Jul 31, 2026
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The BOJ held rates at 1%, but its new outlook says global AI demand is lifting semiconductor costs and could push Japan’s durable-goods inflation higher.
Jul 30, 2026
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The policy rate stayed at 3.50% to 3.75%, but the 30-year yield climbed to a 19-year high as investors raised the price of long-term capital.
Jul 29, 2026
South Korea’s market had become so concentrated in two chipmakers, and so dependent on borrowed exposure, that a real earnings disappointment turned into forced liquidation.
Jul 28, 2026
Supplier financing can accelerate real investment, but the terms of Nvidia’s reported support will show whether it’s helping OpenAI bridge a timing gap or assuming risks that outside lenders won’t bear on their own.
Jul 27, 2026
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Industrial profits rose 18.7% in the first half, but electronics and raw materials supplied 17.3 percentage points of the increase while consumption, property and private investment remained weak.
Jul 24, 2026
A confirmed strike on a Saudi tanker left the Red Sea open, but made the oil shock harder for markets to treat as temporary.
Jul 23, 2026
Cloud revenue surged 82%, but Alphabet spent more on infrastructure than its operations generated, stopped repurchasing shares and raised nearly $70 billion from outside investors.
Jul 22, 2026
AI demand lifted Japanese exports nearly 20 percent, but higher oil and a 40-year-low yen pushed imports to a record and left policymakers facing a harder inflation choice.
Jul 21, 2026
Ceasefire hopes pulled Brent below $89 even as Hormuz traffic fell again and Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea alternative came under threat.
Jul 20, 2026
Brent is back above $90, but depleted inventories, impaired refining capacity and elevated fuel margins leave less room to absorb another interruption before costs reach diesel, jet fuel and gasoline.
Jul 17, 2026
Brent and WTI are up nearly 12 percent as Gulf shipping risk rises, while Treasury yields and breakevens remain below Monday’s levels.
Jul 16, 2026
TSMC delivered record profit, wider margins and a larger investment plan, but strong AI demand is becoming the semiconductor trade’s starting assumption rather than its reward.
Jul 15, 2026
IBM’s selloff and ASML’s raised forecast suggest companies are securing servers, memory and chip capacity before committing to other technology projects.
Jul 14, 2026
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Bullion dropped 3 percent while oil, the dollar, and real yields rose. The move says less about gold’s long-term role than about how investors priced the latest Gulf escalation.
Jul 13, 2026
June inflation may cool, but a fresh Gulf risk premium has made the rates market less willing to treat one softer report as decisive.
Jul 10, 2026
Oil eased and the 30-year auction cleared, but record refining margins and thin fuel inventories suggest the inflation relief may not reach consumers as quickly as the crude chart implies.
Jul 9, 2026
Higher crude may still prove temporary; The real test is whether buyers show up for 30-year Treasurys.
Jul 8, 2026
Oil jumped on war headlines, but the harder question is whether higher crude makes the Fed less flexible just as Treasury supply has to clear.
Jul 7, 2026
Payrolls weakened the pressure and services growth held up, but sticky prices and the long end still keep the easing trade conditional.
Jul 6, 2026
Oil and payrolls have eased the pressure. Now services data, yields, and the dollar decide whether financial conditions can actually loosen.
Jul 4, 2026
Lower crude gave markets relief, but the dollar and rates channel kept it from traveling.
Oil can fall while Hormuz is still fragile. The route is open, but the real test is whether ships, insurers, and charterers start behaving normally again.
Lower oil should have helped the tape breathe. Instead, rising memory costs and AI-linked capital needs are testing margins, pricing, and the market’s ability to absorb the buildout.
