Pentagon asks defence firms to accelerate weapons production

Pentagon asks defence firms to accelerate weapons production

Pentagon asks defence firms to accelerate weapons production
U.S. Treasury yields edged higher on Monday as Wall Street monitors the latest developments amid escalating tensions in the Middle East. The yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note — the key benchmark for U.S. government borrowing — rose over 1 basis point to 4.558%. The 2-year Treasury note yield, which more closely tracks short-term…
MUFG’s Lloyd Chan notes that softer US inflation data has weakened the Dollar and lowered Fed rate hike expectations, but USD/THB has still broken above 33.50. He highlights Thailand’s low carry, deteriorating terms of trade from higher Oil prices, increased growth risks from Middle East tensions, and valuation metrics indicating the Baht remains modestly overvalued,…
Photo by Dibakar Roy via Pexels Here’s our round-up of women-focused and gender equality news from the last few weeks, including think tank ODI Global’s assessment that women are central to food system resilience but that the policies, finance and institutions governing those systems are not designed to support them; the Council of Europe’s guidance…
Brown Brothers Harriman’s Elias Haddad notes the British Pound (GBP) remains heavy versus the US Dollar (USD) and Euro (EUR) after a mixed United Kingdom (UK) June Consumer Price Index (CPI) report, with headline inflation cooling but core and services measures still sticky. Markets price 75 bps of Bank of England (BoE) tightening over twelve…
Presented by: Daniel Bunn This year, a wave of new company tax disclosures is coming in response to increased transparency requirements from US accounting standards, the European Union, and Australia. Because the data will be messy and poorly suited for drawing strong conclusions, the data the new rules require companies to produce can easily be…
Customers enter a Taco Bell restaurant in La Cañada Flintridge, California, on July 14, 2026. Mario Tama | Getty Images Yum Brands is expected to report its second-quarter earnings before the bell on Thursday, but executives will likely face more questions about how the cyclosporiasis outbreak tied to Taco Bell is hitting its business during…