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June 18, 2026
SNB: Holding Steady on Rates
June 18, 2026 7:54 AM UTC
The June quarterly assessment saw little shift in the forecasts for either growth or inflation (Figure 1), with the tone of the economic outlook remained guarded due to concerns over the Iran war on the global economy (forecasts though look to have been completed before the U.S. Iran deal). With
June 17, 2026
BOJ: QT still 5-6% of GDP until 2030 at least!
June 17, 2026 6:25 AM UTC
· Though the BOJ will maintain bond buying at Yen2trn pm from April 2027, huge redemptions means that net QT will be Yen45trn April 27-March 28 i.e. around 6.5% of GDP after QT at 6% of GDP in 2026. Then JGB net reduction of Yen40trn (6% of GDP) FY 29 and Yen35trn (5.5% of GDP). Wit
June 16, 2026
June 15, 2026
U.S. May Industrial Production - Pause in a positive trend
June 15, 2026 1:30 PM UTC
May industrial production with a 0.1% increase and manufacturing unchanged was on the weak side of expectations. Near term revisions were positive but revisions further back were negative. Capacity utilization at 76.2% was as expected and the highest since July 2025.
