Asia Summary and Highlights 21 May

May 21, 2026 5:20 AM UTC

Australia unemployment jumps to 4.5%

Asia Summary and Highlights 20 May

May 20, 2026 5:03 AM UTC

Trump says it will end very quickly again
Market expects Bank of Japan to change its bond purchase tapering in June

Asia Summary and Highlights 19 May

May 19, 2026 4:34 AM UTC

Japan Q1 GDP Beats

Asia Summary and Highlights 18 May

May 18, 2026 5:43 AM UTC

Broader Sentiment Sour

Asia Summary and Highlights 15 May

May 15, 2026 5:03 AM UTC

China foreign ministry says we should reopen Hormuz ASAP

Asia Summary and Highlights 14 May

May 14, 2026 5:18 AM UTC

Xi is meeting with Trump

Asia Summary and Highlights 13 May

May 13, 2026 4:52 AM UTC

Australian Q1 wage price index bangs in estimate

Asia Summary and Highlights 12 May

May 12, 2026 5:29 AM UTC

Japan and U.S. reaffirm currency cooperation after Bessent's Tokyo talks
Iran is ready to dilute highly enriched uranium to levels of 3.7% and 20%
Trump said the ceasefire is "on life support"

Asia Summary and Highlights 11 May

May 11, 2026 5:21 AM UTC

Weekend headlines pessimistic

Asia Summary and Highlights 8 May

May 8, 2026 4:17 AM UTC

UAE says it is responding again to a missile threat
Japan Labor cash earnings rose 2.7% y/y

Asia Summary and Highlights 7 May

May 7, 2026 5:44 AM UTC

Iran to deliver response to U.S. war-ending proposal via Pakistan mediators on Thursday 
Saudi base ban forced Trump to pause Strait of Hormuz shipping operation

Asia Summary and Highlights 6 May

May 6, 2026 5:04 AM UTC

Australia to build A$10bn fuel reserve as Middle East crisis drives stockpile push
Potential Japan Intervention Again

Asia Summary and Highlights 5 May

May 5, 2026 5:31 AM UTC

The RBA March meeting hike rates to 4.35% on a 8-1 vote

Asia Summary and Highlights 4 May

May 4, 2026 5:14 AM UTC

US CENTCOM says military support for Project Freedom begins May 4

Asia Summary and Highlights 1 May

May 1, 2026 5:20 AM UTC

Japan head intervention official won't comment on FX or oil futures intervention
All three item of Tokyo CPI below target

Asia Summary and Highlights 30 Apr

April 30, 2026 5:35 AM UTC

US CENTCOM to brief Trump Thursday on Iran military options including infrastructure strike, Hormuz seizure and special forces uranium mission

Asia Summary and Highlights 29 Apr

April 29, 2026 5:13 AM UTC

Trump has instructed aides to prepare for an extended, indefinite blockade of Iranian ports
UAE exiting OPEC 

Asia Summary and Highlights 28 Apr

April 28, 2026 5:30 AM UTC

BoJ Kept Rates Unchanged at 0.75%
Trump skeptical of Iran's negotiation offer

Asia Summary and Highlights 27 Apr

April 27, 2026 4:41 AM UTC

Sentiment improves after the opening drop

Asia Summary and Highlights 24 Apr

April 24, 2026 5:24 AM UTC

Japan March Headline inflation 1.5% y/y

Asia Summary and Highlights 23 Apr

April 23, 2026 5:36 AM UTC

Broader sentiment heavy

Asia Summary and Highlights 22 Apr

April 22, 2026 5:15 AM UTC

Trump threatens to "blow up the rest of their Country"

Asia Summary and Highlights 21 Apr

April 21, 2026 5:29 AM UTC

NZ Q1 CPI Overshoot before energy shock
Japan FM says closely monitoring financial markets, will take measure if needed

Asia Summary and Highlights 20 Apr

April 20, 2026 5:43 AM UTC

Geopolitical Tension Arises Again

Asia Summary and Highlights 17 Apr

April 17, 2026 5:23 AM UTC

Bank of Japan Governor Ueda "no comment" on declining market expectations for April rate hike
Trump says war in Iran "should be ending pretty soon"

Asia Summary and Highlights 16 Apr

April 16, 2026 5:19 AM UTC

Australian March unemployment rate 4.3%
Trump posts upbeat comments on Israel -Lebanon peace talks
Japan’s Katayama says closely watching FX

Asia Summary and Highlights 15 Apr

April 15, 2026 4:51 AM UTC

U.S. blockade of Iranian ports sees compliance
Trump says Iran war: "I view it as very close to over."
Trump says he thinks extending the ceasefire will not be necessary

Asia Summary and Highlights 14 Apr

April 14, 2026 4:41 AM UTC

Vance says progress made in Iran talks, sees path to broader deal

Asia Summary and Highlights 13 Apr

April 13, 2026 5:42 AM UTC

The "No Deal" scenarios over the weekend keep market participants fearful
Short End JGB Yields at Historical Level

Asia Summary and Highlights 10 Apr

April 10, 2026 4:43 AM UTC

Japan FM Katayama says govt ready to take decisive action but won’t elaborate
Iranian state media denied that a delegation had arrived in Islamabad for weekend talks with the U.S.

Asia Summary and Highlights 9 Apr

April 9, 2026 5:16 AM UTC

Trump warns of renewed strikes if Iran deal fails, vows Hormuz must stay open 
No oil or gas tankers have traversed the Hormuz strait since the cease-fire reported by Kpler, a global ship-tracking firm

Asia Summary and Highlights 8 Apr

April 8, 2026 5:19 AM UTC

Two Week Ceasefire
RBNZ Kept Rates at 2.25%
Japan February Labor Cash Earning 3.3% y/y

Asia Summary and Highlights 7 Apr

April 7, 2026 4:50 AM UTC

The deadline Trump said is approaching, again

Asia Summary and Highlights 1 April

April 1, 2026 4:26 AM UTC

Risk mood improves on Wednesday

Asia Summary and Highlights 31 Mar

March 31, 2026 4:58 AM UTC

Risk remain undecided on the lack of geopolitical clarity
Trump open to ending war without Hormuz opening
Japan Tokyo Core & Core-Core CPI 1.7% y/y, Headline 1.4%

Asia Summary and Highlights 30 Mar

March 30, 2026 4:33 AM UTC

Japan’s FX chief Atsushi Mimura warns authorities are ready to take “decisive” action if speculative moves persist

Asia Summary and Highlights 27 Mar

March 27, 2026 5:01 AM UTC

Japan’s Finance Minister Katayama signaled a stepped-up policy response to rising market volatility
Trump pauses Iran energy strikes for 10 days
Cyclone Narelle disrupts 8% of global LNG supply from Australia

Asia Summary and Highlights 26 Mar

March 26, 2026 5:34 AM UTC

Trump says Iran is negotiating and want a deal

Asia Summary and Highlights 25 Mar

March 25, 2026 4:28 AM UTC

Australian February CPI 3.7% y/y
BoJ minutes reinforce gradual but ongoing rate hike bias
Iran proposes regional military alliance excluding US and Israel

Asia Summary and Highlights 24 Mar

March 24, 2026 5:32 AM UTC

Gulf states edge toward war with Iran as Saudi signals imminent entry

Asia Summary and Highlights 23 Mar

March 23, 2026 5:00 AM UTC

Trump and Iran Sending Threats

Asia Summary and Highlights 20 Mar

March 20, 2026 4:47 AM UTC

Little change in the broader risk atmosphere

Asia Summary and Highlights 19 Mar

March 19, 2026 5:27 AM UTC

BoJ keep rates unchanged at 0.75%
Japan warns on speculative FX moves
Israel struck Iran’s South Pars gas field and the Asaluyeh oil facility

Asia Summary and Highlights 18 Mar

March 18, 2026 4:58 AM UTC

Japanese Trade Balance beats

Asia Summary and Highlights 17 Mar

March 17, 2026 6:16 AM UTC

The RBA March meeting hike rates to 4.1% on a 5-4 vote
BOJ’s Ueda says inflation rising toward 2% ahead of policy meeting

Asia Summary and Highlights 16 Mar

March 16, 2026 5:24 AM UTC

Japan warns ready to take decisive action on FX
Trump demands allies to help on Strait of Hormuz
The U.S. struck Iranian military targets on Kharg Island over the weekend

Asia Summary and Highlights 13 Mar

March 13, 2026 6:05 AM UTC

Iran says it will not close Strait of Hormuz but asserts right to secure waterway

Asia Summary and Highlights 12 Mar

March 12, 2026 5:46 AM UTC

Oil rises on Iran attacks
China has reportedly called for immediate ban on fuel exports for March

Asia Summary and Highlights 11 Mar

March 11, 2026 4:53 AM UTC

The IEA is weighing a record oil reserve release to calm markets after Hormuz disruption