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Markets Wrap: Wall Street and Asia Rally as Gulf and Egypt Close Lower on Monday
Gulf and Egyptian markets closed lower on Monday even as Wall Street and Asian equities staged a broad rally, a divergence driven…
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QatarEnergy’s Golden Pass LNG Wins US Approval to Commission Its Second Train
QatarEnergy's flagship US gas venture has moved a step closer to higher output after the Golden Pass LNG terminal in Texas received…
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Saudi Services Exports Rise 7.9 Percent in the First Quarter as Travel Strengthens Non-Oil Earnings
Saudi Arabia's services exports rose 7.9 percent quarter on quarter to 71.3 billion riyals in the first quarter of 2026, supported by…
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Euro-Area Money Supply Growth Picks Up in May as Company Lending Hits a Three-Year High
Euro-area money and credit growth strengthened in May, adding to evidence that liquidity conditions are gradually firming across the bloc. The broad…
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Britain’s Next Prime Minister Faces a Narrow Corridor: Low Growth, High Debt, Fragile Inflation
Britain's next prime minister will inherit an economy that is no longer in acute crisis, but remains boxed in by weak trend…
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Jordan Launches a 35 Million Euro Programme to Support 370 Industrial SMEs and Lift Competitiveness
Jordan has launched a 35 million euro programme to strengthen its industrial sector and support small businesses, in a fresh push to…
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China’s Central Bank Adds an Overnight Lending Tool as It Moves Toward a Fed-Style Rate Framework
China's central bank is adding an overnight tenor to its open-market operations, a technical but significant step in a multi-year effort to…
Read more →Markets Wrap: Gulf and Egypt Open the Week Mixed as Regional Tensions Return to Focus
Gulf and Egyptian markets opened the week on a mixed note on Sunday, with gains in Oman, Bahrain and Qatar offset by…
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Egypt Pushes Its State-Asset Sales Forward as the EGX Lists More Companies and an IMF Tranche Comes Into View
Egypt is accelerating its state-asset sale programme, listing more government-owned companies on the Egyptian Exchange and moving closer to unlocking about 1.6…
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Egypt’s Wage and Pension Increases Take Effect on 1 July as the New Budget Lifts Household Incomes
Egypt's package of wage and pension increases takes effect on 1 July, raising incomes for state employees and retirees as the new…
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Nassef Sawiris Moves to Take OCI Global Private at EUR 4.10 a Share as the Orascom Deadlock Drags On
Nassef Sawiris has moved to take OCI Global private, offering shareholders a cash exit that could resolve a months-long governance and strategic…
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BIS Warns That High Public Debt Has Created a New Fiscal-Financial Stability Nexus
The Bank for International Settlements has warned, in its Annual Economic Report 2026, that record-high public debt has created a new fiscal-financial…
Read more →Jordan’s Exports to the European Union Jump 49 Percent Early in 2026 on Industrial and Pharmaceutical Gains
Jordan's exports to the European Union rose 49.3 percent year on year in the first four months of 2026, a notable gain…
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US Goods Trade Deficit Widens Sharply in May to the Largest in Over a Year
The United States goods trade deficit widened sharply in May to its largest in more than a year, a sign that the…
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Apple Seeks US Clearance to Buy CXMT Memory Chips as AI Demand Drives Up Component Costs
Apple has asked US officials for clearance and policy assurances to buy memory chips from ChangXin Memory Technologies, a Chinese DRAM manufacturer…
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China Industrial Profits Rise 18.8 Percent in the First Five Months as AI-Linked Electronics Lead
Profits at China's large industrial firms rose 18.8 percent year on year in the first five months of 2026, to about 3.14…
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IMF Chief Economist Warns the AI Wealth Boom Could Add to Inflation Pressure
The artificial intelligence boom could add to inflation through more channels than the cost of advanced chips, according to IMF chief economist…
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Tokyo Inflation Accelerates in June, Strengthening the Case for Gradual Bank of Japan Tightening
Tokyo consumer inflation accelerated in June, giving markets an early signal that Japan's price pressures are firming again after several months of…
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S&P Keeps the US at AA+ with a Stable Outlook, but Fiscal Pressure Remains the Core Weakness
S&P Global Ratings has affirmed the United States' long-term sovereign credit rating at AA+ and its short-term rating at A-1+, with a…
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Egypt Switches to a 10% Export Duty on Nitrogen Fertilizers, Tying the Levy to Global Prices
Egypt has changed the way it taxes nitrogen fertilizer exports, replacing a fixed per tonne charge with a 10 percent ad valorem…
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Commodities Wrap: Gold Rebounds Toward US$4,100 an Ounce as Oil Falls and Natural Gas Slips
Settlement prices in this wrap are the official Friday 26 June exchange settlements, the last regular session before the weekend, captured using…
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France Business Climate Steadies in June but the Jobs Outlook Weakens Sharply
France's business climate stabilised in June, but the labour market signal weakened, pointing to a fragile recovery in the euro area's second…
Read more →Qatar Expects LNG Output to Return to Normal Within Weeks, Prime Minister Says
Qatar expects liquefied natural gas production to return to normal within weeks, according to comments by Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh…
Read more →Bank of Japan Signals More Rate Hikes Ahead as Board Eyes a Neutral Rate Near 2 Percent
The Bank of Japan has moved further into policy normalisation, with its June communication pointing to more rate increases if the economy…
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- US Market Wrap 12 October: The Dow Alone Rises 0.38 Percent as the Nasdaq 100 Falls 0.71 Percent
- Asia Market Wrap 7 October: All Eight Indices Fall as Seoul Drops 1.98 Percent
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