Regional Updates MEDITERRANEAN/MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA Eid Holidays Muslim countries in the region will be closed for the Eid Al Adha religious celebrations from 18-22 July in most countries. Egypt Project Funding Egypt has announced that it has received international financing in the amount of $476 million for the financing of 17 agricultural projects. The funding is largely from the FAO, the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, and the Saudi Fund for Development. Projects will be in 22 areas in Egypt and will include irrigation, land reclamation, farm productivity, product marketing, advance storage techniques, desalination, and on and on – a very broad range of...
Key Market Insights Macros: Inflation isn’t cooling — it’s moving higher again. March PCE inflation (Personal Consumption Expenditures index — the Fed’s preferred measure of inflation) rose 0.7 percent month-over-month, pushing the annual rate to 3.5 percent, the h...
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What Matters Today... Fed holds rates steady as inflation uncertainty tied to the Iran conflict pressures equities and supports broader commodity risk premia Biofuel demand accelerating globally, with U.S. imports of used cooking oil and strong soyoil demand reinforcing upside across the soy c...
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