New Overnight Developments Abroad - Daily Update
October 15, 2026
Ahead of the second of three U.S. price data events (CPI on Wednesday, PPI today and import prices tomorrow), investors are wondering if yesterday’s bond-market debacle was an over-reaction. Ten-year sovereign debt yields shortly before the PPI release were down from Wednesday closing levels by twelve basis points in France, eleven basis points in Italy, […] More
Tags: Australian unemployment, British industrial production and trade deficit, Euroland industrial production, Japanese machinery orders, U.S. September PPI data
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New Overnight Developments Abroad - Daily Update
October 14, 2026
The dollar and ten-year sovereign debt yields prior to the U.S. CPI data announcement were generally steady today with just a couple of exceptions such a a 0.4% decline of the the U.S. currency against the South Korean won, a 4-basis point drop in the 10-year British gilt yield and a 3-bp rise in its […] More
Tags: Chinese CPI and PPI, German WPI, India wholesale prices, Monetary Authority of Singapore, U.S. consumer prices
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New Overnight Developments Abroad - Daily Update
October 13, 2026
The WTI and Brent oil prices are 1.5% and 1.7% softer than yesterday but still highly elevated. President Trump sprung a pre-midterm surprise, striking a deal with Russian President Putin that suddenly eases sanctions against Russian diesel exports. Trump’s intent is to reduce energy prices for U.S. consumers and businesses, but the size of the […] More
Tags: German CPI, Japanese PPI, RBA board minutes, U.S. small business sentiment, World Economic Outlook
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New Overnight Developments Abroad - Daily Update
October 12, 2026
(118) Financial market activity this Monday will be blunted by several holiday observances and a dearth of released economic data. A dual holiday in the United States (Indigenous People’s Day and Columbus Day) is a federal holiday with banks closed but the stock exchange open. In Japan, Spain and Canada, citizens are celebrating Health Sports […] More
Tags: holidays today, Indian CPI, Iran war news, Saudi idustrial production
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Foreign Exchange Insights and Next Week
October 9, 2026
Central Banks: The Federal Reserve Beige Book of regional economic conditions gets published on Wednesday. A meeting of Group of Twenty central bank chiefs is planned in Bangkok, Thailand. Breeden, Pill, Mann and Bailey of the Bank of England, Koeda of the Bank of Japan, and Hammack of the Federal Reserve are some of the […] More
Tags: Economic Data Calendar
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New Overnight Developments Abroad - Daily Update
October 9, 2026
The Trump torrent of attention-getting comments has left a lot of disinformation in its wake particularly regarding the war in Iran. Nevertheless, his promise the other day not to attack Iran again before the U.S. midterm elections is carrying a lot a reassuring weight with investors, who also for the time being are disregarding recent […] More
Tags: Canadian labor statistics, Ukraine consumer price inflation, University of Michigan index of U.S. consumer confidence
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New Overnight Developments Abroad - Daily Update
October 8, 2026
The two-, ten-, and 30-year U.S. Treasury yields rose overnight by 5, 3, and 2 basis points to 4.81%, 5.33% and 5.70%. Ten-year sovereign debt yields elsewhere have climbed four basis points in Germany, the U.K., and Canada, three bps in Switzerland and France, and two basis points in Spain. Oil price news today has […] More
Tags: Central Reserve Bank of Peru, FOMC and ECB board minutes, National Bank of Romania, National Bank of Serbia
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New Overnight Developments Abroad - Daily Update
October 7, 2026
The Brent price of oil is back above $100 per barrel and 1.1% above yesterday’s close, while West Texas Intermediate has been lifted back to the $90 threshold. Long-term interest rates in turn have taken their cue from renewed attacks on ships trying to traverse the Strait of Hormuz. Ten-year sovereign debt yields have leaped […] More
Tags: Central Bank of Iceland, German industrial production, Reserve Bank of India
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New Overnight Developments Abroad - Daily Update
October 6, 2026
Oil price movements continue to dominate other financial markets. Despite stepped-up attacks by Iran on ships in the Strait of Hormuz, a downtrend has continued in the cost of oil that followed the G7 agreement to release some emergency stockpiled diesel and resumed oil flowing through the Saudi East-West pipeline. The prices of both West […] More
Tags: construction PMIs in Euroland and U.K., Euroland retail sales, German industrial orders, U.S. and Canadian trade balances
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New Overnight Developments Abroad - Daily Update
October 5, 2026
(119) The Group of Seven consisting of Germany, France, Japan, Canada, Britain, Italy and the United States agreed to release 100 million barrels of oil. Oil movements through the Strait of Hormuz are significantly above the minuscule pace earlier this year, and oil flows Saudi Arabia’s damaged East-West pipeline are largely restored. All that being […] More
Tags: Brazil election, composite and service PMIs, Euroland producer prices, Group of Seven, Turkish CPI and PPI
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