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India’s Central Bank Held Rates at 5.25 Percent. Then Brent Crashed 16 Percent

RBI kept repo at 5.25% on April 8. Forecasts assumed $120 oil and Hormuz disruption. Brent crashed 16% hours later. GDP cut to 6.9%, rupee at record 95.22.

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The Nikkei Hit a Record High. The Stock That Got It There Sells Air Conditioners

Economy

India’s Central Bank Held Rates at 5.25 Percent. Then Brent Crashed 16 Percent

Europe

The Fertilizer Nobody Is Watching Is About to Hit European Food Prices Hard

Europe

Europe Just Used a Third of Its Emergency Oil Reserves. There Is No Second Shot.

Asia Pacific

The Islamabad Talks Failed. Here Is What That Actually Means for the Economy.

Americas

US Inflation Jumped to 3.3% in March. The Fed Has Nowhere to Go.

Economy

India’s Central Bank Held Rates at 5.25 Percent. Then Brent Crashed 16 Percent

RBI kept repo at 5.25% on April 8. Forecasts assumed $120 oil and Hormuz disruption. Brent crashed 16% hours later. GDP cut to 6.9%, rupee at record 95.22.

Asia Pacific

The Islamabad Talks Failed. Here Is What That Actually Means for the Economy.

Islamabad talks collapsed. Trump ordered a Hormuz blockade. Here is what the breakdown means for oil prices, the Federal Reserve and Monday's bank earnings season.

Americas

US Inflation Jumped to 3.3% in March. The Fed Has Nowhere to Go.

Economy

Five EU Finance Ministers Just Revived the Windfall Tax Playbook. The Energy Industry Says It Will Not Work Twice.

Economy

Three Tankers Just Transited Hormuz on a Route Iran Does Not Control. The Blockade Has a Crack.

Economy

Europe Has the Money. It Does Not Have the Confidence to Spend It.

Economy

Europe’s Energy Bill Just Doubled. The ECB Cannot Cut Rates Into an Oil Shock.

Americas

The Fed Cannot Cut, Cannot Hike, and Cannot Explain Why.

Economy

Europe Was Told the Energy Crisis Would Be Targeted and Temporary. The Commission Just Blocked the Only Tool That Could Make It So.

Americas

American Consumer Confidence Has Fallen Below the Level That Preceded Every Recession Since 1978

Economy

Japan Asked the IEA for More Oil. The First 400 Million Barrels Lasted Three Weeks.

Economy

Asia Stopped Debating Oil Prices. It Started Rationing Fuel.

Stocks

The Nikkei Hit a Record High. The Stock That Got It There Sells Air Conditioners

Elliott took a 3% stake in Daikin and demanded a ¥1 trillion buyback. The stock surged 14%. The Nikkei hit 59,518, a record. Japan's governance shift is real.

Stocks

The STOXX 600 Lost 8 Percent in Five Weeks. The Recovery Trade Is Collateral Damage.

The STOXX 600 peaked at 628 on Feb 18. Five weeks later it sits at 575. Goldman forecast 8% returns. Lagarde says markets are too optimistic. What happened.

Stocks

Apollo Told Investors They Can Have 45 Cents. The Other 55 Cents Are Stuck Inside a War.

Apollo's $14.5 billion private credit fund received $1.5 billion in redemption requests. It will pay out $730 million. The gate is now the story for the entire sector.

Stocks

Four Weeks Down. No Floor in Sight.

Stocks

A Jury Just Told the World’s Richest Man That His Tweets Have Consequences. The Fine Won’t Matter. The Precedent Will.

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Every Gulf Market Crashed. The Tadawul Fought Back. Here’s Why Aramco Made the Difference.

Stocks

Japan’s Market Lost 3.4 Percent on Thursday.The Bank of Japan Blamed a War It Has No Power to Stop.

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Europe

EUR/USD Lost Four Cents in Two Months. The ECB Just Told You It Cannot Get Them Back.

EUR/USD at 1.1506, down from 1.2016 in January. ECB revised inflation to 2.6% and growth to 0.9%. The euro is pricing stagflation. Here is what it means for your book.

Americas

Three Americas Currencies. Three Unrelated Bets. Zero Overlap.

CAD is a petro-hedge. MXN carry depends on Hormuz reopening in 60 days. BRL is an October election option. Running all three as a basket kills the edge.

Americas

The Fed Decides at 2pm. The Dot Plot Decides the Rest of Your Quarter.

Americas

DXY Topped 100. The Dollar Isn’t Strong. It’s Just the Last Man Standing.

Europe

EUR/USD Lost Four Cents in Two Months. The ECB Just Told You It Cannot Get Them Back.

Americas

Three Americas Currencies. Three Unrelated Bets. Zero Overlap.

Americas

The Fed Decides at 2pm. The Dot Plot Decides the Rest of Your Quarter.

Americas

DXY Topped 100. The Dollar Isn’t Strong. It’s Just the Last Man Standing.

Forex

EUR/USD Is Caught Between Two Forces That Never Usually Move Together

Local News

The Nikkei Hit a Record High. The Stock That Got It There Sells Air Conditioners

India’s Central Bank Held Rates at 5.25 Percent. Then Brent Crashed 16 Percent

The Fertilizer Nobody Is Watching Is About to Hit European Food Prices Hard

Europe Just Used a Third of Its Emergency Oil Reserves. There Is No Second Shot.

The Islamabad Talks Failed. Here Is What That Actually Means for the Economy.

Crypto

Americas

USOR token launched on Solana claiming oil reserve backing. It surged 400,000%, then crashed 90%

USOR token launched on Solana claiming oil reserve backing. It surged 400,000%, then crashed 90% when the February 1 rollout revealed no physical oil. Here is what went wrong.

Americas

Bitcoin Closes Q1 Down 47 Percent. Fear Is at 11. FTX Just Released $2.2 Billion.

Bitcoin ends Q1 at $67K, down 47% from ATH. Fear & Greed at 11. FTX pays $2.2B today. BTC ETFs saw $2.5B March inflows but $296M outflow in final week.