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Brazil’s foreign exchange flows returned to positive territory, with the latest reading rising to a surplus of $1.596 billion, up from a previous deficit of $0.119 billion. The updated data...

Jamaica’s economy contracted by 7.1% year-on-year in Q4 2025, a sharp reversal from the 5.1% growth recorded in Q3 and the steepest decline since Q3 2020. Nearly all sectors shrank...

Russia’s unemployment rate declined to 2.1% in February 2026 from 2.2% in January, matching the lowest level on record. This development extends the trend of a tightening labor market that...

Frankfurt’s DAX 40 jumped 2.7% on Wednesday to close at 23,298.9, rebounding after its worst month since March 2020, as renewed hopes emerged that the war with Iran might soon...

US sugar futures extended their decline toward 15.2 US cents per pound, hitting a two-week low, pressured in part by weaker crude oil prices as geopolitical tensions eased. Earlier, hostilities...

The Brazilian real rebounded toward 5.15 per US dollar, approaching its strongest levels since May 2024, last seen in February, as growing optimism over a possible ceasefire in the Middle...

The FTSE 100 climbed 1.7% on Wednesday to reach a two-week high, buoyed by growing optimism over a possible de-escalation of tensions in the Middle East. This marks the benchmark’s...

The Mexican peso rebounded toward 17.8 per US dollar as a broad pullback in the US currency and rising expectations of a ceasefire in the Middle East revived demand...

U.S. crude oil inventories increased by 5.5 million barrels in the week ended March 27, bringing total stocks to 461.6 million barrels. Analysts had expected a much smaller build...

The Atlanta Federal Reserve’s closely watched GDPNow model has been revised to show slightly weaker U.S. economic growth for the first quarter of 2026. According to the latest update...