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IMF Approves $1.8 Billion Disbursement for Egypt as Economy Shows Resilience
The IMF board completed Egypt's seventh review, bringing total disbursements to $7.3 billion. Strong GDP growth, falling...
BoE Keeps Rate at 3.75%, Warns of Hike if Iran Conflict Persists
The Bank of England holds its key rate steady but signals readiness to tighten if Middle East tensions keep energy price...
Gold Slides as Treasury Yields Rise, Traders Weigh Fed Messaging After Rate Pause
Spot gold dropped 0.4% to $4,048 as rising U.S. bond yields increased the opportunity cost of holding the metal; investo...
US resumes strikes on Iran, Strait of Hormuz near closed as energy prices surge
A new wave of US strikes against Iran, retaliation for an Iranian missile attack on a base in Jordan, has virtually shut...
Japan’s 1970s Oil Crisis Lessons Offer a Roadmap for Today’s Energy and Price Shocks
As 2026 brings renewed Middle East instability and oil-driven inflation, Japan revisits the 1973 and 1979 crises: how st...
Gold Futures Dip on Oil-Driven Rate Fears, Rebound After Fed Holds
COMEX gold edged lower before reversing after-hours as the Federal Reserve held rates and the market parsed hawkish oil-...
Fed Holds Rates, But Three Dissenters Call for a Hike as Inflation Worries Persist
The Federal Reserve left its key rate at 3.50–3.75%, but an unusual trio of FOMC members voted for a quarter-point incre...
Dow Plunges 1,100 Points as Bond Yields Surge and Oil Spikes Amid Inflation Fears
US stocks fell sharply after the Fed held rates steady despite three dissenters, while a jump in oil prices above $90 an...
Fed Chair Warsh Calls FOMC Split a 'Family Fight' as Three Dissenters Try to Force Rate Hike
The Federal Reserve held its key rate at 3.5%-3.75% for a fifth straight meeting, but an unusual 8-3 vote highlighted de...
Federal Reserve Leaves Rates Unchanged Again as Iran War, Oil Spike Trap Policymakers
The Federal Reserve held its key rate at 3.50–3.75% amid a 3-9 split vote and a new hawkish chair warning of zero tolera...
BoC Minutes Show Doubts on Growth Durability, Rate Hike Risk if Oil Spike Persists
The Bank of Canada’s July policy meeting minutes reveal officials are uncertain about growth sustainability, while warni...
Ukraine's Average Salary Hits UAH 32,783 as Real Wage Growth Accelerates to 17%
June 2026 data shows nominal wages up 25.4% year-on-year, driven by acute labour shortages, with real purchasing power r...
Fed Poised to Hold Rates as Iran Conflict Clouds Inflation Outlook
The Federal Reserve is expected to keep rates steady but signal a September hike as geopolitical tensions and elevated o...
Fed Decision Looms: Why a Hawkish Hold Could Send Shockwaves Through Bonds and Mortgages
The Federal Reserve's July meeting is clouded by the highest policy uncertainty since 2024. Even if rates stay on hold, ...
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...