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July 11, 2025 7:37 AM UTC
As the U.S. sharpens its protectionist stance, Indonesia is scrambling to avert a 32% tariff by offering a USD 34bn investment-anchored trade package, including energy and agricultural imports, Boeing orders, and sovereign wealth fund commitments. This negotiation goes far beyond trade—it is a hig
July 11, 2025 6:28 AM UTC
After two successive upside surprises, a correction back in monthly GDP was not entirely a wholesale surprise for April GDP. But that 0.3% m/m drop was almost repeated in the May numbers (Figure 1), where a further albeit smaller (ie 0.1%) fall occurred, but very much below consensus. Admittedly
July 10, 2025 3:59 PM UTC
We expect a rise of 70k in July’s ADP estimate for private sector employment growth. This would be a significant correction from a 33k decline in June which was the first decline since March 2023, though still leaving a significant slowing in trend. June’s decline followed subdued gains of 29k i