Global borrowing costs hit fresh highs on oil, AI and inflation
Long-term borrowing costs across some of the word’s biggest economies hit fresh highs because of concerns over inflation,…
Burnham urged to help young Londoners as capital suffering highest unemployment in UK – standard.co.uk
Burnham urged to help young Londoners as capital suffering highest unemployment in UK standard.co.ukAs Burnham looks north, Tories try…
US July industrial production +0.2% vs +0.3% expected
Prior was +0.3% Industrial production y/y +1.1% vs +1.1% priorCapacity utilization 76.3% vs 76.3% expectedPrior was 76.1% (revised…
Kazakhstan’s Oil Sector Stumbles, but Export Revenues Tell Different Story
ALMATY – Kazakhstan’s oil sector experienced a period of lower production in the first seven months of 2026,…
British wool prices increase as global demand rises
Gareth Jones, from British Wool said the price boom came down to supply and demand. “There are less…
China: Credit-light growth reshapes loan demand – Standard Chartered
Standard Chartered’s Carol Liao and Moriarty Lam analyze slowing loan growth in China despite stable real Gross Domestic…
Industry chief warns ‘resilience not enough’ for growth
Tuesday 18 August 2026 11:13 am BCC boss, Shevaun Haviland has intervened on growth policy. The boss of…
UK pay growth slows as Iran war prompts cost of living squeeze | UK unemployment and employment statistics
Wage growth in the UK slowed in June, official figures show, and vacancies hit a five-year low as…
United Kingdom Unemployment Rate stays at 4.9% in June vs. 4.8% expected
The United Kingdom’s (UK) ILO Unemployment Rate stayed at 4.9% in the three months to June after reporting 4.9%…
Indonesia’s rare earth push faces low-content, costly extraction hurdles – Regulations
he government is stepping up efforts to build a domestic rare earth industry and keep the processing of…
Rates Spark: Heavy Treasuries and tight eurozone liquidity | articles
In the Eurozone, we note that money-market liquidity conditions are tightening. As the European Central Bank’s bond portfolios…
Vote with your ruble: The Russian stock market is rejecting Putin’s official optimism — The Insider
Since the start of the full-scale war, the Central Bank’s monetary-policy swings have gone through four stages. Fear…