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Investors Position for a Hawkish Fed Hold Amid Inflation Anxiety and Oil Volatility
With oil volatile and inflation expectations at risk, Wall Street braces for a hawkish Fed hold. Dissent and rising vola...
French salary increases fall to 2% in 2026, lowest since 2021, as companies switch to targeted raises
Mercer France’s annual NAO survey shows median base salary increase budgets at just 2% for 2026, trailing inflation. Emp...
Australia’s Q2 Inflation Cools Below Forecasts, Easing RBA Rate Hike Fears
Consumer price growth slowed more than expected in the second quarter, giving the Reserve Bank of Australia room to hold...
Fed Holds Rates as Hawks Eye Hikes Amid Iran War Inflation Surge
The US Federal Reserve is set to keep rates at 3.50-3.75%, but surging oil prices from the Iran conflict are pushing som...
Chile’s Central Bank Holds Rate at 4.5% as Middle East Tensions Cloud Outlook
The Banco Central de Chile left its benchmark rate unchanged at 4.5%, citing renewed oil price shocks from the US-Iran c...
How a 2002 €1 Million Prize Shrunk to Under €400,000—Unless You Invested It
A Vanguard analysis shows that a “Wer wird Millionär?” jackpot from 2002 lost over 60% of its purchasing power by 2025. ...
Under Warsh, Higher U.S. Rates May Not Derail the Bull Market — Here’s Why
As the Fed signals a more hawkish path under Kevin Warsh, a new analysis challenges the assumption that rising rates aut...
Aussie Inflation Above 3.9% Would Trigger August Rate Hike, Economists Warn
Economists say Wednesday's trimmed mean CPI is the RBA's make-or-break moment, with a print above 3.9 per cent making an...
Brokerages See July Fed Rate Hike as a Real Possibility as Oil Spike Tests Inflation Fight
Oil at $100 and Middle East tensions put the Federal Reserve’s credibility on the line this week, with brokerages warnin...
Trump's Economy After 18 Months: Resilience Meets Stalled Progress on Jobs, Prices and Housing
Immigration crackdowns, tariff hikes and the Iran war have tested US economic resilience. But job growth has softened, i...
Global Stocks Rally as Oil Plunge Eases Yields, Hits Energy Shares
U.S. futures and European equities climbed on Monday as a 5% drop in crude oil prices eased inflation concerns, pushed b...
Oil above $100 and hawkish FOMC dissent set stage for Warsh's 'family feud'
A surge in oil prices and chip-driven consumer costs puts the Fed on the spot this week, with economists expecting at le...
Oil Slumps 5% as Gulf Tensions Ease, Gold Rebounds on Easing Rate Fears
Crude oil fell sharply as a pause in hostilities near the Strait of Hormuz deflated the geopolitical risk premium, dragg...
Oil Slides 7% as Iran Pledges to Halt Attacks If U.S. Truce Holds
Brent crude fell over 7% to a low of $90.9 a barrel after Iran told Reuters it would stop its own strikes as long as Was...
Indonesia's Central Bank Governor Resigns Amid Currency Crisis and Market Chaos
Bank Indonesia Governor Perry Warjiyo steps down early as the country battles a plunging rupiah, rising inflation, and a...
BNP Paribas Sees Egyptian Current Account Deficit Narrowing to 2.9% Despite Energy Import Surge
Egypt’s current account gap is set to shrink thanks to non-oil exports, tourism and remittances, but BNP Paribas warns t...
Stainless Steel Utensils 7.1% Costlier in June, More Hikes Expected as Metal Prices Stay Firm
Prices of stainless steel utensils, pressure cookers and non-stick cookware jumped in June, pushed by surging global nic...
Russia’s Central Bank Slows Rate Cuts to 14% as War-Fueled Inflation Persists
A quarter-point reduction signals a compromise between supporting Russia’s stagnating economy and taming inflation drive...
BoE Expected to Hold Rates at 3.75% as Oil Spikes Above $100
Economists predict a 7-2 vote to keep UK interest rates on hold next week, but a surge in oil prices driven by Middle Ea...
Daniel Garro on Argentina: ‘The Only Price Is the Free Market Price’
Economist and CEO Daniel Garro dissects Argentina’s uneven recovery, warning that provinces and Congress are blocking de...
Fed Poised to Hold Rates as New Chair Kevin Warsh Wrestles with Sticky Inflation and Rising Geopolitical Risks
The US Federal Reserve is widely expected to keep interest rates at 3.50–3.75% this week, but inflation at 3.5% and esca...
Federal Reserve Set to Hold Rates as Oil Spike and Trump Pressure Test New Chair
The US Federal Reserve is expected to leave rates unchanged for a fifth straight meeting, but geopolitical tensions and ...
Oil Surge Past $100, Geopolitical Risks Trigger Global Market Rout, Stoke Inflation Angst
Brent crude tops $100 amid Strait of Hormuz threats and Red Sea attacks, reviving inflation fears and delaying rate-cut ...
Trump's Tariff Whack-a-Mole: How the US Keeps Taxes Flowing Despite Legal Setbacks
The White House instantly replaced expiring Section 122 tariffs with a permanent Section 301 mechanism targeting 60 coun...
US New Home Sales Rise in June but Mortgage Rate Surge Caps Recovery
Sales of new single-family homes rose 1.6% to an annual rate of 628,000 in June, beating forecasts, but the jump in mort...
Gold Price Path Pinned by Central Bank Buying and Dollar Fears, Banks Say
Forecasts from JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs and UBS diverge sharply on near-term gold, but all see structural support from re...
Germany’s Building Prices Climb 5% in May 2026, Housing Costs Up 90% Since 2010
Latest Destatis data reveals that construction costs for new residential buildings surged 5% year-on-year in May 2026, w...
ECB Chief Lagarde’s Unclear Future Adds to Policy Uncertainty as Inflation Stays High
ECB President Christine Lagarde has fueled speculation about a premature departure to join French politics, unsettling s...
Bitcoin Stuck Near $65,000 as AI-Driven Inflation Delays Rate Cuts, Draws Capital Away
Bitcoin hovers around $65,000 amid a massive AI investment cycle that is keeping inflation elevated and bond yields high...
UK Inflation Cools to 2.6% on Easing Energy Costs, BoE Rate Stance in Focus
Britain's consumer price inflation fell more than expected to 2.6% in June, helped by cheaper energy after a Middle East...