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The latest flare-up in fighting probably won't force the European Central Bank's hand on Thursday, even as energy costs creep higher.
Analysts at ING said a surprise hike at Thursday's meeting “should not be fully ruled out.”
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The ECB hiked its key deposit rate by 25 basis points in June as energy prices spiked. Investors had written off a hike at next week's meeting, but higher oil prices have brought monetary policy back into question.
Our global markets watchlist tracks nine prominent indexes from economies around the world.
Navigating the macroeconomic landscape in the first half of 2026 has been a study in contrasts. Markets have marched toward all-time highs even as historic valuation metrics flash warning signs behind the scenes.
Lately, the land of the rising sun has been the land of the falling yen. While single-country equity exposure to Japan has provided investors with relative outperformance year-to-date (YTD), they appear to be better off shedding the currency drag.
The European Union plans to introduce a raft of policies and funding schemes to shift more of its economy to run on electricity, instead of oil and gas, a draft European Commission proposal seen by Reuters showed.