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Japan’s Real Wages Rise Again in May as Nominal Pay Grows 3.2 Percent for a 53rd Straight Month
Japanese workers saw their real wages rise for a fifth consecutive month in May, as nominal pay growth stayed above 3 percent,…
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German Industrial Production Rises 0.9 Percent in May as Carmakers Lead, but Output Is Flat on the Year
German industrial production rose 0.9 percent in May from the previous month, beating expectations and pointing to a tentative recovery in the…
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Bank of England Warns of Stretched Markets, AI Financing and Private-Credit Risks in Its Financial Stability Report
The Bank of England warned that high equity-market valuations, a rapid build-up of leverage and fast-growing financing tied to artificial intelligence pose…
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US Consumer Inflation Expectations Rise to a Near Three-Year High Ahead of the Fed Minutes
Americans' near-term inflation expectations rose in June to their highest in almost three years, according to the New York Federal Reserve's Survey…
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World Bank Sees China’s Growth Slowing to 4.4 Percent in 2026 as Rebalancing Toward Consumption Stays Gradual
China's economic growth is projected to slow to 4.4 percent in 2026 and ease further to 4.3 percent in 2027, the World…
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Egypt’s Net International Reserves Climb to a Record US$55.1 Billion in June in the Biggest Monthly Jump of the Year
Egypt's net international reserves rose to a record US$55.07 billion at the end of June, the Central Bank of Egypt reported, in…
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Kuwait Records a Fiscal Deficit of 7.14 Billion Dinars as Oil Revenue Falls Nearly 30 Percent
Kuwait recorded an actual fiscal deficit of 7.14 billion dinars, about 23 billion dollars, in fiscal year 2025/2026, as a sharp fall…
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Euro-Area Investor Confidence Rebounds in July as Producer-Price Inflation Climbs on Energy
Investor confidence in the euro area rebounded sharply in July, while data released the same day showed producer-price inflation climbing on higher…
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Saudi Arabia Is Studying an Expansion of Its Red Sea Oil Pipeline to Cut Reliance on the Strait of Hormuz
Saudi Arabia is considering expanding the crude-oil pipeline that carries its oil across the country to the Red Sea, a route that…
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Market Wrap US-Europe 7 July: Wall Street and Europe Fall as Hormuz Tensions Return and Technology Leads Lower
US and European equities fell on Tuesday as the return of geopolitical tensions around the Strait of Hormuz hit risk appetite, with…
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Commodities Wrap 7 July: Oil Jumps on Renewed Strait of Hormuz Tensions as Precious Metals Retreat
Commodities were split on Tuesday, with crude oil jumping sharply on a return of geopolitical tensions while precious metals pulled back, a…
Read more →Market Wrap MENA-Asia 7 July: Asia Sells Off Led by Korea as the Gulf Holds Firm and Egypt Rises
Asian equity markets fell sharply on Tuesday in a renewed technology-led selloff, led by a steep drop in South Korea, while Gulf…
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IMF Sees Algeria’s Growth Holding Near 3.8 Percent in 2026 While Urging Fiscal Consolidation
Algeria's economy is projected to keep growing at a robust pace of about 3.8 percent in 2026, the International Monetary Fund said…
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Jordan’s Real-Estate Trading Tops 3 Billion Dinars in the First Half as a June Rebound Offsets an Easier Start to the Year
Real-estate trading in Jordan exceeded 3 billion dinars in the first half of 2026, with the Department of Lands and Survey reporting…
Read more →Euro-Area Retail Sales Edge Up 0.2 Percent in May as Consumer Spending Steadies
Retail sales in the euro area rose 0.2 percent in May from the previous month, a modest rebound that suggests consumer spending…
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OECD Inflation Rises to 4.6 Percent in May as Energy Costs Climb and a New Jobs Report Warns of Widening Regional Divides
Consumer price inflation across the OECD rose to 4.6 percent in the year to May, up from 4.4 percent in April, as…
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Egypt’s Non-Oil Private Sector Contracts Further in June as the PMI Falls to 46.0, but Cost Pressures Ease
Egypt's non-oil private sector weakened again in June, with the headline S&P Global Purchasing Managers' Index falling to 46.0 from 47.1 in…
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Germany’s 2027 Budget Signals Fiscal Break as Borrowing Tops 203 Billion Euros
Germany's cabinet has approved the draft federal budget for 2027 and the financial plan through 2030, marking one of the clearest fiscal…
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Kuwait Rebuilds Oil Output Toward 2.66 Million Barrels a Day as a Modernised KPC Law Anchors the Push to 4 Million by 2035
Kuwait's oil production is set to reach 2.660 million barrels a day in August under the latest OPEC+ agreement, Oil Minister Tareq…
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Saudi Arabia Completes the Rulebook for Foreign Property Ownership: A 2 Percent Fee in the Main Cities, Zone by Zone Caps and a Single Digital Gateway
Saudi Arabia has completed the regulatory framework that opens its property market to foreign buyers, publishing the full details of the executive…
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Kuwait Restructures Boursa Kuwait Trading Commissions: One Rate of 15 Basis Points and Fixed Settlement Fees Scrapped
Kuwait's Capital Markets Authority has approved a restructuring of trading commissions on Boursa Kuwait that unifies the rate across the Premier and…
Read more →Egypt’s External Debt Ratio Falls to 40.3 Percent of GDP, Reaching the Government Target Six Months Early
Egypt's external debt stood at 163.9 billion dollars at the end of December 2025, up 5.6 percent from 155.1 billion dollars a…
Read more →Market Wrap US-Europe 6 July: Wall Street Rises Led by the Nasdaq as Europe Slips and Volatility Eases
US equities rose on Monday as Wall Street reopened after the Independence Day holiday, led by a technology-driven advance, while the major…
Read more →Commodities Wrap 6 July: Silver and Gold Lead a Metals Rally as Oil Eases After the OPEC+ Increase
Commodities settled broadly higher on Monday, led by a strong rally across precious and industrial metals, while crude oil eased modestly after…
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