Weekly Archive: 2026-W28
July 12, 2026 PM
July 11, 2026 PM
- Iran and Oman held urgent Hormuz talks as the US and Iran traded threats. | AP ↗︎
- U.S. June CPI is due Tuesday. | BLS ↗︎
- U.S. June PPI is due Wednesday. | BLS ↗︎
- U.S. June retail sales are due Thursday. | Census ↗︎
- U.S. June industrial production is due Friday. | Fed ↗︎
- China Q2 GDP and June activity data are due Wednesday. | NBS ↗︎
- Euro-area May industrial production is due Wednesday. | Eurostat ↗︎
- UK May GDP, trade and industrial production are due Thursday. | ONS ↗︎
July 10, 2026 PM
- Fed Monetary Policy Report: Growth remained solid, while inflation stayed elevated. | Fed ↗︎
- German inflation was 2.3 percent y/y in June; prices fell 0.3 percent m/m. | Destatis ↗︎
- French inflation was 1.8 percent y/y in June; prices fell 0.3 percent m/m. | INSEE ↗︎
- Brazil inflation was 0.16 percent m/m and 4.64 percent y/y in June. | IBGE ↗︎
- Russian consumer prices rose 0.87 percent m/m in June and 4.19 percent year-to-date. | Rosstat ↗︎
- Canadian building permits fell 1.7 percent m/m to CAD12.4 billion in May. | StatCan ↗︎
- EU temporary protection covered 4.38 million people from Ukraine at end-May. | Eurostat ↗︎
- The U.S. demanded open Hormuz transit; Iran said control rested exclusively with Tehran. | AP ↗︎
July 10, 2026 AM
- Japan producer prices rose 7.1 percent y/y and 0.4 percent m/m in June. | BOJ ↗︎
- Taiwan exports rose 40.3 percent y/y in June; imports rose 51.8 percent. | MoF Taiwan ↗︎
- Canada added 18,000 jobs in June; unemployment fell to 6.5 percent. | StatCan ↗︎
- China summer grain output rose 0.7 percent to 150.7 million tonnes. | NBS ↗︎
- Unclaimed airstrikes hit Iran; Tehran fired missiles at Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait and Qatar. | AP ↗︎
July 9, 2026 PM
- ECB June Minutes: Inflation was seen above target into early 2027. | ECB ↗︎
- Mexico inflation slowed to 3.37 percent in June. | INEGI ↗︎
- Bank of France estimates Q2 growth at 0.2 percent. | Banque de France ↗︎
- Fed launched five task forces to review communications, data, inflation and policy tools. | Fed ↗︎
- IEA, IMF, World Bank and WTO urged vigilance over lingering Middle East war shocks. | IMF ↗︎
July 9, 2026 AM
- China CPI rose 1.0 percent y/y in June; PPI rose 4.1 percent. | NBS ↗︎
- Bank Negara Malaysia held its policy rate at 2.75 percent. | BNM ↗︎
- The U.S. and Iran traded strikes for a second day after the MoU collapsed. | AP ↗︎
- German exports rose 0.9 percent m/m in May; imports fell 2.5 percent. | Destatis ↗︎
- China's June NEV sales reached 1.64 million, up over 20 percent y/y. | Xinhua ↗︎
- U.S. initial jobless claims fell to 215,000. | DOL ↗︎
July 8, 2026 PM
- FOMC June Minutes: A few Fed officials saw a case for raising rates. | Fed ↗︎
- U.S. consumer credit was unchanged in May; revolving credit fell 4.7 percent annualized. | Fed ↗︎
- U.S. wholesale inventories rose 0.1 percent m/m in May; sales rose 3.4 percent. | Census ↗︎
- Brent rose 5.2 percent to USD78.02 after Trump declared the U.S.-Iran MoU over. | AP ↗︎
July 8, 2026 AM
- Trump said the US-Iran MoU was over. | AP ↗︎
- Japan's current-account surplus reached JPY4.0 trillion in May. | MoF Japan ↗︎
- Korea's current-account surplus hit a record USD38.61 billion in May. | BOK ↗︎
- RBNZ raised its policy rate 25 basis points to 2.50 percent. | RBNZ ↗︎
- IMF projects global growth at 3.0 percent in 2026 and 3.4 percent in 2027. | IMF ↗︎
- NATO announced tens of billions in new aircraft, drone and surveillance procurement. | NATO ↗︎
July 7, 2026 PM
- U.S. trade deficit widened to USD77.6 billion in May. | BEA ↗︎
- Canada's trade surplus widened to CAD4.2 billion in May, the largest in four years. | StatCan ↗︎
- EIA cut its Q3 Brent forecast by USD27 to USD74 per barrel. | EIA ↗︎
- Canada and Türkiye launched free-trade talks. | Canada PM ↗︎
- Nine countries plan a Defence, Security and Resilience Bank (DSRB). | Canada PM ↗︎
July 7, 2026 AM
- German industrial production rose 0.9 percent m/m in May and was unchanged y/y. | Destatis ↗︎
- France's trade deficit widened to EUR6.9 billion in May as exports fell. | French Customs ↗︎
- UK house prices rose 0.2 percent m/m and 0.6 percent y/y in June. | Lloyds ↗︎
- BoE warned frontier AI advances increased cyber and operational financial-stability risks. | BoE ↗︎
- OECD unemployment held at 4.9 percent in May; Q1 employment reached 72.1 percent. | OECD ↗︎
- A French appeals court shortened Marine Le Pen's ban, allowing a 2027 presidential run. | Guardian ↗︎
July 6, 2026 PM
- Germany's 2027 draft budget raises defense spending to EUR109.7 billion. | BMF ↗︎
- Argentina will refinance principal only in 2026-27, with interest paid from fiscal surpluses. | MECON ↗︎
- U.S. ISM services PMI eased to 54.0 in June; employment returned to expansion. | ISM ↗︎
- Canadian business sentiment weakened in Q2. | BoC ↗︎
- Canadian two-year inflation expectations rose to 3.97 percent from 3.57 percent. | BoC ↗︎
- Euro area retail sales rose 0.2 percent m/m in May; EU sales rose 0.5 percent. | Eurostat ↗︎
July 6, 2026 AM
- German manufacturing orders rose 1.9 percent m/m in May; 1.0 percent excluding large orders. | Destatis ↗︎
- OECD inflation rose to 4.6 percent in May; energy inflation reached 15.8 percent. | OECD ↗︎
- Keiko Fujimori won Peru's presidential election with 50.135 percent of the vote. | AP ↗︎