Markets, monetary policy, investment and the global economy.
Finance ministers have backed stronger EU-level oversight of major cross-border trading and post-trading infrastructure, but the scaled-back deal reveals how national control still limits financial integration.
10 October 2026 · 3 min readThe Federal Reserve's 2025 Survey of Consumer Finances shows higher median income and net worth alongside falling stock-market participation and a sharp rise in families carrying heavy payment burdens.
9 October 2026 · 3 min readThe largest weekly inflow into global money-market funds since May shows how debt concerns, inflation risk and rising yields are changing portfolio behaviour.
9 October 2026 · 2 min readThe withdrawal of a planned multibillion-dollar Australian listing marks a new test of whether ambitious AI-infrastructure forecasts can withstand public-market scrutiny.
9 October 2026 · 3 min readThe WTO now expects merchandise trade to grow 3.9% in 2026, but the headline upgrade masks weaker services, regional divergence and heavy dependence on the AI investment cycle.
8 October 2026 · 2 min readFederal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said more tightening may be needed while emphasising that the pace should remain responsive to incoming data.
8 October 2026 · 1 min readEquities weakened as sovereign-bond selling, higher oil and gas prices and a new wave of large technology borrowing unsettled investors.
8 October 2026 · 1 min readThe yield on 30-year British government bonds climbed above 6% as a global debt selloff intensified pressure on the Treasury ahead of the 28 October Budget.
8 October 2026 · 1 min readFrench fiscal and political uncertainty intensified pressure on European bonds and drove the euro sharply lower, even as softer US jobs data reduced expectations of an October Federal Reserve rate rise.
5 October 2026 · 1 min readTechnology shares advanced while easing oil prices reduced immediate inflation pressure, underlining how AI spending and geopolitics are moving markets together.
22 September 2026 · 1 min read