Asia Intelligence Brief
Asia intelligence brief covers Samsung 47,000-worker strike, PBOC record-low rate hold, Philippines corruption scandal, rupee at fresh low, Japan bond...
May 20, 2026Section
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Global Economy Briefing
30-year Treasury yield hits 5.19%, highest in nearly 19 years, as S&P 500 posts third straight loss. Canada CPI collapses...
May 20, 2026
Asia Intelligence Brief
Asia intelligence brief covers Japan Q1 GDP 2.1% beat, China April retail 41-month low, G7 Paris communique, Indonesia stagflation, India...
May 19, 2026
Global Economy Briefing
Markets opened mixed as Trump delayed a planned Iran attack amid Gulf-led negotiations, while rising US Treasury yields, stronger Japanese...
May 19, 2026
Asia Intelligence Brief
Tuesday opens with Japan's preliminary Q1 GDP at 08:50 JST, a print expected to confirm a second consecutive quarter of...
May 18, 2026
Asia Intelligence Brief
Friday was the day Donald Trump left Beijing with a 200-plane Boeing order and nothing else. Xi Jinping opened Day...
May 15, 2026
Global Economy Briefing
S&P 500 hit 7,501.24, Dow recaptured 50,000, Nasdaq surged to 26,635.22. Plus India WPI at 8.30% and Cisco +13.4%. What...
May 15, 2026Global Economy Briefing
April PPI surged 1.4% MoM—triple forecasts—yet the S&P 500 hit a record 7,444.25. What the Warsh Fed era means for...
May 14, 2026
IEA Says World Oil Reserves Draining at “Record Pace” on Iran War
The International Energy Agency reported on May 13 that global oil reserves fell by 117 million barrels in April, on...
May 13, 2026