Asia Summary and Highlights 19 August

August 19, 2026 4:02 AM UTC

UAE formally halted all trade, commercial and financial transactions with Iran

Asia Summary and Highlights 18 August

August 18, 2026 5:13 AM UTC

Risk Turning Sour

Asia Summary and Highlights 17 August

August 17, 2026 5:11 AM UTC

Japan Q2 preliminary GDP missed at 0.3% q/q

Asia Summary and Highlights 14 August

August 14, 2026 5:27 AM UTC

Latvia issued an air threat alert 
Finland imposed a temporary restriction on aviation and maritime traffic in the eastern Gulf of Finland

Asia Summary and Highlights 13 August

August 13, 2026 5:46 AM UTC

United Arab Emirates had released a further tranche of Iran's frozen assets held in Emirati banks

Asia Summary and Highlights 12 August

August 12, 2026 5:32 AM UTC

JGB yields are marching higher
Major equity indexes are performing individually

Asia Summary and Highlights 11 August

August 11, 2026 6:04 AM UTC

Jiji says The BoJ may consider an additional rate hike at its September 17-18 meeting
RBA leaves cash rate unchanged at 4.35%

Asia Summary and Highlights 10 August

August 10, 2026 5:24 AM UTC

BOJ July meeting Summary shows board split on pace of hikes

Asia Summary and Highlights 7 August

August 7, 2026 5:56 AM UTC

Japan June Household spending -6.4% m/m

Asia Summary and Highlights 6 August

August 6, 2026 6:21 AM UTC

Australian June trade surplus AU$1.929bn

Asia Summary and Highlights 5 August

August 5, 2026 5:15 AM UTC

Iran reportedly says that Strait of Hormuz agreement with Oman will be delayed so long as US threats continue
Japan June labor cash earnings 3.4% y/y

Asia Summary and Highlights 4 August

August 4, 2026 5:41 AM UTC

Australia June household spending up 0.8%

Asia Summary and Highlights 3 August

August 3, 2026 6:00 AM UTC

Trump claims Hormuz deal done, nuclear talks to start Monday
U.S. Bessent, Japan confirm Friday's joint yen intervention

Asia Summary and Highlights 31 July

July 31, 2026 5:33 AM UTC

USD/JPY recovers after suspect intervention
BoJ Kept Rates Unchanged

Asia Summary and Highlights 30 July

July 30, 2026 6:19 AM UTC

Trump is weighing another two-week campaign of strikes against Iran

Asia Summary and Highlights 29 July

July 29, 2026 6:13 AM UTC

Australian CPI Lower than Estimate
Axios report that Iran launched ballistic missiles towards a US base in Jordan

Asia Summary and Highlights 28 July

July 28, 2026 5:29 AM UTC

RBA's Bullock: Key question is whether tightening already delivered enough
KOSPI Down more than 10%

Asia Summary and Highlights 27 July

July 27, 2026 5:22 AM UTC

The U.S. and Iran Pause Exchanging Missiles

Asia Summary and Highlights 24 July

July 24, 2026 6:07 AM UTC

Market Rangebound

Asia Summary and Highlights 23 July

July 23, 2026 6:17 AM UTC

Australian June Unemployment rate steady at 4.4%
But headline employment change is a huge beat

Asia Summary and Highlights 22 July

July 22, 2026 5:23 AM UTC

Japan June Import Boosted By Energy

Asia Summary and Highlights 21 July

July 21, 2026 6:10 AM UTC

NZ Q2 Q2 jumps to 4.1% 
But RBNZ's own inflation model see Q2 2026 at 2.7% y/y

Asia Summary and Highlights 20 July

July 20, 2026 5:56 AM UTC

Move waves of missile exchange between U.S. and Iran

Asia Summary and Highlights 17 July

July 17, 2026 5:31 AM UTC

IRGC reaffirms that no oil and gas will pass through the Strait of Hormuz so long as US attacks continue

Asia Summary and Highlights 16 July

July 16, 2026 4:45 AM UTC

U.S. completes new wave of strikes on Iran, hits Bandar Abbas

Asia Summary and Highlights 14 July

July 14, 2026 5:20 AM UTC

U.S. military carrying out a third consecutive night of strikes on Iran and the naval blockade of Iran

Asia Summary and Highlights 13 July

July 13, 2026 5:36 AM UTC

Iran extend strikes to Qatar and the UAE for the first time in months, plus Jordan, Kuwait and Oman

Asia Summary and Highlights 10 July

July 10, 2026 5:04 AM UTC

Japan will seek measures encouraging GPIF and other pension funds to raise investment in Japanese financial assets
U.S. official said late Thursday that Washington remains committed to a resolution with Iran

Asia Summary and Highlights 9 July

July 9, 2026 5:04 AM UTC

Missiles Flying

Asia Summary and Highlights 8 July

July 8, 2026 6:03 AM UTC

USD/JPY Fast Approaching Monthly High
Iran says it targeted a US base in Bahrain, warns of more attacks
RBNZ Gov Breman says Inflation may have already peaked

Asia Summary and Highlights 7 July

July 7, 2026 5:26 AM UTC

Iranian forces strike LNG tanker and commercial ships in Strait of Hormuz
Japan May Labor Cash Earnings +3.2% y/y

Asia Summary and Highlights 6 July

July 6, 2026 5:37 AM UTC

OPEC+ confirmed a fifth straight monthly output increase
USD Solid on Monday

Asia Summary and Highlights 3 July

July 3, 2026 5:33 AM UTC

Market broadly upbeat after a miss in NFP

Asia Summary and Highlights 2 July

July 2, 2026 4:17 AM UTC

Australian May Trade Balance Miss
U.S., Iran end Doha talks with no breakthrough

Asia Summary and Highlights 1 July

July 1, 2026 5:02 AM UTC

Market undecided on Middle East complication
USD/JPY refreshes decade high

Asia Summary and Highlights 30 June

June 30, 2026 5:38 AM UTC

Japan's FM will respond appropriately to currency moves at any time
Japan May unemployment rate 2.5%

Asia Summary and Highlights 29 June

June 29, 2026 5:43 AM UTC

Iran launched missiles and drones at US military sites in Kuwait and Bahrain over the weekend while U.S. retaliate
Mutual Standdown before Monday

Asia Summary and Highlights 26 June

June 26, 2026 4:42 AM UTC

Tokyo ex fresh food & energy CPI 1.9% y/y

Asia Summary and Highlights 25 June

June 25, 2026 5:35 AM UTC

Australian May unemployment rate 4.4%
BoJ Hawk Tamura says neutral rate around 2% 

Asia Summary and Highlights 23 June

June 23, 2026 5:57 AM UTC

Risk sour

Asia Summary and Highlights 22 June

June 22, 2026 5:53 AM UTC

Hormuz maritime security mechanism agreed by Iran

Asia and Highlights 19 June

June 19, 2026 5:28 AM UTC

Japan FM says prepared to take decisive action on speculative FX moves
Japan May headline inflation 1.5% y/y
Geneva talks cancelled

Asia Summary and Highlights 18 June

June 18, 2026 5:50 AM UTC

Asia session
The NZ Q1 GDP arrived at 0.8% q/q and 1.5% y/y, similar to Q4 2025. However, it is mostly before the energy spike and should be read with scrutiny. U.S. equities remain upbeat, so as Japanese ones while regional equities perform individually. NZD/USD is trading 0.43% higher at 0.5792. AU

Asia Summary and Highlights 17 June

June 17, 2026 5:03 AM UTC

U.S. Defense Production Act floated to force US insurer to cover Hormuz passage

Asia Summary and Highlights 16 June

June 16, 2026 5:35 AM UTC

BOJ hikes to 1%
RBA keep rate unchanged at 4.35% 

Asia Summary and Highlights 15 June

June 15, 2026 6:10 AM UTC

U.S.-Iran Deal to be Signed On Friday

Asia Summary and Highlights 11 June

June 11, 2026 6:12 AM UTC

Asia Session
We are still seeing missiles flying in the Middle East in the later half of the week. Trump's optimistic words earlier in the week seems to be empty air as the latest development feels more than escalation than a deal closing soon. U.S. major equity indexes are recouping partial overnigh

Asia Summary and Highlights 10 June

June 10, 2026 5:28 AM UTC

U.S.-Iran Keep the Missiles Flying

Asia Summary and Highlights 9 June

June 9, 2026 5:34 AM UTC

No Sign of Progress in Middle East