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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…
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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…
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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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Commodities Wrap 3 September: Palladium Jumps 5.55 Percent as All 5 Metals Rise and Crude Stalls
The metals board went one way on Thursday: palladium jumped 5.55 percent, platinum 3.66, silver 3.04, gold 2.46 and copper 1.21, all…
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Europe Market Wrap 3 September: The IBEX Closes on 20,000 as the Bond Rout Pauses
Madrid's IBEX 35 ended Thursday at 20,000.20, its high of the day to the decimal, and 11 of the 12 European benchmarks…
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Egypt’s PMI reaches a seven month high of 49.6 with hiring at its second fastest rate on record
Egypt's non oil private sector added staff in August at the second fastest rate since the survey began in April 2011, S&P…
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Middle East Market Wrap 3 September: Kuwait Trades Through the Attacks and 7 of 9 Markets Rise
Kuwait's army said on Thursday it was confronting hostile missile and drone attacks from Iran, per CNBC, and Boursa Kuwait still opened,…
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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
- China Adds MP Materials and USA Rare Earth to Export Control List as Critical Minerals Contest Widens
- National Bureau of Statistics: China’s Producer Prices Accelerate to 3.9% in May, Fastest Pace Since July 2022, as Consumer Inflation Holds at 1.2%