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Japan’s Producer Prices Rise 7.1 Percent in June, the Fastest Since March 2023, on Surging Import Costs
Japan's corporate goods price index rose 7.1 percent in June from a year earlier, the fastest annual pace since March 2023, accelerating…
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Jordan’s Housing Bank Issues the Kingdom’s First Blue Bond With 100 Million Dollars From the EBRD
The Housing Bank for Trade and Finance issued Jordan's first blue bond on Wednesday, a 100 million dollar loan note subscribed by…
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IEA, IMF, World Bank and WTO Chiefs Say the Global Economy Is Broadly Resilient to the War’s Shock but Impacts Are Uneven
The heads of the International Energy Agency, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank Group and the World Trade Organization said the…
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Market Wrap US-Europe 9 July: Wall Street and Europe Rebound as a Semiconductor Rally Lifts the Nasdaq and Volatility Recedes
US and European equities rose on Thursday, recovering from the previous session's risk-off tone, as a powerful rally in semiconductor shares lifted…
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Commodities Wrap 9 July: Oil Retreats on Mediation Hopes as Precious Metals Rebound Across the Board
Commodities reversed course on Thursday, with crude oil giving back part of two days of sharp gains while the entire precious-metals complex…
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Central Bank of Egypt Holds Rates at 19 Percent for a Third Straight Meeting
The Central Bank of Egypt kept its key policy rates unchanged on Thursday, extending the pause in its easing cycle for a…
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Egypt Remittances Reach 43.1 Billion Dollars in Eleven Months, Already Topping Last Fiscal Year’s Record
Remittances from Egyptians working abroad rose 31.2 percent to about 43.1 billion dollars in the first eleven months of fiscal year 2025/2026,…
Read more →Market Wrap MENA-Asia 9 July: Asian Equities Rally and Egypt Firms as Gulf Bourses Drift Lower
Asian equities powered higher on Thursday, led by mainland China and Japan, while Gulf markets ended a quiet session mostly in the…
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QNB Profit Rises 3.2% as Abu Dhabi’s FAB Keeps Its Lead by Assets
QNB Group, the Qatari lender locked in a long-running contest with First Abu Dhabi Bank to be the Middle East's biggest bank,…
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Global Foreign Investment Rose 6 Percent in 2025 but the Rebound Was Uneven, UNCTAD Says
Global foreign direct investment rose about 6 percent to 1.6 trillion dollars in 2025, ending two years of decline, but the recovery…
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Oman and Jordan Launch a 100 Million Dollar Joint Investment Company to Deepen Economic Ties
Oman and Jordan have established a joint investment company with capital of 38.5 million Omani rials, about 100 million dollars, to expand…
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Qatar’s Reserves Edge Up to 262 Billion Riyals in June as Gold and Bank Deposits Offset a Drop in Securities
Qatar's total international reserves and foreign-currency liquidity rose to 262.1 billion riyals, about 71.7 billion dollars, at the end of June, up…
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Fed Minutes Show Officials United on Holding Rates but Split on Where They Go Next
Minutes of the Federal Reserve's 16 and 17 June meeting, released on 8 July, showed a policy committee that was unanimous in…
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China’s Consumer Prices Stay Subdued in June While Factory-Gate Inflation Jumps to Its Highest Since 2022
China's consumer inflation remained weak in June even as factory-gate prices surged to their strongest in nearly four years, underlining a widening…
Read more →Egypt’s Core Inflation Rises to 14.3 Percent in June from 13.8 Percent While Headline Eases to 14.3 Percent from 14.6 Percent
Egypt's two main inflation gauges both stood at 14.3 percent in June, but they arrived there from opposite directions. Annual core inflation…
Read more →Market Wrap US-Europe 8 July: Europe and the Dow Fall Sharply in a Risk-Off Session as Technology Lifts the Nasdaq
US and European equities fell on Wednesday, with Europe leading the declines and the Dow dropping sharply, though technology shares held up…
Read more →Commodities Wrap 8 July: Oil Extends Its Climb on Strait of Hormuz Supply Fears as Precious Metals Sell Off Sharply
Commodities split sharply on Wednesday, with crude oil extending its climb while the entire precious-metals complex sold off, as a firmer dollar…
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Japan’s Household Spending Falls 0.4 Percent in May but Beats Forecasts with a Strong Monthly Rebound
Japanese household spending fell in May from a year earlier for a second straight month, but by far less than expected and…
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OECD Says Job Markets Remain Strong but Real Wages Are Lagging as Pay Growth Cools to 2.2 Percent
Labour markets across advanced economies remain robust but pay is failing to keep pace, the OECD said in its Employment Outlook 2026,…
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IMF Trims 2026 Global Growth to 3.0 Percent and Raises Its Inflation Forecast as Conflict and a Technology Boom Pull the World Economy Both Ways
The International Monetary Fund cut its forecast for global growth this year to 3.0 percent and lifted its inflation projection, in a…
Read more →Market Wrap MENA-Asia 8 July: Asian Selloff Deepens and Drags the Gulf and Egypt Lower as Hong Kong Bucks the Trend
Most Asian and Gulf equity markets fell on Wednesday as a renewed global risk-off move deepened, with heavy losses across Asia led…
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France’s Trade Deficit Widens to 6.9 Billion Euros in May as Exports Fall
France's trade deficit widened to about 6.9 billion euros in May, from around 5.4 billion in April, as a drop in exports…
Read more →China’s Foreign Reserves Ease to 3.42 Trillion Dollars in June as the Central Bank Buys Gold for a 20th Month
China's official foreign-exchange reserves fell to about 3.416 trillion dollars at the end of June, down roughly 26 billion dollars on the…
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US Trade Deficit Widens Sharply to 77.6 Billion Dollars in May as Imports Rebound and Exports Fall
The US trade deficit widened sharply in May, to 77.6 billion dollars from a revised 54.6 billion in April, as imports rebounded…
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