Economic Update 26 May 2026 5 minute read
Oil rebounds and dollar firms as strikes unsettle markets
Over the long weekend, optimism increased that an interim agreement between the US and Iran could lead to the...
Economic Update 26 May 2026 7 minute read
Will US yields stay high even if tensions ease?
Over the weekend, negotiations between the US and Iran continued, although talks were interrupted by renewed attacks from...
Economic Update 18 May 2026 5 minute read
Sterling waits on data while geopolitics lifts energy prices
UK political discourse continues to circle a potential leadership contest, although no candidate has yet moved decisively. Recent commentary from...
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...