Asian equites shunted lower at opening, South Korea and Japan both down
South Korea’s Kospi is already setting up for a trading halt. The ‘sidecar’ will kcik in to pause propgram trading for 5 minutes if the index drops 5%. This article…
Read More »Economic and event calendar in Asia Wednesday, July 15, 2026 – China Q2 GDP and June activity.
The economic activity date from China, for June, along with Q2 growth data, is the focus for the calendar in Asia today. June is expected to show more on the…
Read More »Reserve Bank of India is likely to have intervened to sell USD/INR, support rupee
Intervention rumours on this move. This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at investinglive.com.
Read More »Economic and event calendar in Asia Tuesday, May 26, 2026 – a very light one
With much of the trading world on holiday Monday it looks like that can continue. A light data and event agenda here in the time zone today. This article was…
Read More »Economic and event calendar in Asia Wednesday, May 13, 2026
The item of note is the Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s quarterly Survey of Inflation Expectations. This is shaping up as a closely monitored test of whether the recent acceleration…
Read More »New Zealand Finance Minister on Iran war: Inflation could hit 7.4% (worst case scenario)
New Zealand Finance Minister on Iran war, Treasure forecastd: inflation could hit 7.4% in 25/26 under worst case scenario real GDP growth at 0.8% in 2025–26 under worst case scenario…
Read More »Economic and event calendar in Asia Wednesday, April 22, 2026
This lot is unlikely to shift markets around much at all upon release. Eyes on the war makers still. This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at investinglive.com.
Read More »Trump says extracting the nuclear dust destroyed in Iran will be difficult and lengthy
Trump tweeting, is he laying the ground work for a deal not involving getting the dust? Operation Midnight Hammer was a complete and total obliteration of nuclear dust sites in…
Read More »Iran military command say its attacks will deprive the world of the region’s oil for years
Iran’s top joint military command Says it will deal with infrastructure of U.S. and its allies in the region in a way that will deprive them from the region’s oil…
Read More »Australian February CPI: Core (trimmed mean) 3.3% y/y (vs. expected 3.4%)
CPI for February slightly lower than expected both headline and underlying (core). Australian shares have added to gains. March, of course, has brought fuel price surges. We’ll get that news…
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