Asian equities advanced today, led by the sharp rally in Japan where Nikkei hit record highs after political uncertainty finally cleared. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party struck a coalition agreement with the Japan Innovation Party, ensuring LDP leader Sanae Takaichi will become Japan’s first female prime minister. Investors cheered the prospect of a stable government […]
China’s economy logged a slower growth in the third quarter, official data showed on Monday. Gross domestic product expanded 4.8 percent on a yearly basis in the third quarter after rising 5.2 percent a quarter ago, the National Bureau of Statistics reported. Nonetheless, the pace of growth was slightly better than forecast of 4.7 percent.
Feels that BOJ must respond to the fact that headline inflation has exceeded 2% for a while now Initial fear over impact of tariffs has diminished Tankan report indicates tariffs have not caused significant slowdown in Japan’s economy Expects Japan’s consumption to continue increasing moderately Was particularly worried about risk of big market volatility from
Regional banks drive US market gains After a choppy week, the three major United States (US) equity indices finished higher on Friday and for the week. Markets were buoyed as tariff threats faded and regional bank earnings eased credit market concerns. For the week, the Nasdaq 100 finished 2.46% higher, the S&P 500 added 1.70%, and the
The Japanese Yen (JPY) recovers a major part of its Asian session losses against a broadly weaker US Dollar (USD), dragging the USD/JPY pair back closer to mid-150.00s in the last hour. Recent comments from Bank of Japan (BoJ) officials suggested that the central bank will stick to its policy normalization path and raise interest
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Consumer prices in New Zealand were up 3.0 percent on year in the third quarter of 2025, Statistics New Zealand said on Monday – in line with expectations and up from 2.7 percent in the three months prior. Individually, higher prices were recorded for: electricity, up 11.3 percent; actual rentals for housing, up 2.6 percent;
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New Zealand Consumer Price Index (YoY) meets expectations (3%) in 3Q Source link
New Zealand Q3 2025 inflation data is not expected to be too helpful to the Reserve Bank of New Zealand. The Bank is continuing to cut rates on growth fears, but today’s data is expected to show higher y/y inflation. From China we have September ‘economic activity’ the rates of growth are expected to have
Mon: PBoC LPR, CCP 4th Plenum (20th-23rd), Chinese House Prices (Sep), Retail Sales (Sep) & Industrial Output (Sep), German Producer Prices (Sep), US Leading Index (Sep), New Zealand Trade (Sep) Tue: NBH Policy Announcement, CCP 4th Plenum (20th-23rd), UK PSNB (Sep), Canadian CPI (Sep) Wed: CCP 4th Plenum (20th-23rd); UK CPI (Sep), Japanese Trade Balance
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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will meet Chinese Vice Premier He Lifent in Malaysia next week to try to make progrses on trade. “We will meet in-person next week to continue our discussions,” Bessent wrote, after saying they had spoken on the phone Friday and engaged in detailed discussions. Trump will also travel next week
Global markets ended the week with an uneasy calm, masking what appears to be growing stress beneath the surface. Wall Street showed resilience — the major indexes finished higher after mid-week volatility sparked by renewed concerns over regional bank stability. Yet in Europe, sentiment was more fragile, as bank-led declines weighed on both the FTSE
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Next week will definitely be a busier one as we did have a bit of a data break this week. Obviously the US Government shutdown has hampered US data releases but there was also a lack of high impact data from around the world. . The week ahead brings a host of high impact data
