Chile holds rates but Iran war oil risk echoes across global central banks
The decision itself is unlikely to move markets, with the hold unanimous and widely expected. The significance lies i ...
“The Bank of Japan can’t save the yen”
That headline, “BoJ can’t save the yen”, is a cracker from ING, straight to the point. ING warns th ...
Australia inflation forecasts point to RBA rate rise as Iran war fuels price pressures
CBA sees Australian March CPI at 4.6%yr, trimmed mean at 3.5%yr, and calls for a 25bp RBA hike in May. Westpac warns ...
Private survey inventory shows a huge headline crude oil draw vs. build expected
Via oiprice.com:Expectations I had seen:headline crude oil +0.3mn barrelsdistillates –2.3mn bblsgasolina -2.1mn ...
Canada trims growth forecasts, posts smaller-than-expected deficit in spring statement
Canada’s 2025/26 deficit came in at C$66.9bln, below the C$78.3bln Nov forecast. GDP growth trimmed to 1.1% for ...
investingLive Americas market news: UAE leaves OPEC, Trump says Iran wants to open Strait
US intel agencies are studying how Iran would react to the US declaring victoryUAE quits OPEC and OPEC+US April consu ...
Economic and event calendar in Asia 29 April 2026 – Triple ugly Australian inflation data
The Australian Bureau of Statistics publish March month and Q1 inflation data today. The numbers are expected to be h ...
Earnings season rolls on: Who is reporting after the bell
As we hit the final bell, today’s earnings slate offers a diagnostic of the global economy. In today’s gr ...
US intel agencies are studying how Iran would react to the US declaring victory
Reuters, citing unnamed sources, says the US intel community is examining how Iran would respond to the US declaring ...
FOMC preview: No move expected as oil shock buries rate-cut hopes
The Iran war has done what months of sticky inflation data couldn’t: it has almost completely erased the market’s rem ...
US orders chip equipment companies to stop shipments to China’s second-largest chipmaker
The OpenAI report today hit chipmakers hard and now there is this:Reuters reports that the US Department of Commerce ...
EU replaces its top trade official following deal with Trump
Earlier today Politico reported (and now the FT confirms) that Sabine Weyand, the Director-General for Trade at the E ...