New Zealand budget deficit narrows but growth downgrade and inflation peak loom
New Zealand forecast a narrower 2025/26 budget deficit of NZ$15.06 billion but cut its 2026/27 GDP growth forecast to ...
US sanctions Iran’s Hormuz toll body as Bessent vows maximum pressure on Tehran
The US has sanctioned Iran’s Persian Gulf Strait Authority, which manages Hormuz passage requests, with Treasur ...
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Australia capex surges on data centre spend but households cut back sharply
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Bank of Korea holds at 2.50% but dot plot points firmly to rate hikes ahead
The Bank of Korea held its benchmark rate at 2.50% but two board members dissented in favour of an immediate hike, an ...
Japanese bond yields rise as bridging bond plan stirs fresh fiscal worry. Yen soft.
Japanese government bond yields rose Thursday after reports the ruling LDP plans to issue bridging bonds to fund inve ...
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US and Iran offer clashing accounts of fresh Hormuz confrontation near Bandar Abbas
The US and Iran have offered directly contradictory accounts of a Hormuz confrontation, with Washington describing Ir ...
PBOC sets USD/ CNY reference rate for today at 6.8240 (vs. estimate at 6.7861)
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Fed’s Jefferson says stopping second-round inflation effects is the Fed’s core task
Fed Vice Chair Jefferson says monetary policy cannot offset first-round energy price effects but must prevent them co ...
ECB’s Lane warns Iran war inflation could persist long after conflict ends
ECB Chief Economist Lane warned that inflation from the Iran conflict could persist well beyond any resolution, citin ...
Fed’s Kashkari says inflation much too high and remains his top priority
Minneapolis Fed President Kashkari says inflation is much too high and remains his top priority, warning that unancho ...