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Switzerland Inflation Rate Hits 3-Month Low

Consumer prices in Switzerland rose by 0.5% year-on-year in June 2026, matching market expectations but easing slightly from 0.6% in the previous month.It marked the lowest reading since March, as inflation moderated for housing and energy (1.2% vs. 1.5% in May) and transport (1.8% vs. 2.0%), while…

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Dollar Falls Ahead of Key U.S. Jobs Data — Market Talk

The dollar edges lower ahead of the U.S. nonfarm payrolls report at 1230 GMT as investors look for evidence on whether the Federal Reserve should raise interest rates as markets expect. With the U.S. and Iran signing a memorandum of understanding in June to end the war, the U.S. labor market comes…

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Romania Jobless Rate Ticks Up to 6.4% in May

Romania’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate edged up to 6.4% in May 2026 from 6.3% in the previous month.The number of unemployed people increased by nearly 10 thousand from the prior month and by 15.1 thousand from a year earlier, reaching 522.1 thousand.By gender, the jobless rate for men inc…

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Japan government panel member calls for moderate BOJ rate hikes

The Bank of Japan should continue to raise interest rates at a moderate pace to rectify excessive yen declines, Toshihiro Nagahama, a government panel member known as an economic aide to Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, said on Thursday.Nagahama said he sees Japan's nominal neutral rate, or the level…

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Japan Investment Push Risks Stoking Inflation — Market Talk

Japan's upcoming public and private investment plans require careful attention to the risks of intensifying inflationary pressures and destabilizing the Japanese economy, says Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities strategist Naomi Muguruma. As the Bank of Japan's latest tankan survey signals tha…

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Danantara Indonesia says financial report is still being processed

Sovereign wealth fund Danantara Indonesia said on Thursday that the companies under its control have all completed their financial statements for 2025, but the fund is still in the process of finishing its consolidated financial report for the year.Danantara executives previously said its full fina…

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Five charts that explain the energy world right now: Maguire

By Gavin MaguireThe latest data dump from the Energy Institute has landed, and as ever, it's an energy analyst's dream: sprawling, consistent and packed with signals about where the global system is heading.The 75th edition of the Statistical Review of World Energy doesn't point to a single neat na…

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ZAWYA: Kuwait’s active drilling rig count to 39 amid expansion

Majda MuhsenKuwait's oil sector has expanded its upstream activity in 2026, with the number of active drilling rigs increasing to 39, according to data published by the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), local Arabic language newspaper Al Rai reported on Tuesday.The increase…

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Foreign inflows, lower oil prices help Indian bond traders look past US Treasury selloff

By Khushi MalhotraIndian government bonds gained in early trade on Thursday, shrugging off a jump in U.S. Treasury yields, supported by easing oil prices and growing foreign appetite in anticipation of their potential inclusion in a Bloomberg bond index.The benchmark 6.94% 2036 bond yield (IN069436…

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Strong Data Could Allow Three Fed Rate Hikes in 2027, CapEcon Says — Market Talk

U.S. economic data will remain strong and clear way for the Federal Reserve to hike interest rates three times in 2027, Capital Economics' James Reilly says in a note. That would be more than is currently discounted, "putting further upwards pressure on short-term real yields," the senior markets e…

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