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That was quicker than anyone surely imagined. It’s been just three months since Kevin Warsh took the helm of the Federal Reserve and he’s already being undermined by a White House that gave him the job.
Nonfarm payrolls in the U.S. unexpectedly declined in July, but so did the unemployment rate, leaving investors with mixed signals.
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Japan's July inflation accelerates to 1.9%; core CPI rises to 1.8%
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Treasury buyback renews dollar-debasement fears
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent vowed to ramp up pressure on Iran by targeting its economic partners, saying "You are either with us, or against us". But as Bloomberg's Stuart Livingstone-Wallace explains, his realistic options to further isolate Iran's economy may be limited. (Source: Bloomberg)
Taiwan's economic growth could moderate due to its vulnerability to risks of capex slowdown, macroeconomic downturns, and concentration in semiconductors.
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Wall Street investors say move to buy more long-term US debt is a ‘band-aid on a bullet hole’
As inflows from the foreign-currency deposit scheme begin to fade, yields could drift higher.
Gold was on track for a third weekly gain after the US Treasury’s unexpected ramp-up in buybacks of long-dated government debt underscored concerns about its burden.