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32 stories for“term dates”

Energy prices have eased from their sharpest fears, but the Fed, Bank of England and Bank of Japan still face inflation signals pulling against softer growth.

Jul 28, 2026

Business

Three Soft Data Prints in One Week Cut the Odds of a September Rate Hike From Fifty to Thirty One

Note the direction. Markets are not arguing about how fast the Federal Reserve cuts. They are pricing the probability that it raises, and gold has just had its best month since January.

Aug 21, 2026

Business

The Strait of Hormuz Has Been Shut for Almost Six Months. Oil Is at $93, Not $200, and That Gap Is the Story.

A potential war is the wrong frame. Fighting began on 28 February and the strait closed on 4 March. The economic damage is real and measurable, and it is far smaller than the forecasts issued in the first month, for reasons worth understanding.

Aug 22, 2026

Business

The Thirty-Year Treasury Is at 5.32 Per Cent and the Federal Reserve Has Not Touched a Thing

Long government borrowing costs are at multi-decade highs across the United States, Germany, France and Japan. The cause is not central bank policy. It is the sheer volume of debt being issued, and some of it is paying for data centres.

Aug 18, 2026

Business

Egypt's $5 Billion Clean-Energy Pipeline Is Bigger Than Solar Farms

Scatec's proposed two-year investment program spans batteries, desalination, wind, solar and green data centers, revealing how Egypt wants clean power to support industry.

Aug 3, 2026

Business

The Red Sea Crisis Is Squeezing Gulf Restaurant Margins

Shipping disruption is pushing up the cost of imported produce and packaging, and Gulf restaurateurs are running out of room to absorb it quietly.

Apr 9, 2024

Business

Six Hundred Billion Dollars Is Sitting in a Queue

Twenty announced transactions are waiting for permission to happen. The delay is not bureaucratic sloth, it is three separate review regimes that did not exist in this form a decade ago.

Aug 15, 2026

Business

The Gulf Exhibition Season Starts in Two Weeks and Runs to December

Riyadh opens at the end of August, Abu Dhabi takes November, Dubai takes the rest. Four shows account for most of the region's commercial calendar between now and the new year.

Aug 14, 2026

Business

Most of the Value of a Trade Show Happens in the Fortnight After It

Firms spend heavily on stands and almost nothing on follow-up, then conclude that exhibitions do not work. The floor is the cheap part of the exercise and the least important.

Aug 14, 2026

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Oil Below $100 Still Leaves Central Banks With a Difficult Week

Three Soft Data Prints in One Week Cut the Odds of a September Rate Hike From Fifty to Thirty One

The Strait of Hormuz Has Been Shut for Almost Six Months. Oil Is at $93, Not $200, and That Gap Is the Story.

The Thirty-Year Treasury Is at 5.32 Per Cent and the Federal Reserve Has Not Touched a Thing

Egypt's $5 Billion Clean-Energy Pipeline Is Bigger Than Solar Farms

The Red Sea Crisis Is Squeezing Gulf Restaurant Margins

Six Hundred Billion Dollars Is Sitting in a Queue

The Gulf Exhibition Season Starts in Two Weeks and Runs to December

Most of the Value of a Trade Show Happens in the Fortnight After It

Results

Oil Below $100 Still Leaves Central Banks With a Difficult Week

Three Soft Data Prints in One Week Cut the Odds of a September Rate Hike From Fifty to Thirty One

The Strait of Hormuz Has Been Shut for Almost Six Months. Oil Is at $93, Not $200, and That Gap Is the Story.

The Thirty-Year Treasury Is at 5.32 Per Cent and the Federal Reserve Has Not Touched a Thing

Egypt's $5 Billion Clean-Energy Pipeline Is Bigger Than Solar Farms

The Red Sea Crisis Is Squeezing Gulf Restaurant Margins

Six Hundred Billion Dollars Is Sitting in a Queue

The Gulf Exhibition Season Starts in Two Weeks and Runs to December

Most of the Value of a Trade Show Happens in the Fortnight After It