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

Asia Summary and Highlights 8 June

June 8, 2026 5:35 AM UTC

Iran says that Israeli strikes have damaged its Karoon Petrochemical complex
Japan Q1 annualized GDP 1.8%

Asia Summary and Highlights 5 June

June 5, 2026 5:08 AM UTC

Japan FM Katayama said ready to respond to FX

Asia Summary and Highlights 4 June

June 4, 2026 6:03 AM UTC

Major equity indexes perform individually
Israel and Lebanon agreed to implement a ceasefire and establish security zones

Asia Summary and Highlights 3 June

June 3, 2026 5:03 AM UTC

Australian Q1 GDP Miss
Japan approves $19bn supplementary budget

Asia Summary and Highlights 2 June

June 2, 2026 5:44 AM UTC

RBA board member Harper said stronger-than-expected domestic demand and the return of capacity constraints have reopened the output gap
Trump told ABC News a Hormuz ceasefire extension and reopening deal could come within a week
White House trims tariffs on farm and industrial gear

Asia Summary and Highlights 1 June

June 1, 2026 5:04 AM UTC

Broader risk hopeful without anything concrete

Asia Summary and Highlights 28 May

May 29, 2026 5:52 AM UTC

Trump hasn't sign the ceasefire deal yet
Tokyo May headline CPI 1.4% y/y

Asia Summary and Highlights 28 May

May 28, 2026 5:15 AM UTC

The US has sanctioned Iran's Persian Gulf Strait Authority
Iran launched missiles and drones against Kuwait and claimed responsibility for striking a US air base

Asia Summary and Highlights 27 May

May 27, 2026 5:58 AM UTC

RBNZ Keep Rates Unchanged with a 4-3 Vote
Australian Headline April CPI moderates to 4.2% from 4.6%

Asia Summary and Highlights 26 May

May 26, 2026 5:46 AM UTC

Rubio says Hormuz will open one way or another
U.S. forces sank two IRGC vessels laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz and struck a surface-to-air missile site at Bandar Abbas
Iran launched anti-ship cruise missiles at US Navy assets in response

Asia Summary and Highlights 25 May

May 25, 2026 5:52 AM UTC

Broader Sentiment Upbeat

Asia Summary and Highlights 22 May

May 22, 2026 5:43 AM UTC

Japan April National Headline CPI 1.4% y/y

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