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Manufacturing Rebound Collides With Cost Shock From Iran War

Energy and shipping shocks from the Iran war are lifting input costs worldwide.

Japan Nominates Reflationists to BOJ Board as Ueda Keeps Near-Term Hike Option Open

Gold Nears $5,000, Silver Tops $100 as Dollar Slides and Yen Whipsaws on Intervention Talk

China Holds Loan Prime Rates for Eighth Month as PBOC Leans on Targeted Tools

Bank of Korea Holds at 2.5% as Won Stays Under Pressure, Draws Rare U.S. Support

Yen Firms After Tokyo Signals It Has a Free Hand to Intervene

BOJ Lifts Rate to 0.75% as Yen Slips and Risk Assets Rally on Softer U.S. Inflation

Markets Wobble as Tech Selloff and Fed Uncertainty Set Up Data-Heavy Week

Bitcoin Slips Below $90,000 as Traders Brace for BOJ Hike and U.S. Data

Bitcoin Sinks Toward $85,000 as Japan Rate Jitters Trigger Near-$1 Billion Wipeout

Stocks Climb as CME Reopens After Outage and Rate‑Cut Bets Top 80%

RBNZ Cuts to 2.25% in Hawkish Move, Signaling End of Easing

Fed Cuts Rates Again, Plans to End QT as Powell Cools Expectations for December Move

Takaichi Wins LDP Leadership as Coalition Strains, Poised to Be Japan’s First Woman PM

Fed Begins Cautious Easing With Quarter-Point Cut as Labor Market Softens

Fed Cuts Rates 25 Basis Points, Signals Two More This Year

Gold Near Record Highs After US Imposes Tariffs on Large Bars and Indian Imports

BOJ Holds Policy Rate at 0.5% as Government Lowers 2025 Growth Forecast

Israel-Iran Air War Intensifies After Tehran Evacuation Warning, Stocks Retreat

Fed Holds Rates Steady as Trade Uncertainty Persists