Energy price spiral forces Sri Lanka into aggressive 100bp rate rise amid rupee pressure
Sri Lanka raised its overnight policy rate by 100 basis points to 8.75% on Tuesday, citing surging oil prices from Mi ...
BOJ’s Himino reaffirms rate hike path with Middle East risk the key caveat
BOJ Deputy Governor Himino told the Diet the central bank will continue raising its policy rate, while flagging that ...
PBOC sets USD/ CNY mid-point today at 6.8288 (vs. estimate at 6.7822)
The PBOC allows the yuan to fluctuate within a +/- 2% range, around this reference rate. More here.more to come
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Bank of Korea preview – set to hold on Thursday (28 May) as rate hike bets build for Q3
The Bank of Korea is expected to hold its base rate at 2.50% on May 28, but over 70% of economists in a Reuters poll ...
PM Carney says Canada and India in free trade talks across energy and agri-food
Canadian PM Mark Carney says Ottawa is negotiating a free trade agreement with India, describing it as a game changer ...
PBOC is expected to set the USD/CNY reference rate at 6.7822 – Reuters estimate
The People’s Bank of China is due to set the daily USD/CNY reference rate at around 0115 GMT (2115 US Eastern time), ...
Japan drops to third-largest creditor as China overtakes despite record assets
Japan’s net external assets rose 4.4% to a record 561.75 trillion yen in 2025, but the country fell to third in ...
ICYMI – US confirms self-defense strikes in southern Iran as Hormuz ceasefire frays
US forces carried out self-defense strikes on missile sites and Iranian boats in southern Iran on Monday after an IRG ...
US military confirms attacks on southern Iran – ‘self defense”
Fox News citing a U.S. CENTCOM spokespersonU.S. forces conducted self-defense strikes in southern Iran Monday U.S. fo ...
Trump softens his stance on Iran enriched nuclear material. He wants a deal.
Trump is dialling back his nuke demands, a positive for a developing deal.
This article was written by Eamonn She ...
Strait of Hormuz – Iran ceasefire tested? There are reports of US-Iran exchange of fire.
Early reports here:Strait of Hormuz – Loud explosions reported in Iran in Bandar Abbas, Sirik and JaskSocial me ...
Back from long weekend? Oil drops 7% as US-Iran deal hopes lift Hormuz reopening prospects
Oil fell nearly 7% on Monday as US-Iran peace talks in Doha raised hopes for a Hormuz reopening, though analysts caut ...