FX markets remain nervous, if a little calmer, as investors track the latest developments in the Middle East. US jobs data ...

Copper prices softened on Thursday as a sharp rise in exchange inventories reinforced concerns that supply is outpacing demand. LME copper fell around 1.2% to settle near $12,900/t, while stocks ...

Middle East conflict to drive up energy costs and inflation in CEE The conflict in the Middle East is affecting the CEE ...

The CEE outlook has dimmed as geopolitics lifts energy risks. Poland cools after a strong 4Q25 but stays domestically driven, ...

The President of Poland's initiative to introduce a domestically financed mechanism covering defence expenditures probably ...

China's 2026 GDP growth target was lowered to 4.5-5%, after three straight years of “around 5%” targets. Most other targets were left unchanged. The slight softening shows that growth stability ...

The main short‑term economic risk is the escalation of the conflict in the Middle East. At present, the main consequence is ...

Risk assets are under pressure and the dollar is bid as investors conclude there will be no quick fix to events in the Middle ...

January jobs numbers probably overstated the strength in hiring, while bad weather and strike actions probably mean that the February numbers overstate the weakness. Nonetheless, hiring remains ...

Markets appear to be catching their breath. UST yields edge higher on better data, while Bund yields dip as ECB hike fears ...

Energy price spike drives a divergence across EM exporters and importers. The key global macro impact we have seen from the latest events in the Middle East is the significant spi ...

February HICP showed a jump in core inflation, indicating that price pressures have not fully eased in the eurozone ...