Macro update Asia markets falter: Asian equities traded lower as stronger-than-expected US inflation and the fragile Iran ceasefire dampened risk appetite, with MSCI’s Asia-Pacific index ex-Japan down 0.6% and the Nikkei 225 slipping 0.2%. Korean stocks slide: South Korea’s Kospi dropped as much as 3.2% before paring losses, extending Tuesday’s sell-off after a powerful AI-driven
The Czech Republic’s consumer price inflation accelerated as initially estimated in April to the highest level in six months amid higher transport charges, the latest data from the Czech Statistical Office showed on Wednesday. Consumer prices climbed 2.5 percent year-over-year in April, faster than the 1.9 percent increase in March. Moreover, a similar inflation rate
Markets are staying in a cautious holding pattern as investors awaited the highly anticipated Trump-Xi summit later this week, increasingly viewing the Beijing meeting as the decisive geopolitical checkpoint for both the Strait of Hormuz crisis and broader global trade relations. While financial markets remained relatively calm overall, underlying positioning continued reflecting elevated uncertainty around
Key takeaways Nasdaq 100 extended its medium-term bullish trend to a fresh record high of 29,390, supported largely by explosive gains in semiconductor and AI-related stocks such as Intel, Advanced Micro Devices, and SanDisk. The strong correlation between the Nasdaq 100 and the iShares Semiconductor ETF suggests that emerging exhaustion signals in semiconductor stocks could
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Key areas of focus AI infrastructure demand durability and broadening Investors will look for confirmation that hyperscaler demand remains extremely strong, alongside evidence that the AI build-out is expanding beyond the Big Tech five – Meta, Microsoft, Google and Amazon – into enterprises, sovereign AI projects, vertical industries and smaller customers. Blackwell ramp and execution
Goldman Sachs says the energy price shock will keep US yields elevated and drive broad dollar strength across G10, with favoured longs against the krona, euro and pound. Summary: Goldman Sachs strategists said the combination of rising inflation and resilient economic growth has already produced higher-for-longer US yields, with any prolonged energy shock set to
Key takeaways US inflation accelerated sharply in April, with headline CPI rising to 3.8% y/y and core CPI to 2.8% y/y, reinforcing the “higher-for-longer” Federal Reserve narrative and effectively eliminating expectations for rate cuts in 2026. Semiconductor stocks led a broad technology pullback after an extended rally, with the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index falling 3% as
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2026.05.12 2026.05.13 Weekly Economic Calendar for 18.05.2026–24.05.2026 Jana Kanehttps://www.litefinance.org/blog/authors/jana-kane/ Ongoing developments involving Iran and the Strait of Hormuz continue to influence markets. The pattern is clear: as oil prices rise, inflation expectations increase, which in turn boosts the likelihood of Fed policy tightening or, at the very least, puts a pause on policy easing, leading
Japan posted a current account surplus of 4.681 trillion yen in March, the Ministry of Finance said on Wednesday.That beat expectations for a surplus of 3.879 trillion yen and was up from 3.933 trillion yen in February.Imports were up 10.0 percent on year at 9.991 trillion yen and exports climbed an annual 11.7 percent to
US consumer prices rose 3.8% in April, above forecasts, with energy accounting for 40% of the increase, prompting analysts to warn of rising rate hike risks and pushing December hike odds to nearly 30%. Summary: The US Consumer Price Index rose 3.8% year-on-year in April, ahead of the 3.7% consensus forecast and up from 3.3%
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Via telegram sources: Crude prices advanced steadily through Tuesday’s session as tensions between the United States and Iran showed little sign of easing, though the market’s attention is already shifting toward Trump’s planned visit to China on Wednesday. Middle East developments continued to generate headlines, with an Iranian parliamentary spokesperson raising the possibility of uranium
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