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Swedish CPI inflation likely to have accelerated in June

Jul 07, 2016 08:47 am UTC| Commentary Economy

The upcoming Swedish CPI data, which will be released on July 12, is likely to have recorded a rise in June. According to a Nordea Bank research report, the CPI inflation is expected to have accelerated 0.2 percent on...

House price growth eases in UK

Jul 07, 2016 08:29 am UTC| Commentary

According to the latest report from Halifax, house price growth have slowed in the United Kingdom heading into the referendum. Prices in the three months to June were 8.4 percent higher than in the same three months...

Mexican consumer sentiment likely to have remained almost unchanged in June

Jul 07, 2016 08:18 am UTC| Commentary Economy

Mexicos consumer sentiment index is likely to have increased in June to 92.2 from Mays 90.9, noted Societe General in a research report. But on a seasonally adjusted basis, the sentiment index is expected to have remained...

NBP keeps interest rates on hold; lowers economic growth and inflation outlook

Jul 07, 2016 08:08 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

The National Bank of Polands Monetary Policy Council decided to keep the interest rates on hold on Wednesday. The reference rate was kept unchanged at 1.5 percent. The MPC in its statement mentioned that the global...

Australian dollar likely to sail through the peril of credit rating downgrade

Jul 07, 2016 08:02 am UTC| Commentary

As the counting from last weekends election continues the incumbent government led by Malcolm Turnbull is very close from securing a majority government, however, it is still a close call. Mr. Turnbulls governing coalition...

CBC, BoK likely to push for further rate cuts, almost near to zero

Jul 07, 2016 08:01 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

The central banks of Taiwan and Korea are expected to administer further rate cuts in the near term, bringing the domestic rates near to zero, if inflation fails to improve. However, consumer prices are expected to decline...

Japanese bonds mixed in subdued trade; short-term 2-year yield hits all time low

Jul 07, 2016 07:34 am UTC| Commentary

The Japanese government bonds traded mixed on Thursday, succumbing to thin trading activity during a relatively quiet session that saw little data of much significance. The yield on the benchmark 10-year bonds, which...

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Economy

Iran Begins Oil Sale Talks With Japan Under U.S. Sanctions Waiver Amid Shipping Risks

Iran has opened preliminary discussions with Japanese companies about resuming crude oil exports under a temporary U.S. sanctions waiver, although potential buyers are seeking a longer exemption and stronger assurances...

Russia Stocks End Flat at Three-Year Low as MOEX Index Stalls, Gold Prices Climb

Russian stocks closed mixed on Sunday, with the benchmark MOEX Russia Index finishing unchanged at 0.00% while remaining at its lowest level in three years. Despite the flat performance of the overall index, individual...

Goldman Sachs Raises USD/JPY Forecast, Sees Yen Weakness Persist Through 2027

Goldman Sachs has raised its USD/JPY exchange rate forecasts, predicting the Japanese yen will remain under pressure as elevated U.S. Treasury yields, limited recession risks in the United States, Japans fiscal concerns,...

Asian Currencies Rise as Dollar Weakens; Yen Holds Steady Amid Japan Intervention Watch

Most Asian currencies edged higher on Friday after the U.S. dollar retreated from a 13-month high following weaker-than-expected U.S. nonfarm payrolls data, raising fresh questions about the Federal Reserves interest rate...

Asian Stocks Rebound as Tech Shares Rally on Fed Rate Cut Hopes and Easing Iran Tensions

Asian stock markets rebounded sharply on Friday as investors returned to technology shares following a week of heavy selling, while easing geopolitical tensions and growing expectations of Federal Reserve interest rate...

Politics

Trump to Meet Zelenskiy at NATO Summit in Turkey to Push Ukraine Peace Efforts

U.S. President Donald Trump is set to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy during this weeks NATO summit in Turkey as part of a renewed diplomatic effort to end the war in Ukraine, according to a senior U.S....

Israel Cabinet Rejects Supreme Court Ruling, Sparking Constitutional Crisis Fears

Israels cabinet has voted to reject a Supreme Court ruling involving the countrys broadcast regulator, triggering fresh concerns over a potential constitutional crisis and deepening tensions between Prime Minister Benjamin...

Israeli Airstrike Kills Two in Gaza City as Ceasefire Violations and Truce Talks Persist

At least two Palestinians were killed and several others were wounded in an Israeli airstrike in central Gaza City on Sunday, according to Palestinian health officials, as violence continued despite an October ceasefire...

Khamenei Funeral Draws Massive Crowds as Iran’s New Supreme Leader Remains Absent

Iran continued its week-long funeral ceremonies on Sunday for slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, with tens of thousands of mourners gathering in Tehran while his successor, Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei,...

Michigan Senate Race Narrows as Mallory McMorrow Ends Democratic Campaign

Michigan State Senator Mallory McMorrow has suspended her Democratic campaign for the U.S. Senate, reshaping the partys primary contest into a two-candidate race in one of the countrys most closely watched battleground...

Science

Blue Origin New Glenn Explosion Could Delay Launch Operations Until 2028

Blue Origin is facing a significant setback after a dramatic explosion involving its New Glenn rocket severely damaged a launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida. According to NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, repairs to the...

Blue Origin New Glenn Rocket Explodes During Launch Pad Test, Delaying Space Ambitions

Blue Origin suffered a major setback after its uncrewed New Glenn rocket exploded during a launch pad test in Florida on Thursday, raising new challenges for Jeff Bezos space company as it competes with Elon Musks SpaceX...

SpaceX Delays Starship V3 Launch Ahead of Potential Record IPO

SpaceX on Thursday postponed the highly anticipated launch of its 12th Starship rocket test from Texas after technical issues interrupted the final countdown. The company now plans to attempt the Starship V3 launch again...

Trump Administration Releases New UFO Files and Apollo Mission Records

The U.S. Defense Department has released dozens of previously classified UFO-related files following an order from President Donald Trump, sparking renewed debate over unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) and government...

China vs. NASA: The New Moon Race and What's at Stake by 2030

The space race is back and this time, its a direct competition between the United States and China for dominance on the lunar surface. NASAs Artemis II mission recently made history when four astronauts flew farther into...

Technology

Meta Cloud Ambitions Could Challenge AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, Says Morgan Stanley

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) is preparing to expand into the cloud computing market, a move that could position the company as a future rival to Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud. According to...

Anthropic Tightens AI Access Controls After Reports of China-Based Workarounds

Anthropic is strengthening measures to prevent unauthorized access to its artificial intelligence services from China after discovering that several Chinese companies had allegedly bypassed its restrictions, according to a...

Kuaishou Stock Jumps as Kling AI Secures $2 Billion Funding Round

Hong Kong-listed shares of Kuaishou Technology (HK:1024) climbed more than 6% on Thursday after its spun-off artificial intelligence business, Kling AI, secured an initial $2 billion in venture capital funding to...

Meta CEO Zuckerberg Says AI Agent Development Has Slowed Despite Massive AI Investment

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) CEO Mark Zuckerberg has acknowledged that the companys progress in developing artificial intelligence (AI) agents has been slower than expected, despite Metas aggressive investment in AI...

Kioxia Bets on AI Memory Boom With Next-Gen NAND Production in Japan

Kioxia is set to mark a major milestone on Friday with a ceremony at its manufacturing facility in northern Japan as the company prepares to begin mass production of its next-generation NAND flash memory chips. The move...
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