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Back to SearchThursday: Warsh says US inflation pressure eases
New Fed Chair Kevin Warsh says inflation pressures have eased, which drives short term market rates down. The yen’s fall to 40-year lows adds to the …
13 hours ago
Wednesday: NZ business confidence surges
The yen falls to a new 40-year low amid intervention fears. New Zealand business confidence surges right through June. The RBA issues hawkish minutes…
1 day, 13 hours ago
Tuesday: Traders wary of yen intervention
Oil prices are up, but stabilise after the US and Iran call off their strikes. The US dollar is near record highs vs the Yen, with the market on eggs…
2 days, 13 hours ago
Monday: Oil in focus as Iran conflict flares again
Oil is in focus in early Asian trade after Iran and the United States traded strikes over the weekend, endangering a truce to reopen the Strait of Ho…
3 days, 13 hours ago
Friday: Australian jobs & spending firm
Oil prices bounce from lows last seen in late February. US inflation data is soft enough to leave the Fed on hold. Australian jobs and spending data …
6 days, 12 hours ago
Thursday: Oil falls 4% to US$70/barrel
Oil prices fall another 4% as more tankers get out of the Persian Gulf. Australian inflation data sends mixed signals in May, which is keeping the RB…
1 week ago
Wednesday: S&P 500 slides to one-month low
Tech stocks are down on AI over-valuation fears, while oil fell as more ships exit the Strait of Hormuz. Australian CPI figures today will be watched…
1 week, 1 day ago
Tuesday: Markets eye new UK PM for budget clues
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announces his plan to resign. The market reaction is benign, on hopes his expected replacement, new Labour MP Andy Bur…
1 week, 2 days ago
Monday: Iran shuts Strait of Hormuz again
Oil is in focus this morning after Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz over the weekend. ANZ Research shifts its forecast for Fed rate cuts out to June …
1 week, 3 days ago
Friday: Oil falls & stocks rise again as deal signed
Oil falls and stocks rise again as a deal to re-open the Strait of Hormuz is signed. The Bank of England holds. Central banks in Indonesia and the Ph…
1 week, 6 days ago