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Meta's Muse AI agent reached the top of US app rankings within two weeks, adding about $190bn to Meta's market value on 21 September. Investors extrapolated agentic AI demand into data-centre CPU needs, lifting Arm, Intel and AMD. The rally coincided with…
US equities rallied as AI optimism, easing energy prices and positive US-China trade headlines lifted sentiment. S&P 500 rose 1.5% and Nasdaq advanced 2.3% to a record close; Meta jumped 11% on its Muse AI agent, while AMD passed USD1t market cap. Brent fell…
Macquarie describes a deal-contingent interest rate hedge for a London asset manager acquiring a US chemicals supplier with debt and equity. The hedge was designed to lapse if the acquisition failed but stay in force on completion, protecting against adverse…
Treasury's 2026 Intergenerational Report projects Australia's population rising from about 28 million to 39.3 million by 2065-66, with growth slowing to 0.9% a year from 1.4%. Deaths are expected to outnumber births by the 2060s. Real GDP growth averages 2%…
CBA's Household Spending Insights show Australian spending rose just 0.1% in August, with essentials outpacing discretionary items. Transport led at 2.0% monthly and 9.0% annually, driven by a 3.4% rise at petrol stations after the fuel excise cut ended and…
Oil rebounded from four declines, with Brent above USD 101/b and WTI near USD 98/b, as Hormuz, Saudi export, Libyan and Red Sea disruptions offset US-Iran diplomatic hopes. Gold edged up to about USD 4,360/oz as lower oil eased inflation and Fed tightening…
The US dollar has strengthened after the Fed began tightening, pushing the dollar index back above 100.00 for the first time since early August, with 101.80 as next resistance. The move is supported by a roughly 55bp rise in the 2-year Treasury yield since…
MUFG argues Meta's new consumer AI assistant Muse, which topped US mobile charts and lifted chipmakers AMD and Intel, may mark the next phase of AI growth toward a billion new users. Value could shift from model intelligence to orchestration applications,…
Cooling oil and signs of productive US-China talks on AI, trade and investment ahead of the Trump-Xi meeting lifted sentiment, with technology leading gains. The S&P 500 rose 1.5% and the NASDAQ 2.3%. The US curve flattened, the 2-year unchanged and the…
Société Générale compares stablecoins to the 1950s eurodollar market: offshore dollars outside US regulatory reach and banking hours. The parallel suggests stablecoins may reshape cross-border payments the way eurodollars reshaped global funding, though the…
ING argues time is not on France's side: the 10y OAT/Bund spread briefly tightened below 100bp but faces more upside than downside risks. France's €54bn plan to cut the deficit to 5% faces political headwinds, with presidential and legislative elections ahead…
Moody's cut Poland's long-term sovereign rating to A3 from A2, citing sustained fiscal deterioration and limited willingness to rebuild fiscal buffers despite favourable economic conditions. The outlook was shifted to stable, reducing near-term downgrade…
Norges Bank is expected to deliver a final 25bp hike to 4.50% on 24 September, a close call. Core inflation at 3.0% in August undershot the 3.3% projection, but headline CPI at 3.3% exceeded projections. Solid domestic conditions, 4.0% wage growth expected…
Argentina and Türkiye both show ~30% y/y consumer inflation but have used sharply different disinflation strategies. Argentina's shock therapy under Milei has delivered resilient growth (GDP +4% since 2023) but created a severe household debt trap: 5.8…
UBS CIO argues rising rates alone will not derail equities, as the Fed, ECB, and BoE tighten and the BoJ enters a new policy phase. Resilient growth and robust earnings support staying positioned for upside, with transformational innovation in AI, energy…
SMBC's US rates team argues the inflation-unemployment mix implies a rising rule-consistent policy rate, supporting further hikes after September's 25bp move. The CPI-minus-unemployment gap, a monthly Taylor Rule proxy watched for over 40 years, has preceded…
Despite a $20+ oil surge, a 60bp rise in 2-year Treasury yields, Fed tightening, and the bombing of the Saudi East-West Pipeline, the S&P 500 sits only 2.07% below its August 13 record. Invesco argues bullish fundamentals—strong nominal growth, outsized…
A Saxo Bank screen of option premium at the September 2026 expiry shows iShares MSCI Brazil ETF (EWZ) with an IV rank of 91 and percentile of 99, ahead of Brazil's October election. Nvidia (NVDA) sat at the floor of its one-year range with IV rank 1.1 and…
Record heat in Geneva and Europe highlights a widening gap between cooling need and capacity, with under one in four European homes air-conditioned versus about 90% in the US. The article argues climate-driven demand for HVAC and adaptation solutions is…
The Federal Reserve raised rates by 0.25% to a 3.75%-4% range in a unanimous September decision, framed as an insurance and credibility measure to return inflation to target sooner. Projections imply one further hike by end-2026, then a hold in 2027.…