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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Foreign Exchange Insights and Next Week
October 2, 2026
Central Banks: Monetary policies will be reviewed in Peru, Iceland, Poland, India and Romania. Williams and Musalem of the Fed and Mann of the Bank of England have public speaking engagements. Policy meeting minutes from Federal Open Market Committee and European Central Bank Governing Board get published. Special Events and Holidays: National Golden Week in […] More
Tags: Economic Data Calendar
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New Overnight Developments Abroad - Daily Update
October 2, 2026
The prices of West Intermediate crude and Brent oil fell overnight by 3.8% and 2.4% in response to France’s proposed release of some strategic oil reserves. This attempt to supplement available global supply is something that the Trump administration has been asking European governments to do. A better flow of traffic through the key Strait […] More
Tags: Euroland CPI, French proposal to release some strategic oil reserves, Tokyo CPI, U.S. labor market data and reaction
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New Overnight Developments Abroad - Daily Update
October 1, 2026
The weighted DXY dollar index is at a 17-month high and 0.4% above the third quarter’s closing level. Overnight gains range between 0.3% and 0.4% against the yen, euro, sterling, kiwi and won and 0.5-0.6% relative to the Mexican peso and Indonesian rupiah. The dollar is unchanged against the Aussie dollar and Swiss franc and […] More
Tags: Bank of Japan Tankan survey, manufacturing purchasing manager surveys
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New Overnight Developments Abroad - Daily Update
September 30, 2026
The dollar and U.S. equity futures marked time overnight as investors await key U.S. growth and inflation indicators. The U.S. currency is 0.1% softer against the yen, euro, Swiss franc, Canadian dollar, and kiwi. President Trump strengthened his pitch for a self-regulating AI industry. Stock markets in the Pacific Rim on this final session of […] More
Tags: French and Italian CPI, German CPI and import prices, Japanese and South Korean industrial production and retail sales, U.S. GDP and personal consumption price deflator, U.S. mortgage applications and August trade deficit
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Central Bank Watch
September 29, 2026
Late yesterday came an announcement from the Bank of Jamaica of a 50-basis point increase in its policy interest rate to 6.0%, marking the first increase since November 2022. A released explanation of this directional rate reversal notes that since the prior policy review in August, The escalation of tensions in the Middle East and […] More
Tags: Bank of Jamaica, Reserve Bank of Australia
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New Overnight Developments Abroad - Daily Update
September 29, 2026
Any U.S.-Iranian ceasefire deal before the U.S. midterm elections seems highly unlikely. And yet, the West Texas Intermediate price of crude oil settled back 0.8% from Monday’s closing level and at $91.86 is much closer to $90 than triple-digit territory. Somewhat greater traffic is moving through the Strait of Hormuz, and oil users are doing […] More
Tags: Bank of Jamaica, Italian PPI, Reserve Bank of Australia, Spanish CPI, U.S. house prices
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