Friday, June 19, 2026
General
- Oil drifts lower as Strait of Hormuz reopens, focus shifts to demand outlook
- Yen slides past 161 against the dollar, nearing 40-year low and reviving intervention bets
- Vance’s push to get Iran talks started hits an early bump as weekend negotiations are put on hold
- High-wire diplomacy delivered US-Iran deal but hardest stage lies ahead, sources say
- S. Korean Producer Prices Rise Most Since 2022 on Energy Costs
- Emerging Equities Touch Record High as Iran Deal Takes Effect
- Pentagon Tells Lawmakers It Needs $80 Billion for Iran War and Other Bills
- Why Apple’s War Chest Can’t Win the Memory War
- BOJ Deputy Governor Warns of Risk from Delaying Rate Hikes
- Tett: Are insurers becoming dangerously addicted to private credit ratings?
- ‘Hawkish shift’ in US rates upends global currency bets
- ‘We created a monster’: companies rein in AI usage as costs strain budgets
- Xi Jinping wants China to boost demand. Why isn’t it working?
