ASEAN ministers warn Middle East war threatens energy security and regional growth
ASEAN economic ministers warn Middle East war threatens regional energy security and growth. Strait of Hormuz carries ...
Japan manufacturing PMI hits 4-year high but Middle East stockpiling masks fragile demand
Japan April manufacturing PMI 55.1 vs 51.6 in March, best since January 2022. Output fastest since Feb 2014 but drive ...
Australian factory input costs hit four-year high as Middle East supply disruption bites
Australia April manufacturing PMI 51.3 vs 49.8 in March, but headline flatters. Input costs fastest in 4 years, suppl ...
NZ consumer confidence hits three-year low as Middle East oil shock bites
ANZ-Roy Morgan NZ Consumer Confidence fell 11pts to 80.3 in April, a three-year low, down 20pts in two months. Inflat ...
Economic & event calendar in Asia, May 1, 2026 – Japan (tokyo) inflation, China holiday
China begins 5 days of holidays today, back on May 6. From Japan we get Tokyo area CPI for April. I’ll have mor ...
investingLive Americas market news wrap: Yen surges after intervention, Stock markets soar
Japan intervened in the FX market — reportTrump: Iran is dying to make a deal with usUS initial jobless claims ...
Trump: Iran is dying to make a deal with us
I don’t know how seriously you can take these kinds of comments. Iran in very bad shapeReiterates that they obl ...
Pakistani officials say they expect new Iran proposal this week – report
This is a strange one:Al-Arabiya cites a Channel 12 report, which is an Israeli TV station but says that Israel is pr ...
US stocks shake off the early malaise despite 3 of 4 hyperscalers falling on earnings
The S&P 500 has extended today’s gain to 38 points, or 0.5%. It has been 13 points lower at the lows as the ...
AI infrastructure spending is the largest non-war project in human history
I often write that the industrial revolution was the biggest thing to happen in human history but we might be re-writ ...
Trump considers plan to deepen the blockade on Iran with allies – report
The White House is preparing markets for a prolonged squeeze on Iran. Under the plan being weighed, the US would main ...
Canada February GDP +0.2% vs +0.2% expected
Prior was +0.1%Canada’s economy expanded 0.2% in February, matching expectations and extending the goods-side r ...