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AOR Update: The Big Picture Beats Politics
  • 13 hours ago

Election Day has markets watching how divided Washington will be over the coming two years. Jeff Schulze shares insights for investors based on different potential outcomes.

What Markets Do After Elections
  • 13 hours ago

Explore nearly a century of U.S. election data to uncover how presidential and midterm elections affect stock market returns, volatility and stock-bond relationships. This edition of Macro Moves co...

The triumph of the optimists
  • 13 hours ago

Markets' optimism bias has been revived, with news that the Iranian government has been granted powers to negotiate with the US. The US midterms are a complication; but on the assumption that some...

By UBS In Macro
Gold Demand Trends: Q3 2026
  • 13 hours ago

Total Q3 gold demand, including OTC, was 1% lower y/y at 1,369t. On a y-t-d basis, demand of 3,881t virtually matches the 2025 record (3,884t), while value set a record of US$566bn.

Gold Market Primer: Market size and structure
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The gold market is notable for both its long history and its significant scale. Gold’s role as a consumer good and an investment asset is shaped by its scarcity, the durability of its above-ground...

BOJ’s hawkish hold: target reached, more rate hikes to come
  • 02 Nov 2026

The BOJ kept rates unchanged but signalled further tightening as inflation risks persist and underlying inflation remains near target. With the Fed similarly focused on inflation, monetary policy i...

Take Two: Central banks on hold
  • 02 Nov 2026

What do you need to know? The Federal Reserve decided to keep interest rates on hold at 3.75%-4% by a vote of 10-2, with two of the 12-member committee favouring a 25-basis-point rise. The Fed stat...

Market Barometer: November 2026
  • 02 Nov 2026

The end of the beginning or the beginning of the end? Find out in CCLA’s November Market Barometer – a monthly macro outlook from our investment team.

Week of November 2, 2026
  • 02 Nov 2026

Explore this week’s Macro Charts covering labor market developments in the U.S., interest rate decisions in Australia, central bank balance sheet adjustments in Japan, and trade data from Canada an...