Australia S&P Global PMI composite (April 2026 preliminary): 50.1 (prior 46.6) Manufacturing PMI: 51.0 (prior 49.8) Services PMI: 50.3 (prior 46.3)New order...

Trump has not set a timeline for the extension of the ceasefire - reportIran President: Breach of commitments, blockade and threats are main obstacles to talksT...

Australia's PMIs are expected to remain in contraction today (the flash readings for April). PMIs returned to contraction in March as demand weakened and cost p...

From Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian:The Islamic Republic of Iran has welcomed dialogue and agreement and continues to do so. Breach of commitments, blockade a...

This is a bit of a bizarre saga.Yesterday, Trump reposted a bit about 8 Iranian women who he said were scheduled to be hanged and he asked to release them.To th...

It's important to note that with all the MB Ghalibaf posts, that his twitter account appears to be run from Los Angeles by someone connected with him, not the m...

I think the 3-5 day timeline first reported was more of a ballpark anyway so I don't really take this as a meaningful update. It seems like the US has decided t...

Prior was -16.3The Eurozone Consumer Confidence Indicator (CCI) is the European Commission's flagship monthly gauge of household sentiment across the 21 euro-ar...

The New York Post texted President Trump to ask about the possibility of renewed mediation efforts and talks within the next 36-72 hours and he responded:“It’s ...

Sees 2026 GDP growth of 0.5% vs 1.0% previouslySees 2027 GDP at 0.9% vs 1.3% previouslyExpects inflation to rise to 2.7% in 2026 and 2.8% in 2027Expects flat ex...

Headlines:Iran seizes, attacks two cargo ships trying to cross Strait of HormuzTrump tweets on Iran financial "collapse", want to reopen Strait of HormuzOil pri...

Iran is clearly making a statement here that whatever ceasefire plans that Trump has, they are going to still want to do things their way. It might just be anot...