Newsquawk Week in Focus: Fed, BoJ, BoE, ECB, BoC, US PCE, GDP and ISM mfg. PMI
Mon: German GfK Consumer Confidence (May), US Dallas Fed Manufacturing Index (Apr)Tue: BoJ Policy Announcement (Apr), Spanish/Italian Retail…
Cheap spirits, pricey condoms: how war in the Middle East is shifting the way Australians spend | Consumer affairs
1. Cheap drinks There has been a years-long trend in Australia of drinking less, but better quality, alcohol. …
Top 10 African countries with the lowest diesel prices in April 2026
At the most fundamental level, cheaper fuel lowers the cost of transportation, which is crucial in economies…
Brawny shekel threatens to knock out exporters, tech firms dependent on almighty dollar
For over a century, Hanan Grebelsky’s family-run business has quarried and cut Jerusalem limestone, providing iconic buildings in…
Inflation and shifting habits force Japan’s ubiquitous vending machines into reset
TOKYO, April 26 — From post offices and parks to stations and even the summit of Mount Fuji,…
why solutions come with risks
The East African Community is one of Africa’s oldest regional economic organisations. Its birth in 1967 was the…
NZ bottom of world’s savings rate – or is it?
A graphic circulating online from Visual Capitalist shows New Zealand ranked last in a comparison of countries’ net…
Russia’s Central Bank Cuts Key Rate to 14.5%
Russia’s Central Bank lowered its key interest rate from 15% to 14.5% on Friday, marking its eighth consecutive…
Greece among Europe’s short-term rental leaders
Greece is now the fifth largest short-term rental destination in Europe, recording a total of 52 million overnight…
Why Shenzhen may be first to climb out of China’s property slump
Shenzhen’s residential inventory has fallen to a seven-year low, putting the southern technology hub ahead of other first-tier…
Israelis rush to buy dollars, sparking nationwide shortage
The dollar’s drop below the three-shekel threshold in recent days has prompted Israelis to rush to buy U.S.…
Jet fuel import flows collapse
Shortly after the war in the Middle East began and traffic through the Strait of Hormuz was reduced…