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Jordan Industrial Output Nears 2-Year Low

Industrial output in Jordan fell 1.19% year-on-year in April 2026, reversing from a five-month high of 1.10% growth in the previous month and marking the steepest decline since June 2024.The downturn was driven by a 2.44% drop in manufacturing output, which accounts for 88.7% of the index.Meanwhile…

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Bund Yields Remain Close to Three-Month Lows

Germany’s 10-year Bund yields were at 2.85% at the end of June, near their lowest since early March, as oil prices remained close to $70 a barrel, reducing inflation concerns.This comes as central bankers prepare for the ECB’s Sintra Forum, with a key panel on Wednesday featuring ECB President Laga…

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Dubai Brokers Grew Fast. Their Staff-Trading Rules Did Not

The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) said many brokerage firms in the city's financial center are not keeping pace with the rules on staff trading. The conclusion follows a review of how those firms police their employees' personal dealing.In its first Conduct Supervisory Pulse, published…

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Turkey Economic Confidence Rises to 4-Month High

The Economic Confidence Index in Turkey rose to 98.9 in June 2026 from 97.2 in the previous month, reaching its highest level since February as all five sub-indices posted monthly increases.Consumer confidence recorded the strongest improvement, with the index rising 2.5% month over month to 87.9 f…

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Spain Retail Sales Growth Accelerates in May

Retail sales in Spain rose 1.3% year-on-year in May 2026, following a 0.6% increase in April.Sales growth accelerated for non-food products (3.7% vs 2.3% in April), particularly personal equipment (3.4% vs 0.2%); household equipment (5.7% vs 2.7%) and healthcare products (2.6% vs 1.9%).Spending on…

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Spain Inflation Rate Holds at 3.2% as Expected

Spain's annual inflation rate remained unchanged at 3.2% in June 2026, matching the readings in May and April and meeting market expectations, according to preliminary estimates.Upward pressure came from electricity and gas prices, which increased more sharply than they did in June 2025.In contrast…

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ZAWYA: Iraq targets 7mln bpd oil output in 3 years

N. SaeedIraq aims to raise its crude oil production to 7 million barrels per day (bpd) within the next three years, Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi has said.Speaking to Sky News, Al-Zaidi noted that Baghdad has already presented the production target to US energy companies as it seeks greater investmen…

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Japan Retail Sales Rise Third Month

TOKYO (dpa-AFX) - Japan retail sales increased for the third month in May, suggesting that consumer spending remained robust in the second quarter, official data revealed Monday.Retail sales advanced 5.3 percent in May from the previous year, bigger than the 2.8 percent rise seen in April, data fro…

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Slovakia Consumer Morale Hits 4-Month High

Slovakia's consumer confidence indicator rose to -27.3 in June 2026 from a more than three-year low of -28.3 in the previous month.It marked the highest level since February, mainly driven by less pessimistic expectations regarding households' future financial situation (-11.3 vs -13.4 in May) and…

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ZAWYA: Kuwait’s Al-Na'ayem industrial city to be ready in 2032: report

N. SaeedKuwait’s Al-Na'ayem Industrial City project has reached 15 percent completion and is scheduled for handover in 2032, a local newspaper reported on Monday.Al-Seyassah quoted officials as saying that the establishment, operation, and maintenance of the infrastructure for Al-Na'ayem Industrial…

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Spain May retail sales rise 1.3% y/y

Spanish retail sales rose 1.3% in May from a year earlier on a calendar-adjusted basis and excluding the effects of inflation, after rising a revised 0.6% in April, the National Statistics Institute (INE) said on Monday.The April figure was revised down from a preliminary increase of 0.8%, INE said.

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Data centers aren't the real US power problem. Outdated policy is: Douglas J. Arent

By Douglas J. ArentData centers are being blamed for America's rising electric bills. But the real issue is not that AI — and consumers in general — are boosting energy usage. The real problem is structural, and it began long before the latest infrastructure boom.Average residential electricity rat…

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