Topic: Economy & Finance — Neutral reports only
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[2026-06-26 07:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The series of powerful earthquakes that struck Venezuela on Wednesday could cause economic losses equal to as much as 7 percent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP), according to preliminary estimates from the United States Geological Survey.
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[2026-06-26 06:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge rose to a new three-year high in May as gas prices peaked, a sign rising costs could pose political problems for President Donald Trump and his political party as midterm elections near.
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[2026-06-26 06:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The U.S. stock market drifted to a mixed close after several AI stocks veered back up the roller coaster, while Apple shares dropped after hiking prices on many of its products.
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[2026-06-26 06:00 UTC+10:00] [Property / News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Home buyers across Australia’s biggest east coast cities have more affordable and liveable options than they did six months ago as sluggish market conditions open a rare window to amenity-rich pockets within 20 kilometres of the city.
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[2026-06-26 05:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Uriah Cohen, 38, a Yitzhar resident, was indicted on Thursday over a June 6 incident in Huwara, in the northern West Bank, in which prosecutors say he blocked a Palestinian vehicle, pointed an assault rifle at its occupants, and fired into the air.
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[2026-06-26 05:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: We're finally starting to see hints of relief when it comes to inflation. Prices at the pump are starting to come down, monthly core CPI momentum has slowed, used cars were down around 2% YoY, and food inflation is starting to moderate. On the other hand, there's America's massive explosion in artificial-intelligence infrastructure - which is beginning to push prices up on everything from electricity to smartphones.
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[2026-06-26 05:18 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The stock market is drifting in mixed trading after several artificial-intelligence stocks veered back up their roller-coaster ride, while Apple dropped after hiking prices on many of its products.
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[2026-06-26 05:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Chicago Federal Reserve President Austan Goolsbee said Thursday that inflation is still trending the wrong way though there has been a few bright spots.
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[2026-06-26 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Yangtze Memory Technologies Corporation (YMTC), China's largest maker of NAND flash memory which is breathing down Sandisk's neck in global sales, and which is widely expected to IPO soon after China's DDR giant CXMT goes public in the coming weeks, has increased its global NAND flash memory market share from 8% in the same period in 2025 to 13%, Kuai Technology reported citing the latest Counterpoint research report.
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[2026-06-26 04:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-06-26 02:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: The Bank of Japan will continue tapering its Japanese government bond purchases through April 2027. (Photo by Nanami Sato)
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[2026-06-26 02:44 UTC+10:00] [Strait of Hormuz] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Blocking of proposal backed by Oman signals new threat to free passage through strait vital to world economy
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[2026-06-26 02:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Most stock markets in the Gulf closed lower on Thursday, as oil prices fell back towards levels last seen before the start of the US-Israeli war on Iran.
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[2026-06-26 02:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israeli forces have killed at least two Palestinians in separate shooting incidents in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
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[2026-06-26 02:25 UTC+10:00] [West Bank] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Dr Mazen Al-Rantisi, a 71-year-old physician well known for providing care to low-income Palestinians, was arrested in the occupied West Bank
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[2026-06-26 02:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MSCI (formerly Morgan Stanley Capital International but divested in 2007 and now independent) and S&P are the leading equity indices and they have become very critical to market weightings for global equities and the intellectual capital and property of both are much deeper and more complex that most realize given the increase in ETFs (exchange traded funds), passive investing and market allocation based on their views of market capitalization, market type or classification and criteria for their weighting and classification.
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[2026-06-26 02:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A “For Sale” sign is seen on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
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[2026-06-26 01:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Mourners bury the body of Palestinian Mustafa al-Khatib, 32 who was killed during an Israeli army raid at his home in the early morning, at the cemetery of the West Bank village of Sarta, west of Salfit, Thursday, June 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
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[2026-06-26 01:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: On the surface, today's final revision (aka 3rd estimate) of the US Q1 GDP print was unremarkable: Real GDP grew 2.1% annualized in the first quarter, a reversal of last month's downward revision of 1.6%, but back to where the original print was when it was reported in April, when the BEA reported 2.0% growth.
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[2026-06-26 01:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: NEW YORK (AP) — JPMorgan Chase will significantly expand its national “Community Center” program, the bank said Thursday, with plans to double the number of these specialized branches the bank operates particularly in low-income neighborhoods.
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[2026-06-26 01:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The US gross domestic product was revised sharply higher, according to a Thursday report, and consumer spending was shown to have accelerated in May even as prices rose at the fastest pace in more than three years.
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[2026-06-26 00:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Bayer AG shares soared in Frankfurt on Thursday morning after the Supreme Court sided with the German pharmaceutical and life sciences giant in a major Roundup ruling expected to block thousands of lawsuits alleging it failed to warn consumers that the weedkiller could cause cancer.
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[2026-06-26 00:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Moments after the cash market opened, bitcoin plunged almost $3,000 in a matter of seconds to $58,000, on no news, sending the price to the lowest level since Sept 2024.
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[2026-06-26 00:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The numbers are likely to keep pressure on the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates this year
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[2026-06-26 00:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The numbers are likely to keep pressure on the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates this year
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[2026-06-26 00:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The archbishop of Canterbury has pledged to help Palestinians achieve "the peace you desire and the freedom you deserve" and praised their "faithful resistance" on a visit to the occupied West Bank.
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[2026-06-26 00:04 UTC+10:00] [Banks] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: LONDON — Keir Starmer is expected to ignore calls — including from his likely successor as prime minister — for the U.K. to sign up to a multilateral defense bank championed by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at next month's NATO summit.
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[2026-06-25 22:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: There is one key issue standing in the way of South Korea obtaining developed-market status, MSCI's CEO said Thursday, after the equity index provider maintained the country's emerging market classification.
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[2026-06-25 22:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: After accelerating in March and April, The Fed's favorite inflation indicator - Core PCE (a measure of price changes in consumer goods and services that excludes volatile food and energy costs) - was expected to rise once again in May.
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[2026-06-25 22:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: When the cost of nearly everything is rising, economists call it inflation. Even if paychecks also rise, inflation typically leads people feel like it’s harder to make ends meet, and it often becomes a major political issue.
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[2026-06-25 22:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Customers wait their order in a food court at a wholesale store in Mount Prospect, Ill., Monday, June 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
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[2026-06-25 22:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The Federal Reserve's primary price gauge rose at its highest core level since 2023, reinforcing the central bank's recent tough talk on inflation.
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[2026-06-25 22:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Global stocks and S&P futures are higher while Nasdaq futures are on a tear after Micron’s sales forecast blew the lights out, brushing aside fears over a near-term pullback in the AI trade, while Qualcomm set aggressive targets at its investor day in New York. As of 8:00am ET, a revival of the AI demand theme is sending contracts on the Nasdaq 100 up 2.1% while S&P 500 futures are up a more modest 0.7%.
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[2026-06-25 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Khairallah Bani Odeh feels as if he's living in a giant prison.
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[2026-06-25 21:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Dozens of senior Israelis have threatened legal action in a “final warning” to the government over its support for “Jewish terrorism” and an “ideology of ethnic cleansing” in the occupied West Bank, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition continues to expand settlements at an unprecedented rate ahead of elections.
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[2026-06-25 21:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Bitcoin futures tumbled Thursday to as low as $58,995, the lowest price since October 2024, bringing its drawdown from last year's high to about 52 percent. The biggest cryptocurrency has been battling with the $60,000 level all year - first in February, where it found support, then again the first two weeks of June, before a pop to over $67,000.Options traders are treating this break like it could be the tip of an iceberg.
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[2026-06-25 21:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: British consumers who spend money on three popular online competitions to win cars and cash are funding an Israeli billionaire who finances the Israeli military, according to a report in Novara Media.
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[2026-06-25 21:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: British consumers who spend money on three popular online competitions to win cars and cash are funding an Israeli billionaire who finances the Israeli military, according to a report in Novara Media.
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[2026-06-25 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Energy-storage chairman eyes ‘0.1-yuan era’ for equipment as solar and wind projects gradually sideline coal in the nation’s power-generation mix
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[2026-06-25 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Energy-storage chairman eyes ‘0.1-yuan era’ for equipment as solar and wind projects gradually sideline coal in the nation’s power-generation mix
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[2026-06-25 20:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Utility points to higher international fuel prices as reason to increase charge and warns that uncertainty in Middle East may drive bills higher
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[2026-06-25 20:37 UTC+10:00] [Hong Kong Island] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Utility points to higher international fuel prices as reason to increase charge and warns that uncertainty in Middle East may drive bills higher
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[2026-06-25 20:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli occupation forces killed an unarmed Palestinian man in his bedroom on Tuesday after breaking into his home in the occupied West Bank, according to local media.
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[2026-06-25 19:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Chevron Chief Financial Officer Eimear Bonner told CNBC on Thursday that the oil major expects U.S. gasoline prices to fall as the Middle East situation continues to normalize.
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[2026-06-25 19:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The landmark deal consolidates the Big Fund as third largest owner of SMIC, China’s largest wafer foundry
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[2026-06-25 19:30 UTC+10:00] [semiconductors] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The landmark deal consolidates the Big Fund as third largest owner of SMIC, China’s largest wafer foundry
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[2026-06-25 19:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Micron soared in premarket trading on Thursday after the memory maker reported blockbuster third-quarter earnings as the AI boom causes demand for memory to surge.
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[2026-06-25 19:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Immigration Director General Hendarsam Marantoko says Indonesia ‘does not want visitors who do not contribute positively’ to the economy
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[2026-06-25 19:12 UTC+10:00] [Bali] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Immigration Director General Hendarsam Marantoko says Indonesia ‘does not want visitors who do not contribute positively’ to the economy
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[2026-06-25 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The bank channelled funds through affiliates and mass employee investors to pass off private funds as public, China’s top auditor says
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