelisk Solar and Storage Complex Reaches Full Operation on a Dollar Contract Backed by a Sovereign Guarantee
The final phase of Egypt's Obelisk solar and battery complex entered commercial operation on 12 August, bringing the full 1.1 gigawatt plant…
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KPC Beyond the Profit Headline: Resilience, Recovery and Strategic Progress
Kuwait Petroleum Corporation reported on 12 August that it earned 2.155 billion dinars, about 6.9 billion dollars, in the financial year to…
Read more →Market Wrap US-Europe 13 August: Nasdaq Climbs 0.8 Percent as Core Producer Prices Rise and Europe Slips
Wall Street rallied on Thursday after headline producer prices came in flat, with the Nasdaq Composite climbing 0.81 percent, while European bourses…
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