Oil Below $100 Still Leaves Central Banks With a Difficult Week
Energy prices have eased from their sharpest fears, but the Fed, Bank of England and Bank of Japan still face inflation signals pulling against softer growth.
Jul 28, 2026

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Energy prices have eased from their sharpest fears, but the Fed, Bank of England and Bank of Japan still face inflation signals pulling against softer growth.
Jul 28, 2026

Gross federal debt crossed forty trillion dollars on 18 August. Two days later the Treasury said it would more than double its repurchases of long-dated bonds. Yields fell, gold rose, bitcoin ran, and the underlying arithmetic did not change.
Aug 22, 2026

Abu Dhabi's energy week arrives on 2 November with hydrogen and carbon capture across the agenda and hydrocarbons across the balance sheets. Both things are true at once.
Aug 14, 2026

Persistent payment delays and rising default concerns are squeezing liquidity across the Emirates, in the same half that produced the region's largest volume of new project awards. Both things are connected.
Aug 17, 2026

Alphabet’s second quarter paired 24 percent revenue growth with an 82 percent cloud surge, offering its clearest evidence that the AI bill has customers.
Jul 23, 2026

The kingdom's sovereign fund and America's export credit agency have agreed a memorandum worth up to fifteen billion dollars. What it is not is a committed investment.
Aug 6, 2026

World Bank data show fertilizer prices fell 21.8% in June. Farmers and shoppers may benefit later, though contracts, planting cycles and energy costs slow the transmission.
Aug 2, 2026

The World Bank's June index showed steep declines in energy, fertilizer and precious metals. Its August 4 update will reveal whether that was a turning point or a pause.
Aug 2, 2026

JOLTS, productivity, payrolls and Treasury refunding arrive in one compressed week. Together they can change what investors believe about rates, growth and bond supply.
Aug 2, 2026

The concluded UK-GCC free-trade agreement could reshape services, procurement and investment, but companies should focus on implementation details rather than celebratory totals.
Aug 3, 2026
