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The Weekly Brief
  • 20 hours ago

The Bank of England (BoE) is in a challenging position as the UK economy battles with still-sticky inflation and questions around the growth outlook. Last week’s data showed headline inflation acce...

New Zealand Fixed Income Monthly (September 2026)
  • 20 hours ago

New Zealand bond yields rose across the curve in September as renewed tensions in the Middle East and elevated oil prices increased concerns over inflation. The rise was most pronounced in the thre...

Take Two: US equities enjoy record inflows; eurozone inflation rises
  • 20 hours ago

What do you need to know? Overseas investors put a record $942 billion into US equities and investment fund shares in the year to July, according to official data cited by the Financial Times. The...

UK Residential Forecasts Q4 2026
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CBRE's UK Residential Forecasts Q4 2026 examines the outlook for rents, house prices, and London new home sales, highlighting the impact of borrowing costs, affordability, and supply constraints on...

Politics, polls and portfolios: Making sense of US election season
  • 20 hours ago

As US voters prepare for the midterm elections, Chief Investment Officer Fahad Kamal explores a familiar challenge for investors: distinguishing between short-term political weather and the longer-...

Week of October 5, 2026
  • 20 hours ago

Explore this week’s Macro Charts covering US services PMI, euro area retail sales, India’s policy rate, global inflation, production and consumer trends.

Climbing the wall of worry: why markets keep hitting new highs
  • 20 hours ago

Stock markets reached new highs in Q3, despite geopolitical conflict and rising bond yields. Janet Mui, Head of Market Analysis, explains why AI investment underpins this resilience, where the risk...

Revisions, resilience, and affordability
  • 20 hours ago

The US employment report offered few reliable facts for investors, other than the reminder that data is revised a lot. If markets listened to economists with the reverence they deserve, that would...

Drivers for the Week of October 5, 2026
  • 04 Oct 2026

USD rallied against all major currencies last week, with the DXY index making new cyclical highs in line with widening US-G6 interest rate differentials. In parallel, the global bond market selloff...