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The US and Iran have rejected each other’s proposals, extending a pattern that markets have absorbed over recent weeks. Oil and the...
Economic Update 18 May 2026 6 minute read
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Markets absorb familiar tensions as focus turns to inflation
The US and Iran have rejected each other’s proposals, extending a pattern that markets have absorbed over recent weeks. Oil and the...
Economic Update 05 May 2026 7 minute read
From Hormuz to payrolls, markets test their assumptions
Over the past 72 hours, tensions between the US and Iran have intensified, with military activity reported in the Strait of Hormuz...
Economic Update 27 Apr 2026 7 minute read
Markets brace for policy signals as politics and prices collide
Iranian negotiators departed Pakistan before the US delegation arrived, prompting the US President to state that peace talks were off and...
Economic Update 20 Apr 2026 8 minute read
Markets trade Middle East noise while central banks stand still
Over the weekend, Iranian naval vessels fired on an oil tanker that had previously been cleared for passage through the Strait of Hormuz...
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The US and Iran have rejected each other’s proposals, extending a pattern that markets have absorbed over recent weeks. Oil and the...
Economic Update 11 May 2026 6 minute read
Markets absorb familiar tensions as focus turns to inflation
The US and Iran have rejected each other’s proposals, extending a pattern that markets have absorbed over recent weeks. Oil and the...
Economic Update 05 May 2026 7 minute read
From Hormuz to payrolls, markets test their assumptions
Over the past 72 hours, tensions between the US and Iran have intensified, with military activity reported in the Strait of Hormuz...
Economic Update 27 Apr 2026 7 minute read
Markets brace for policy signals as politics and prices collide
Iranian negotiators departed Pakistan before the US delegation arrived, prompting the US President to state that peace talks were off and...
Economic Update 20 Apr 2026 8 minute read
Markets trade Middle East noise while central banks stand still
Over the weekend, Iranian naval vessels fired on an oil tanker that had previously been cleared for passage through the Strait of Hormuz...
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Test
The US and Iran have rejected each other’s proposals, extending a pattern that markets have absorbed over recent weeks. Oil and the...
Economic Update 11 May 2026 6 minute read
Markets absorb familiar tensions as focus turns to inflation
The US and Iran have rejected each other’s proposals, extending a pattern that markets have absorbed over recent weeks. Oil and the...
Webinar 07 May 2026
May's Market Pulse webinar
In this webinar, Neil Parker, Head of Economics & Market Strategy, explores what today’s fragile geopolitical calm could mean for FX markets, interest rate expectations and broader asset classes - and how businesses exposed to global markets can prepare for what comes next.
Economic Update 05 May 2026 7 minute read
From Hormuz to payrolls, markets test their assumptions
Over the past 72 hours, tensions between the US and Iran have intensified, with military activity reported in the Strait of Hormuz...
Economic Update 27 Apr 2026 7 minute read
Markets brace for policy signals as politics and prices collide
Iranian negotiators departed Pakistan before the US delegation arrived, prompting the US President to state that peace talks were off and...
