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GLOBAL
OPEC lifts 2026 oil demand view and trims supply growth from rivals
Tuesday, 12 August 2025 19:15 WIB

OPEC on Tuesday raised its forecast for global oil demand next year and trimmed its forecast for growth in supply from the United States and other producers outside the wider OPEC+ group, pointing to a tighter market outlook. World oil demand will rise by 1.38 million barrels per day in 2026, the...

MARKET UPDATE
Hong Kong Stocks Dip for 5th Session
Wednesday, 20 August 2025 10:18 WIB

Equities in Hong Kong dropped 105 points or 0.4% to 25,019 in Wednesday morning trade, slipping for the fifth session after a tech-led selloff on Wall Street ahead of the Fed's July meeting minutes and the Jackson Hole meeting. Sentiment remained fragile after Tuesday's data showed China's youth...

ECONOMY
US hikes steel, aluminum tariffs on imported appliances, railcars, EV parts
Wednesday, 20 August 2025 05:36 WIB

The U.S. Commerce Department said on Tuesday it is hiking steel and aluminum tariffs on more than 400 products including wind turbines, mobile cranes, appliances, bulldozers and other heavy equipment, along with railcars, motorcycles, marine engines, furniture and hundreds of other products. The...

COMMODITY
US Dollar Index strengthens above 98.00 ahead of FOMC Minutes
Wednesday, 20 August 2025 08:50 WIB

The US Dollar Index (DXY), an index of the value of the US Dollar (USD) measured against a basket of six world currencies, trades on a stronger note around 98.30 during the Asian trading hours on Wednesday. Diminishing odds for a more aggressive policy easing by the Federal Reserve (Fed) after a...

FISCAL & MONETARY
Fed's Powell may defy rate cut bets at Jackson Hole as inflation fight isn't over
Tuesday, 19 August 2025 04:02 WIB

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is set to speak at the annual central bank symposium this week amid growing bets that a rate cut is nearly guaranteed next month. But Powell may defy expectations, refusing to cave as the final battle against inflation looms large, Scotiabank (TSX:BNS)...

ECONOMIC CALENDAR
Time Country Figures Previous Actual
03.30 U.S API Weekly Statistical Bulletin - -
06.50 JPN Core Machinery Orders m/m -0.6% 3.0%
06.50 JPN Trade Balance (JPN) -0.24T -0.30T
08.00 CHN 1-y Loan Prime Rate 3.00% 3.00%
08.00 CHN 5-y Loan Prime Rate 3.50% 3.50%
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