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Oil is higher but modest, with Brent at US$106 and WTI at US$102, pressing long-end bond yields on inflation fears. Markets price each of the Fed, BoC, ECB, BoE and BoJ for roughly 50bps of hikes by year-end. Equities slip broadly. Canadian existing home…
State Street expects the FOMC to hike on September 16 and again in December after August core CPI rose 0.3% m/m, though it disputes the case for tightening. The ECB delivered a second 25bp hike to a 2.50% deposit rate and signalled more. The BoJ is expected…
Natixis expects the Reserve Bank of Australia to raise the cash rate by 25bps to 4.60% on September 29, after 75bps of hikes since February. Q2 GDP improved to +0.4% QoQ, and July CPI surprised on the upside with trimmed mean at +3.6% YoY. Officials Hunter…
Citi's Supply Chain Financing report finds global trade durable through 2025 tariff shocks. Payment flows stayed strong; shipping normalized. From 2019-2024, North & East Asia exports shifted to emerging markets (Latin America +59%, Middle East & Africa +52%,…
Credit spreads were calm and tightened last week even as the UST 1-10Y curve rose by 18-27bps w/w, suggesting the move was a rates shock rather than a credit shock. Asia USD IG OAS narrowed 1bp to 56bps, HY 11bps to 313bps. SGD credit total returns fell 0.18%…
Queensland overtook Western Australia to rank first in CommBank's revised State of the States index for the June quarter 2026, with dwelling investment up 16.8% y/y, the strongest nationally, and business investment up 9.0%. South Australia jumped two places…
ASB Bank announced Vittoria Shortt will step down after almost nine years as CEO and Managing Director, effective 11 December 2026. Sinead Taylor, currently Group Executive Institutional Banking and Markets at Commonwealth Bank, will succeed her on 12…
Markets opened the week risk-off after Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline closure, reportedly lasting weeks, and AI leaders' calls to slow development; President Trump's pushback against AI controls limited US equity losses. Brent rose 1.6% to $106.3/bbl and…
A potentially historic El Niño is developing against a fragile global backdrop. NOAA assigns a greater than 90% probability it reaches 'very strong' levels between October and December 2026, and a 69% probability it becomes a historic event. The bigger risk…
Natixis expects the FOMC to raise the policy rate to a 4.0% upper bound at the September 2026 meeting, the first hike in three years and the first under Chair Warsh. August core CPI came in above expectations on one-off factors, cementing hike expectations. A…
Oil gained roughly 2–3% after a Saudi pipeline shutdown and postponed Middle East talks with Iran, pressuring stocks and bonds. Equities fell across major indexes, with Nasdaq down about 1.5%. US Treasury yields were little changed after Friday's CPI-driven…
Commonwealth Bank and the Melbourne Institute released the CommBank-Melbourne Institute Innovation Index, built from secure de-identified government data covering Australian firms and workers rather than a survey sample. It spans R&D, skilled employment,…
MUFG keeps a constructive ringgit view despite higher oil prices and rising subsidy costs. Malaysia's electronics trade surplus offsets the larger oil import bill, inflation near 1.8% and anchored expectations let Bank Negara hold at 2.75%, and returning…
The US dollar has strengthened only modestly ahead of this week's FOMC meeting, with the dollar index up 0.3% and back above its 200-day moving average near 99.150. Markets now price 22bps of hikes, up from 15bps a week ago, after August core CPI rose 0.3%…
Australian annual inflation eased from 3.8% in June to 3.5% in July 2026, but trimmed mean inflation held at 3.6%, above the RBA's 2-3% target. Three cash rate rises this year have taken the rate to 4.35%, with CommBank expecting one more 0.25pp increase in…
CommBank expects the Federal Reserve to raise rates 0.25pp this week to 3.75%–4.00%, the first increase since July 2023, after August core inflation rose 0.3% and markets priced about an 85% chance of a hike. The Bank of England is seen holding at 3.75%,…
ING reports Brent up around 3% after Saudi Arabia shut its 7m b/d east-west pipeline following attacks, with unclear damage and duration; ING keeps its base case of Brent averaging $80/bbl in 4Q26 while warning risks tilt toward its pessimistic scenario. The…
Westpac reports the DXY eased from 99.96 to 99.1 over the past month, with the yen cross the dominant driver, as USD/JPY broke through 155 and tested 154. The move is contingent on the Bank of Japan delivering hikes priced through mid-2027 and on authorities…
Core CPI rose 0.3% MoM in July, lifting market-implied odds of a 25bp Fed hike above 85%. Brent settled at $106.60, up 9.9% on the week, after the temporary closure of Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline. One-year inflation expectations jumped to 4.6% from…
Westpac upgraded its June quarter New Zealand GDP forecast to +0.2% from a previous -0.1%, lifting annual growth to 2.4% as a weak year-earlier quarter drops out. Seasonal distortions may subtract around 0.3ppts, implying a healthier 0.5% underlying pace. The…